How your body ALWAYS beats a virus - Whether you get a vaccine or NOT

I wanted to learn more about the process of exactly what happens, when someone does get a vaccine. And, according to these reports, it takes TWO WEEKS for antibodies to develop.

That seems even longer than it takes for me to fight off a cold with Wellness Formula.

How do flu vaccines work?

It just seems to me that if there are things that can help us boost our T-cells and our own immunity, then we should be able to eventually fight off COVID-19.  The danger for people with COVID-19 seems to arise when there's an extreme imbalance between your body's immune system, vs. the ability for the virus to replicate.  It's like, when the virus is able to "outpace" and "overtake" your immune system and it can't keep up, that's when it's in trouble. 

I keep thinking our ability to beat COVID-19 is kind of like an animal's ability to outrun a cheetah. Yeah, the cheetah is dangerous, but if you can figure out how to keep it from catching up with you and overpowering you, you'll be all right. 

If you were being chased by a hungry cheetah, your ability to stay alive would depend on 2 basic things:  1) Your ability to slow that cheetah down, and 2) your own ability to speed yourself up. That's basically all it boils down to. 

I just don't see why this wouldn't also apply to our own ability to beeat COVID-19.  Because if there are things we can do, to slow down viral replication, and things we can do, to speed up our own immune response.... why wouldn't we be able to beat it? Or at least.... greatly increase our odds. 

The flu shot only increases the odds of you beating the flu by 60%.  Whatever vaccine is going to be used for COVID-19 may have an even lower chance because it doesn't have time for sufficient testing.

Shouldn't we ALWAYS start with prevention and safe self defense?  I just don't see how anyone could say it would be a bad idea to defend yourself against an intruder.  In the same way, I don't see why it would be a bad idea to try to avoid getting COVID-19 in the first place... yet, this is something hardly anyone is talking about. 

 

Flu vaccines cause antibodies to develop in the body about two weeks after vaccination. These antibodies provide protection against infection with the viruses that are used to make the vaccine.Aug 31, 2020

Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Vaccine | CDC

 https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19544378/flu-shot-side-effects/

What's new with the 2020-21flu vaccine?

There are many types of flu viruses–and each consistently changes. This means that the U.S. flu vaccines are reviewed every year to prevent against the currently circulating flu viruses. The flu vaccine protect against three or four viruses that researchers believe will be most prevalent. Trivalent, or three-component vaccines for the upcoming flu season will protect against the following:

• A/Guangdong-Maonan/SWL1536/2019 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus (updated)
• A/Hong Kong/2671/2019 (H3N2)-like virus (updated)
• B/Washington/02/2019 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus (updated)

Additionally, some vaccines may also B/Phuket/3073/2013-like (Yamagata lineage) virus.

This year's flu season updates can be found on the CDC's website.

How common are side effects?

Roughly 23 percent of healthcare workers who received the H1N1 vaccine reported generalized pain or low back pain, a 2011 study in Vaccine found.

A shot is the traditional method for vaccination, but people may opt for the FluMist vaccine, administered by a nasal spray.

Side Effects of the FluMist vaccine include:

• Runny nose or nasal congestion
• Fever
• Sore throat
• Sore muscles
• Decreased Appetite
• Wheezing
• Cough
• Vomiting

The CDC does not recommend one particular method, but the FluMist was not recommended for people who are pregnant, younger than two years old or older than 50, people with weak immune systems, or children with asthma.