Microbiologist
Explains COVID Jab Effects
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola - Fact
Checked
September 05, 2021
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STORY AT-A-GLANCE
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The FDA can only grant emergency use
authorization for a pandemic drug or vaccine if there’s no safe and effective
preexisting treatment or alternative. Since there are several such
alternatives, the FDA is legally required to revoke the emergency authorization
for these shots
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While the COVID injections have been
characterized as being somewhere around 95% effective against SARS-CoV-2
infection, this is the relative risk reduction, which tells you very little
about its usefulness. The absolute risk reduction is only around 1% for all
currently available COVID shots
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Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE)
refers to a condition where the vaccination augments your risk of serious
infection. We are now starting to see evidence that ADE is occurring in the
vaccinated population
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One of the most common side effects of
the COVID shots is abnormal blood clotting, which can result in strokes and
heart attacks
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Even microclots that don’t completely
block the blood vessel can have serious ramifications. You can check for
presence of microclots by performing a D-dimer blood test. If your D-dimer is
elevated, you have clotting somewhere in your body
In this interview, German
microbiologist Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi sifts through the facts and fictions of the
coronavirus pandemic. Together with Karina Reiss, Ph.D., he’s written two books
on this subject, starting with “Corona False Alarm? Facts
and Figures,” published
in October 2020, followed by “Corona Unmasked: New Facts and Figures.”
The second book is
currently only available in German, but you can download a free chapter of
“Corona Unmasked” in English on FiveDoves.com.
Bhakdi’s Medical Credentials
Bhakdi graduated from
medical school in Germany in 1970. After a year of clinical work, he joined the
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology, where he remained for four years as a
post-doc.
There, he also began
researching immunology. Eventually, he ended up chairing the department of
medical, microbiology and hygiene at the University of Mainz, where he worked
for 22 years until his retirement nine years ago. During that time, Bhakdi also
worked on vaccine development, and says he’s “certainly pro-vax with regards to
the vaccinations that work and that are meaningful.”
Much of his research
focused on what’s called the complement system. When activated, the complement
system ends up working in such a way that it destroys rather than aids your
cells. Interestingly enough, SARS-CoV-2 uses this very system to its advantage,
turning your immune system toward a path of self-destruction.
The same self-destructive
path also appears to be activated by the COVID shots, which is part of why
Bhakdi believes they are the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. “It is
our duty to aggressively inform people about the dangers that they are
subjecting themselves and their loved ones to by this ‘vaccination,’” he says.
How Effective Are the COVID Shots?
While the COVID
injections have been characterized as being somewhere around 95% effective
against SARS-CoV-2 infection, this claim is the product of statistical
obfuscation. In short, they’ve conflated relative risk reduction and absolute
risk reduction. The absolute risk reduction is actually right around 1% for all
currently available COVID shots.1
In "Outcome
Reporting Bias in COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Clinical Trials"2 Ron
Brown, Ph.D. calculates the absolute risk reduction for Pfizer’s and Moderna’s
injections, based on their own clinical trial data, so that they can be
compared to the relative risk reduction reported by these companies. Here’s a
summary of his findings:
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Pfizer/BioNTech
vaccine BNT162b2 — Relative risk reduction: 95.1%. Absolute risk
reduction: 0.7%
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Moderna
vaccine mRNA-1273 — Relative risk reduction: 94.1%. Absolute risk
reduction 1.1%
In a July 1, 2021,
commentary in The Lancet Microbe,3 Piero Olliaro, Els Torreele and Michel Vaillant
also argue for the use of absolute risk reduction when discussing vaccine
efficacy with the public. They too went through the calculations, coming up
with the following:
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Pfizer/BioNTech
— Relative risk reduction: 95%. Absolute risk reduction: 0.84%
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Moderna —
Relative risk reduction: 94%. Absolute risk reduction: 1.2%
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Gamaleya
(Sputnik V) — Relative risk reduction: 91%. Absolute risk reduction: 0.93%
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Johnson &
Johnson — Relative risk reduction: 67%. Absolute risk reduction: 1.2%
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AstraZeneca/Oxford
— Relative risk reduction: 67%. Absolute risk reduction: 1.3%
What Kind of Protection Do the COVID Shots
Provide?
Aside from providing
insignificant protection in terms of your absolute risk reduction, it’s
important to realize that they do not provide immunity. All they can do is
reduce the severity of the symptoms of infection. According to Bhakdi, they
fail even at this.
“They showed absolutely
zero [benefit in the clinical trials],” he says. “This
is the ridiculousness. People don't understand that they're being fooled and
have been fooled all along. Let's take the one of these Pfizer trials: 20,000
healthy people were vaccinated and another 20,000 people were not vaccinated.
And then they observed,
over a period of 12 weeks or so, how many cases they found in the vaccinated
group and how many cases they found the non-vaccinated. What they found was
that less than 1% of the vaccinated group got COVID-19 and less than 1% in the
non-vaccinated group also got COVID-19.
The difference was 0.8 to
0.1%, which is nothing, considering the fact that they were not even looking at
severe cases. They were looking at people with a positive PCR test — which as
we all now know is worthless — plus one symptom, which could be cough or fever.
That is not a severe case
of COVID-19. Any vaccination that is going to get authorized must be shown to
protect against severe illness and death, and this has definitely not been
shown. So, forget authorization. It can't be authorized, not by any normal
means.
Now [the COVID injections
do not have] full authorization, it's an emergency authorization, which again
is absolute bullshit, since we know the infection fatality rate of this disease
or virus is not greater than that of seasonal flu. John Ioannidis has published
these numbers, which have never been contested by anyone in the world and
cannot be contested.
If you are under 70 years
of age and have no severe preexisting illness, you can hardly die [from
SARS-CoV-2 infection]. So, there is no fatality rate that can be reduced.
And for people who are
elderly and have preexisting illness, as we know from Dr. Peter McCullough and
his colleagues' work, there are very good means and medicines to treat this
virus so that the fatality rates go down another 70 to 80%, which means there
is no ground for emergency use whatsoever.
This means the FDA should
be able to be forced to retract this emergency use authorization — unless they
are in league with whoever wants to do this.”
I neglected to follow-up
on his comment about 40,000 people being equally divided between the injection
and no injection groups in the COVID injection trials. A few months ago, they
actually abandoned the non-injection arm of the trial, so no there is no
control group anymore.
The justification was
that the injection was too important to deny it to the control group. It’s just
another sneaky way to skirt around reporting all the adverse effects occurring
in the injection group.
That said, it’s worth
repeating that the FDA can only grant emergency use authorization for a
pandemic drug or vaccine if there’s no safe and effective preexisting treatment
or alternative. Since there are several such alternatives, the FDA is legally
required to revoke the emergency authorization for these shots.
Evidence of Increased Infection Risk After
Injection
Presently, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention claims some 95% of SARS-CoV-2 infections
resulting in hospitalization are occurring among the unvaccinated. This too is
a statistical fiction, as they’re using data from January through June 2021,
when most of the American public were unvaccinated.
Looking at more recent
data, we’re finding that the majority of severe cases and hospitalizations are
actually occurring among those that received the COVID jab. Unfortunately, as
noted by Bhakdi:
“It's all manipulated.
And, if someone wants to manipulate something and are in a position to then
propagate it, you have no chance of analyzing it and telling people because we
have no voice in this affair. When we stand up and tell people this, they just
turn around and say that's not the truth.”
Disturbingly, we’re now
starting to see the first indications of antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE),
which many scientists were concerned about from the very beginning. India, for
example, where 10% of the population has been “vaccinated,” is now seeing very
severe cases of COVID-19. Bhakdi says:
“What we're witnessing in
India and probably also in Israel is the immune dependent enhancement of disease
… It's bound to happen. So, the people who are getting vaccinated now have to
be fearful of the next wave of genuine infections, whether it's [SARS-CoV-2
variants] or any other coronaviruses, because they're all related and they will
all be subject to immune dependent enhancement, obviously.”
Antibody-dependent
enhancement (ADE), or paradoxical immune enhancement (PIE) refers to a
condition where the vaccination results in the complete opposite of what you’re
looking for. Rather than protect against the infection, the vaccine augments
and worsens the infection.
ADE can occur through
more than one mechanism, and Bhakdi is of the opinion that the enhancement is
primarily due to over-reactive killer lymphocytes and secondary complement
activation, both of which cause severe damage.
Antibodies Versus Lymphocytes
Bhakdi explains:
“There are two major arms
of defense against viral infection. One is the antibodies that, if they are
present, may prevent the virus from entering your cells. These are so-called
neutralizing antibodies, which the vaccination is supposed to [produce].
But the antibodies are
not at the place that they are needed, which is on the surface of the airway
epithelium. They are in the blood, but not at the surface of the epithelium
where the virus arrives. The second arm of immune defense then comes into play,
and these are the lymphocytes.
There are different types
of lymphocytes and I will simplify matters by saying the important lymphocytes
are the so-called killer lymphocytes that sense whenever a virus product is
being produced in the cell. They will then destroy the cells that harbor the
virus and thus the factory is closed and you get well again.
That is the mechanism for
how we can survive viral infections of the lung, and this happens all the time.
So, the lymphocytes, in contrast to the antibodies, recognize many, many, many
parts of the proteins. So, if a virus changes a little bit, it doesn't matter,
because the waste products that are recognized by the killer lymphocytes remain
very similar.
That is why all of us,
and this is now known, all of us have memory lymphocytes in our lymph nodes and
lymphoid organs that are trained to recognize these coronaviruses. And whether
or not a mutant is there, it doesn't really matter, because they will recognize
a mutant or variant.”
According to Bhakdi,
coronaviruses can only undergo point mutations, meaning only one nucleotide at
a time can be changed. The influenza virus, meanwhile, can undergo more radical
mutations. For example, a flu virus can completely change its spike protein by
swapping spike proteins with another virus that is simultaneously present.
This sort of shift is not
possible with coronaviruses. Therefore, you will never have leaps in antigenic
changes either for antibodies or for T-cell killer lymphocytes. That’s why the
background immunity that evolves during the lifetime of a human being is very
broad and solid.
Natural Immunity Is Far Superior to
Vaccine-Induced Immunity
One of the most egregious
nullifications of medical scientific truth is the claim that COVID
“vaccination” confers superior protection compared than the natural immunity
you get after you’ve been exposed to the virus and recover. The reality is that
natural immunity is infinitely more superior to the vaccine-induced protection
you get from these shots, which is both narrow and temporary.
The COVID shot produces
antibodies against just one of the viral proteins, the spike protein, whereas
natural immunity produces antibodies against all parts of the virus, plus memory
T cells. As noted by Bhakdi:
“The very fact that the
World Health Organization has changed the definition of herd immunity … is such
a scandal. I'm at a loss of words to describe how ridiculous I find this all,
that this is being accepted by our colleagues. How can the physicians and
scientists of the world bear to listen to all this nonsense?”
How the COVID Shot Causes Damage
As explained by Bhakdi,
when you get a COVID shot, genetic instructions are being injected into your
deltoid muscle. Muscle drains into your lymph nodes, which in turn can enter
your bloodstream. There may also be direct translocation from the muscle into
smaller blood vessels.
Animal data submitted by
Pfizer to Japanese authorities show the mRNA appeared within the blood within
one or two hours of injection. The rapidity of it suggests the nano particles
are translocated from the muscle directly into the blood, bypassing the lymph
nodes.
Once inside your
bloodstream, the genetic instructions are delivered to the cells available,
namely your endothelial cells. These are the cells that line your blood
vessels. These cells then start producing spike protein, as per the mRNA
instructions. As the name implies, the spike protein looks like a sharp spike
protruding from the cell wall, into the bloodstream.
Since they are not
supposed to be there, your killer lymphocytes rush to the area, thinking the
cells are infected. The killer lymphocytes attack the cells, which causes
damage to the cell wall. This damage, in turn, provokes clot formation. We’re
now seeing evidence that COVID shots are causing all manner of clotting issues,
from microsized clots to massive clots stretching a foot or more in length.
Of course, when a large
enough clot occurs in the heart, you end up with a heart attack. In the brain,
you end up with stroke. But even microclots that don’t completely block the
blood vessel can have serious ramifications. You can check for presence of
microclots by performing a D-dimer blood test. If your D-dimer is elevated, you
have clotting somewhere in your body.
How Vaccine-Induced Antibodies Can Cause
Harm
But that’s not all. The
anti-spike protein antibodies can also be harmful. Bhakdi explains:
“The other thing that has
now emerged is just as frightening [as the clotting problem]. One to two weeks
after the first jab, you start making antibodies in large amounts.
Now, when the second jab
is done, and the spike proteins starts to project from the walls of your
vessels into your bloodstream, it is not only met by the killer lymphocytes,
but now the antibodies are also there and the antibodies activate [the]
complement [system].
That was my first field
of research. The first cascade system is the clotting system. Turn it on and
the blood will clot. If you turn on the complement system with the antibodies that
bind to your vessel wall, then this complement system will start creating holes
in the vessel wall.
And you see these
patients who have bleeding in the skin. Ask, where does that come from? Well,
if you go around riddling your vessels with holes, you [get bleeding]. If the
holes riddle vessels of the liver, or the pancreas or the brain, then the blood
will seep through the vessels into the tissues …
[The COVID injections]
are in your bloodstream for at least a week, and they will seep into any organ.
And when those [organ] cells then start to make the spike protein themselves,
then the killer lymphocytes will also seek and destroy them [in that organ,
creating more damage and subsequent clotting].
What we are witnessing is
one of the most fascinating experiments that could lead to massive autoimmune
disease. When this will happen, God knows. And what this will lead to, God
knows.”
COVID Jab May Trigger Latent Viruses and
Cancer
The COVID jabs can also
decimate your lymph nodes, as your lymph nodes are full of lymphocytes and
other immune cells. Some of the lymphocytes will die immediately upon contact,
causing inflammation.
Cells that don’t die and
take up the mRNA and start producing spike protein will be recognized as virus
producers and get attacked by the complement system. It essentially creates a
war between some immune cells against other immune cells. As a result of this
attack, your lymph nodes swell and become painful.
This is a serious
problem, as the lymphocytes in your lymph nodes are lifelong sentinels that
keep latent infection such as shingles under control. When they malfunction or
are destroyed, these latent viruses can activate. This is why we’re seeing
reports of shingles, lupus, herpes, Epstein-Barr, tuberculosis and other
infections emerge as a side effect of the shots. Of course, certain cancers can
also be affected.
“As we all know, tumors
are forming every day in our bodies, but those tumor cells are recognized by
our lymphocytes and then they're snuffed out,” Bhakdi says. “So,
I am worried sick that the world is being goaded into taking something into the
body that is going to change the whole face of medicine.”
Informed Consent Is Virtually Impossible
After giving this issue a
great deal of thought, Bhakdi is convinced that the COVID injection campaign
must be stopped.
“Gene-based vaccines are
an absolute danger to mankind and their use at present violates the Nuremberg
codex, such that everyone who is propagating their use should be put before
tribunal,” Bhakdi says.
“Especially the vaccination
of children is something that is so criminal that I have no words to express my
horror … We are horribly worried that there's going to be an impact on
fertility. And this will be seen in years or decades from now. And this is
potentially one of the greatest crimes, simply one of the greatest crimes
imaginable …
As we all know, it is
laid down by the Nuremberg codex that in case experiments are to be conducted
in humans, this can only be performed with informed consent.
Informed consent means
that the person to be vaccinated has to be informed about all the risks, the
risk benefit ratios, the potential dangers and what is known about side
effects. This cannot be done with children, because children are not in the
position to understand it.
Therefore, they cannot
give informed consent. Therefore, they cannot be vaccinated. If anyone does
that, he should be set before a tribunal. If grownups have been informed and
want to get the shot, that's all right. But don't force anyone to get the shot.
It has to be by informed consent only.”
Of course, informed
consent is also virtually impossible even for adults, as they’re only given one
side of the story. All side effects and risks are censored virtually everywhere
and discussions about them are banned. The U.S. government is even pushing to
criminalize discussion about COVID injection risks.
Where Do We Go From Here?
If you’ve already gotten
one or two shots, there’s nothing you can do about that. Certainly, do not get
a booster, as each booster is undoubtedly going to magnify the damage.
“In the end, I predict
that we're going to see mass illnesses and deaths among people who normally
would have wonderful lives ahead of them,” Bhakdi says. The question on
people’s minds is, can anything be done to reverse the damage from these shots?
As yet, we do not know.
However, if you have
received one or more shots and develop symptoms of an infection, Bhakdi
recommends treatment with hydroxychloroquine and/or ivermectin, such as the
Zelenko protocol,4 and the MATH+ protocols,5 which
have proven their effectiveness. It’s important to realize you may actually be
more prone to serious infection, not less.
Nebulized hydrogen
peroxide can also be used for prevention and treatment of COVID-19, as detailed
in Dr. David Brownstein’s case paper6 and Dr. Thomas Levy’s free e-book, “Rapid Virus Recovery.” Whichever treatment protocol you use, make sure you
begin treatment as soon as possible, ideally at first onset of symptoms.
- Sources
and References
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1 The BMJ Opinion November 26, 2020
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3 The Lancet Microbe July 1, 2021;
2(7): E279-E280
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4 Zelenko protocol
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6 Science, Public Health Policy and The
Law July 2020; 1: 4-22 (PDF)
O Other Video 's:
In February, 2021, Professor Sucharit Bhakdi, M.D. and a number of his colleagues warned the European Medicines Agency about the potential danger of blood clots and cerebral vein thrombosis in millions of people receiving experimental gene-based injections.
Since then, two of the four injections have been suspended or recalled in Europe and the United States for just that reason.
In this episode of Perspectives, Professor Bhakdi explains the science behind the problem, why it is not just limited to the products already suspended, and why in the long term we may be creating dangerously overactive immune systems in billions of unwitting subjects.
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