Comment Re:How is this pertinent? (Score 5, Informative) 133
Also, since it appears that no testing was done prior to the Covid-19 vaccination, we really have no way of knowing whether or not the Covid-19 vaccination played any part in the development of super antibodies.
Not true, at least not exactly. From the serum panels reported on the study:
Five serum panels were included in this study. The SARS-CoV-1–patient panel consisted of serum specimens obtained from 10 SARS-CoV-1 infection survivors in Singapore at different time points (2012 and 2020) before the vaccination program started in January 2021. The SARS-CoV-2–patient panel consisted of 10 serum specimens obtained from patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection during 2020 as part of a national longitudinal study. The healthy–vaccinated panel consisted of 10 serum specimens obtained at day 14 after the second dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, which is equivalent to 35 days after the first dose. The SARS-CoV-2–vaccinated panel consisted of 10 serum specimens obtained from Covid-19 survivors who had received two doses of BNT162b2 vaccine. The SARS-CoV-1–vaccinated panel consisted of 8 serum specimens obtained from SARS-CoV-1 infection survivors 21 to 62 days after the first BNT162b2 vaccination; 4 of the 8 specimens were obtained from patients whose serum was in the SARS-CoV-1–patient panel.
Pay attention to the very first serum panel: "The SARS-CoV-1–patient panel consisted of serum specimens obtained from 10 SARS-CoV-1 infection survivors in Singapore at different time points (2012 and 2020) BEFORE the vaccination program started in January 2021." and now to the last one: "4 of the 8 specimens [regarding the SARS-CoV-1–vaccinated serum panel] were obtained from patients whose serum was in the SARS-CoV-1–patient panel.". So they did indeed tested the before and after: at least 4 of the 8 serums used, that confirmed the results, had been tested before and after inoculation with the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. Can other factors be at play as well? Of course, but there's some tests done and control groups in place.
