On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 11:28 AM, Bhairitu wrote:
Interesting interview with research scientist Geert
Vanden Bossche
A fear-mongering WhatsApp message
by a group of individuals and NGOs has been making its rounds
recently.
This is the same group to whom I
have replied their 19 questions and debunked their baseless
allegations on Covid vaccines.
Instead of replying with facts and
figures, they chose the immature and cowardly route of using
gutter politics.
I actually?malas nak layan?these
conspiracy theorists and anti-vaccination lobbyists. Now?apparently
there exists dangers of mass vaccinations as alleged by?Dr
Geert Vanden Bossche. These people obviously do not know their
history.
In the 20th?century alone, 350-500
million died from smallpox. The World Health Organization (WHO)
kick-started mass smallpox vaccination programmes in the 1950s.
Through this global programme,
smallpox was successfully eradicated in 1980.
In 1985, there were 400,000 cases
of polio. Following the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
(GPEI), which is a universal polio vaccination programme of at
least three doses in the first year and two boosters thereafter,
i.e. mass vaccination for all children, polio cases have
plummeted by 99.9 per cent to 33 reported cases in 2018.
And if we persevere with the WHO
Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), we can also hope to
eliminate measles and congenital rubella.
However, they are now
scare-mongering about Covid mass immunisation programmes. They
obviously have no facts to substantiate their claims except
for conjecture and conspiracy theories.
It is sufficient to debunk their
wild allegations by sharing the real-world experience of
countries that have successfully rolled out the mRNA and other
Covid vaccines.
, dated March 10, 2021, is extremely reassuring of
the success and positive impact of the mass vaccination against
COVID.
55 per cent of Israelis have
received at least one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine.
43 per cent have been immunised with two doses.
The Vaccine Efficacy (VE) of the
Pfizer mRNA vaccine against symptomatic Covid is 97 per cent,?.
The VE against asymptomatic Covid
is 94 per cent. This means not only does the vaccine prevent one
from getting Covid, it also prevents its transmission.
They quoted Dr Bossche who??that mass vaccination
¡°creates more asymptomatic cases to spread the virus as the
vaccines DO NOT prevent infection and transmission¡±.
I think they need to keep abreast
of the most current literature on the pandemic and not rehash
old and outdated press reports.
Their allegations
obviously constitute misinformation because:
- There are 55 per cent less cases of Covid-19 after the mass
Pfizer mRNA vaccine immunisation programme was initiated.
- There are 71 per cent less Covid-related deaths
- There are 44 per cent less admissions to ICUs.
They allege mass vaccination
¡°helps create new variants and promotes viral immune escape¡°.
Yes,,
namely the UK B117, South Africa B1351 and Brazil P1 mutant
strains.
This is actually anticipated and
not surprising, as what has happened with other pathogens. For
example, there is a need to immunise annually against influenza,
due to antigenic mutations.
Note that 80 per cent of the
mutant strains in Israel was the UK B117 variant, and yet the
Pfizer mRNA was effective against this new mutant.
If you are living in Israel, and
you refuse the vaccine, the risk of you being infected is 44
times higher, and the risk of you dying from Covid is 29 times
higher.
That is why the health ministry in
Israel is trying very hard to scale up the coverage of the
vaccination post-haste to achieve a herd immunity of 70-80 per
cent so they can protect:
- Children and adolescents below 16 years who are not
presently eligible for the vaccine.
- Those who have a history of anaphylaxis, allergies to
polyethylene glycol and polysorbates who cannot be immunised.
- People like you who refuse to be vaccinated.
The UK is probably one of the top
five nations in the world to effectively roll out Covid
vaccines. I hope you can appreciate that Covid cases, admissions
and deaths?.
I am hoping that the vaccine
rollout by the Jawatankuasa Khas Jaminan Akses Bekalan Vaksin
(JKJAV) and the MOH should be ramped up to reap the full
benefits of mass vaccination:
- Less Covid-19 cases, especially severe Covid, since all
vaccines prevent against severe Covid disease.
- Less hospital admissions which will not overwhelm our health
care services.
- Less Covid-related deaths.
I hope these individuals and NGOs
will cease spreading misinformation. If they insist on writing
about Covid, kindly share their references so that their claims
can be verified.
Yeah, we sure wouldn't want Big Pharma and Bill Gates to miss out on
all those billions to be made pushing their untested vaccine. ?
Bhairitu