Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 11-15-2021

<p>This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for November 15th, 2021.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Austria has locked down…at least for the unvaccinated. We’ve seen it all before, new infections are surging, and ICUs are strained. In fact, Austria has one of Europe's highest infection rates and is the first to reinstate restrictions on daily movements. Austria has one of the lowest vaccination rates in western Europe at 65%, but that’s well above the United States’ 58-59%. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>More vaccines are destined for the arms of children. Israel approved giving it to kids 5 to 11. That’s expected to start next week. Australia will likely start administering the shots for kids under 12 in January. They’ve already vaccinated 57.7% of children between 12 and 15. And of course the U.S. approved the vaccine for kids 5 to 11 earlier this month. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A company in England, Emergex, will soon start clinical trials of a second-generation vaccine that’s a skin patch that uses T-cells to kill infected cells. The hope is it can offer longer-lasting immunity than current vaccines. The antibodies in current vaccines stick to the virus and stop it from infecting cells, but T-cells find and destroy infected cells. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A massive real-world study compared how fast three vaccines lose their effectiveness over eight months. The good news is, they found while protection from infection may decline, protection against death seems to hold up. Johnson &amp; Johnson’s single-dose vaccine apparently showed the greatest decline in protection. Moderna performed the best, with Pfizer in the middle. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Can you unvaccinate yourself? Well, the short answer is no. But vaccine “detoxes” are making the rounds on the internet. The pitch is you can get vaccinated to meet mandates, then cleanse yourself of the vaccine by bathing in a mixture of baking soda, Epsom salts, and the cleaning agent borax. Experts say all you’re going to do is irritate your skin and eyes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In