June 19, 2022
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1.
Severe COVID-19 ‘Rare’ In Unvaccinated People
“An analysis revealed that compared to those who
got jabbed, unvaccinated people reported fewer hospitalizations.”
2. BA.5 Omicron is Winning the Covid
Variant Battle in the U.S.
“BA.2.12.1 is only modestly (1.8-fold) more
resistant to sera from vaccinated and boosted individuals than BA.2. On the
other hand, BA.4/5 is substantially (4.2-fold) more resistant and thus more
likely to lead to vaccine breakthrough infections.”
https://deadline.com/2022/06/ba-5-omicron-winning-covid-variant-u-s-1235039866/
3. Media Wonders Why Boosted Americans
are Testing Positive for COVID More Than Those Without Extra Shot
“Since late February, Americans who have gotten a
booster shot appear to be testing positive for COVID-19 more often than those
vaccinated without the extra shot, according to Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention data.”
4. Unvaxxed ‘Control group’: First Release
of Survey Data
“An international survey of a health-aware,
‘Control Group’ that includes over 300,000 people who have chosen to avoid
COVID-19 vaccination, shows participants place minimal burden on health systems
through their strong reliance on natural immunity, self-care and the use of
natural health supplements to help prevent or even treat COVID-19.”
5. Israel Contemplating Fifth COVID
Vaccine as Number of Infections Rises
The country’s Corona Supervisor, Professor Salman
Zarqa, stated on Wednesday at the 2042 Medicine Conference in Tel Aviv that
“unfortunately, it seems that we are starting a new corona wave in Israel, the
BA.5 wave, we are considering giving a fifth vaccine.”
https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-contemplating-fifth-covid-vaccine-as-number-of-infections-rises/
6. New Study Links COVID Vaccines to
25% Increase in Cardiac Arrest
“Study based on data from emergency services. COVID
infection itself not linked to significant increase in cardiovascular
complications.”
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328529
7. WHO Says COVID-19 ‘Lab Leak’ Theory
Needs Further Investigation
“There are key pieces of data that are not yet
available for a complete understanding of how the COVID-19 pandemic began,” the
expert said in their report, stressing that further studies are needed “to
follow up on several gaps in our knowledge,” according to Agence France-Presse.
https://nypost.com/2022/06/10/who-says-covid-19-lab-leak-needs-further-investigation/
8. High Viral Loads: What Drives Fatal
Cases of COVID-19 in Vaccinees?
“However, vaccinated cases also showed high viral
loads, reaching Ct-values below 10, especially in the upper airways and lungs.
This was accompanied by high rates of pulmonal bacterial or mycotic
superinfections and the occurrence of immunocompromising factors, such as
malignancies, immunosuppressive drug intake, or decreased immunoglobulin
levels. All these findings were particularly accentuated in partially
vaccinated patients compared to fully vaccinated individuals.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41379-022-01069-9
9. Heavily Vaccinated Taiwan
Experiences Record COVID-19 Infections, Hospitalizations & Deaths
“While Taiwan is 80.3% fully vaccinated, with one
of the highest boost rates worldwide at about 65%, an unprecedented number of
SARS-CoV-2 infections surge alongside record fatalities.”
10. Children Infected With up to Three
Viruses at a Time Because of COVID Measures, Experts Warn
“Children are being infected with up to THREE
viruses at a time because COVID measures have worn down their immune systems
and made them vulnerable to illnesses usually only caught in winter, experts
warn.”
11. COVID-19 Deaths Remain Extremely
Rare in Children and Young People
“Of the COVID-19 deaths, 61 (75.3%) had an
underlying condition, especially severe neurodisability (n=27) and
immunocompromising conditions (n=12). Over the 22-month surveillance period,
SARS-CoV-2 was responsible for 1.2% (81/6,790) of all deaths, with an infection
fatality rate of 0.70/100,000 SARS-CoV-2 infections in CYP aged <20 years
estimated through real-time, nowcasting modelling and a mortality rate of
0.61/100,000.”
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4125501
12. Research Must Do No Harm: New
Guidance Addresses All Studies Relating to People
“Specifically, it means at least three things:
first, that the research community should consider potentially harmful
implications of research as applied to groups; second, that the community
should strive to minimize the potential for misuse and the risks of harm to
these groups; and third, that authors should use respectful, non-stigmatizing
language in their manuscripts.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01607-0#Echobox=1655216887
Geert Vanden Bossche received his DVM from the
University of Ghent, Belgium, and his PhD degree in Virology from the
University of Hohenheim, Germany. He held adjunct faculty appointments at
universities in Belgium and Germany. After his career in Academia, Geert joined
several vaccine companies (GSK Biologicals, Novartis Vaccines, Solvay
Biologicals) to serve various roles in vaccine R&D as well as in late
vaccine development.
Geert then moved on to join the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation’s Global Health Discovery team in Seattle (USA) as Senior
Program Officer; he then worked with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunization (GAVI) in Geneva as Senior Ebola Program Manager. At GAVI he
tracked efforts to develop an Ebola vaccine. He also represented GAVI in fora
with other partners, including WHO, to review progress on the fight against
Ebola and to build plans for global pandemic preparedness.
Back in 2015, Geert scrutinized and questioned the
safety of the Ebola vaccine that was used in ring vaccination trials conducted
by WHO in Guinea. His critical scientific analysis and report on the data
published by WHO in the Lancet in 2015 was sent to all international health and
regulatory authorities involved in the Ebola vaccination program. After working
for GAVI, Geert joined the German Center for Infection Research in Cologne as
Head of the Vaccine Development Office. He is at present primarily serving as a
Biotech / Vaccine consultant while also conducting his own research on Natural
Killer cell-based vaccines.
Email: info@voiceforscienceandsolidarity.org
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