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https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/aluminum-adjuvant-covid-vaccines-respiratory-disease/

#Alum, an aluminum-based adjuvant or immune-enhancer used in many #vaccines — including inactivated-virus COVID-19 vaccines — helps protect against the targeted (homologous) virus strain.

However, alum may raise infection risk from new (heterologous) virus strains, referred to as “breakthrough” infections, according to a preprint study published on Research Square.

Of the 13.5 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered globally, 5 billion used inactivated coronavirus as their active ingredient. Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, inactivated-virus COVID-19 vaccines do not use mRNA. Instead, they use killed or weakened viruses to bring about the immune response.

Examples of virus-inactivated COVID-19 vaccines include China’s CoronaVac product, which was distributed in 40 countries, and the Indian COVAXIN product.

Alum also increases the risk for vaccine-associated enhanced #respiratory #disease (VAERD), a potentially life-threatening complication, after infection with a new strain. However, this effect disappears when alum is replaced by a different adjuvant, according to the study.

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Aluminum Adjuvants Used in Some COVID Vaccines May Increase Risk of Serious Respiratory Disease

A COVID-19 vaccine ingredient may improve the product’s effectiveness against a single targeted virus strain but could raise the risk of serious respiratory illness after exposure to new virus strains, according to a preprint study.