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To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate; That is the Question - Part IV



When the Covid-19 pandemic first arose, I listened to a podcast on the JAMA Network regarding the subject of herd immunity. I was enjoying the presentation until the virologist and “vaccine specialist” being interviewed said something that made me stop the podcast. I had suddenly questioned the validity of his comments. First he said that we would not reach herd immunity until we had the vaccine used on the majority of the population. Then he continued, saying that we cannot attain herd immunity simply through natural immunity developed through contracting the virus. 

I rejected his statements because he had rejected history.

To state that herd immunity was not possible without a vaccine is to avoid acknowledging prior pandemics. Natural herd immunity is what got our society through other pandemics and epidemics such as the 1918 Spanish Flu and the Hong Kong Flu. Herd immunity IS possible without a vaccine. 


A WORD ABOUT PROTECTION

Now let’s be clear: I acknowledge that this virus is real, it spreads rapidly, and it can be fatal. However, the fatalities from Covid-19 have occurred primarily in the most vulnerable, those with comorbidities. These were the individuals who should have been most closely monitored and protected. 

Moreover, I acknowledge that, without vaccines, you might see more people ill and unfortunately more fatalities as a result. Thus, we must absolutely try to either treat or eliminate the symptoms to the best of our abilities. And we should attempt to develop safe and effective ways to protect the vulnerable with a well-researched vaccination program. 

However, while today's Covid “genetic” vaccines have been studied experimentally for decades, they have never been given the standard approval like all other vaccines that have been approved by the FDA. Instead, this inoculation was rushed to market using only “emergency use” authorization before being fully tested. 


CERTAINTY REQUIRES TIME

Let’s look briefly at some of the data that I have been reviewing since the pandemic first hit our shores. I do believe however that in order to understand the treatment protocols that we have utilized, we must fully understand the condition. 

I will first call your attention to an informational email that I received from Quest Labs months ago about Covid-19 and the vaccine. It stated: “Because COVID-19 vaccines have only recently become available, their effects on cardiovascular outcomes are not yet known.” 

We are just beginning to see some of those effects now, and I anticipate we will see more in the future, which we can argue may or may not be related back to the vaccines due to the lack of proximity to the inoculation. 

Quest was also alerting doctors in this email about the “vascular leakage, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and microemboli in the lungs.” At that time, as some of you may remember, this was thought to be due to what was considered a hyperinflammatory response, or “cytochrome storm.” Another more recent study that I came across was performed at the Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee. That study went further to explain some of the inflammatory responses to the inoculation with the “Covid vaccine.” 

The researchers used “Summit”—the second fastest computer in the world— to analyze 17,000 genetic samples in 2.5 billion different genetic combinations. The study performed by Dr. Daniel Jacobson revealed a different theory about how Covid-19 affects the body. Dr. Jacobson found that rather than there being a cytochrome storm, or overly inflammatory reaction responsible for the respiratory effects of Covid-19, it was actually a different substance called bradykinin that causes the often-fatal effects of Covid-19.

My point in sharing this is to show that we are learning more and more as time goes on about the novel coronavirus as well as the infection caused by Covid-19. I am sure that we will learn much more about the efficacy and the long-term effects of the m-RNA–and DNA–vaccines as well. The latest news is that some European countries are now permanently banning the use of the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine due to the apparent severe adverse effects.

Time will tell which decisions we made were right and which were wrong. As with all new medical issues, we often change our course as information is gained over time. That is the beauty of true science: there are no rights and wrongs. We simply start with a hypothesis or an expectation and then work to prove or disprove the suspicion. We thereby form theories which, over time, are either replicated thereby validating the theory, or simply thrown out, and we start over down a new and unexplored path.

Time is always the proving grounds, as it will be with Covid-19, our treatments, the vaccines, and our expectations.