US - First Black Secretary of State Colin Powell died of COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated - vaccine antibodies waned?

[sharon sanders]

A trail blazer. Condolences to his family and friends.

Every news outlet is covering this story. Please google for tons of links. I just wanted to make the point that if he was 84, he probably was in that first group of Americans that was vaccinated in January/February of 2021. If this is the case - it is possible this is not a vaccine breakthrough situation - the vaccine may have been no longer effective. 6 months out from say..February... is August.

Please see:

FDA to get Israeli 3rd vax data since, apparently, protection wanes after 5 months in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. will begin wide distribution of Covid booster shots next month, saying vaccine protection wanes over time - FDA/CDC/HHS statement - August 18, 2021

 

[Shiloh]

Powell, whose immune system was weakened, died of Covid-19 despite being vaccinated.
October 18, 2021

Colin L. Powell, whose immune system was weakened by treatment for multiple myeloma, died of complications of Covid-19 despite being “fully vaccinated,” his family said in a statement.

Peggy Cifrino, Mr. Powell’s longtime aide, said that he had been successfully treated for multiple myeloma, a cancer of white blood cells in the bone marrow...

Read more: https://dnyuz.com/2021/10/18/powell...ed-died-of-covid-19-despite-being-vaccinated/

 

[Mary Wilson]

Colin Powell dies from COVID-19 complications

... CBS News reported that Powell’s wife, Alma Powell also had contracted a COVID-19 breakthrough case but responded to treatments.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending...-19-complications/J3ISYKZF6RDJ7NMJTVX5DX2PFA/

 

[Emily]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/18/colin-powell-us-secretary-of-state-dies-covid-84
...
Powell, a prostate cancer survivor, was undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells, when he contracted Covid-19. He was scheduled to receive his Covid booster last week when he first got sick. “He couldn’t go to his appointment,” Peggy Cifrino, his longtime chief of staff, told the Washington Post. “He thought he was just not feeling quite right, and he went to the hospital.”

 

[sharon sanders]

I understand some people are using the death of Mr. Powell as an example of vaccine failure. The problem we have now is that pro-vaccine and anti-vaccine dogma has now reached a religious status with both sides finding material to support their preconcieved beliefs.

No one has an open mind any more. The people I know who are anti-vaccine will never change their minds and the pro-vaccine people are the same.

The fact is that Mr. Powell was a very fragile human being. He had a multitude of risk factors - and, on top of that, his initial vaccine doses probably offered him very little protection at this point.

I find using Mr. Powell as an example of vaccine anything erroneous. With so many risk factors he is simply not a good example for proving anything about the vaccines.

 

[Emily]

I think he did well living to 84 with multiple myeloma, and agree this one case wouldn't indicate a trend. The vaccine has been problematic for blood cancer patients from the beginning. Still, there must be a reason a booster is recommended for vulnerable people now.