Pfizer and Moderna are both seeking emergency use authorization for their bivalent COVID boosters for children.
7/02/2022
Video Link: https://youtu.be/JPMQHAnBFto
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- Pfizer
and Moderna are both seeking emergency use authorization for their
bivalent COVID boosters for children. Moderna is seeking authorization for
children ages 6 through 17, while Pfizer’s shot is for children aged 5 through
11
- The
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects the bivalent
boosters will be available for children aged 5 to 11 by mid-October 2022
- In
the U.S., both bivalent boosters will contain mRNA against the original
Wuhan strain and Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5. (In the U.K., Moderna’s
booster targets the Wuhan strain and BA.1, an earlier Omicron strain no
longer in circulation)
- The
effectiveness of Pfizer’s booster is based on antibody levels in eight
mice, which cannot tell you anything about the level of protection you
might receive. Moderna’s booster is also based on antibody levels in mice,
although the exact number is unknown
- When
it comes to safety, there’s not even mouse data. The safety is assumed
based on the original shots, even though the safety data on those is
shocking beyond belief. As of September 16, 2022, the U.S. Vaccine Adverse
Events Reporting System (VAERS) had logged 55,733 reports of injuries and
deaths in children under the age of 18
Even as more
damning data are coming to light, Pfizer and Moderna are both seeking emergency
use authorization (EUA) for their bivalent COVID boosters for children. Moderna
is seeking authorization for children ages 6 through 17, while Pfizer’s shot is
for children aged 5 through 11.1
According to
Reuters,2 “the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... expects COVID-19 vaccine
boosters targeting circulating variants of the virus to be available for
children aged 5-11 years by mid-October.”
Moderna’s new
bivalent COVID booster, mRNA-1273.222, sold under the brand name “Spikevax
bivalent Original/Omicron,” was authorized for adults over the age of 18 at the
end of August 2022.3
In the U.S.,
the adult dose contains 25 micrograms of mRNA against the original Wuhan strain
and 25 mcg of mRNA targeting Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5.4 In the
U.K., Moderna’s bivalent booster (mRNA-1273.2145) contains
mRNA against the original Wuhan strain and BA.1,6 an
earlier Omicron strain that is no longer in circulation.7 8
Pfizer’s
bivalent booster also contain mRNA against the Wuhan strain, BA.4 and BA.5. The
two bivalent boosters are only be available to those who have already received
the primary two-dose series and/or a monovalent booster at least two months
ago.9
It’s probably
safe to assume the same rule will apply to children. As of late September 2022,10 38% of
American children aged 5 to 11 had received one initial dose and 31% have
received two doses.11 In the
12- to 17-year-old age group, 67% have had one dose and 57% two doses. Those
with two doses are likely the only ones who will be eligible for the bivalent
booster, if authorized.
Bivalent Boosters Have Only Been Tested on Mice
For decades,
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has had additional safeguards in place
for children who participate in medical research.12 With
the advent of COVID shots, all of that has been tossed out the window, as
children are now being used as medical guinea pigs without any safeguards
whatsoever.
It’s really
important to realize that these bivalent boosters have been reformulated with
new, untested mRNA, yet they’ve only been tested on mice. Despite that, the FDA
is now considering giving them to young children.
The
effectiveness of Pfizer’s booster is based on antibody levels in eight mice,13 which
cannot tell you anything about the level of protection you might receive.
Moderna’s booster is also based on antibody levels in mice, although the exact
number is unknown.
“Safety is
assumed based on the original shots, even though the safety data on those is
shocking beyond belief. As of September 16, 2022, the U.S. Vaccine Adverse
Events Reporting System (VAERS) had logged 55,733 reports of injuries and
deaths in children under the age of 18.”
When it comes
to safety, there’s not even mouse data. The safety is assumed based on the
original shots, even though the safety data on those is shocking beyond belief.
In the short-term, the original COVID shots have between them resulted in
1,417,671 adverse event reports (logged with the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Events
Reporting System or VAERS as of September 16, 202214).
That includes
177,973 hospitalizations, 58,024 permanent disabilities, 34,107 life
threatening events and 31,071 deaths. For children under the age of 18 alone,
there are 55,733 reports of injuries and deaths.
If that’s not
cause for alarm, I don’t know what is. It’s certainly not “strong evidence” for
safety! What’s more, due to widespread underreporting, you have to multiply
those already staggering numbers by underreporting factor of 41 (or more) to
get an idea of the true impact.
And, if you
still believe the pediatric trials were exhaustive, understand that the
monovalent Pfizer booster authorized for children aged 5 to 11, back in May
2022, was based on the antibody levels of just 67 children.15 This is
so far outside the norm of what’s historically been required for a drug trial,
it’s just ridiculous.
1 in 800 Absolute Risk of Serious Side Effects
While VAERS
data paint a clear picture of what’s at stake for parents who opt to inject
their children with this genetically engineered bioweapon, we now also have
other data showing just how bad of an idea that is.
A recent
study16 17 in the
journal Vaccine — coauthored by some of the most trusted medical scientists in
the world, including Peter Doshi, an associate professor of pharmaceutical
services research and a senior editor at The BMJ — looked at data from the FDA,
Health Canada and the Pfizer and Moderna trials to assess the risks of Pfizer’s
and Moderna’s COVID shots.
They
concluded the absolute risk of a serious adverse event from the mRNA shots was
1 in 800, which massively exceeds the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization found in
randomized controlled trials.
The risk COVID
infection poses to children is even more infinitesimal — especially Omicron
infection, which presents as a mild cold in most people — making a 1 in 800
risk of a serious side effect unacceptable beyond description.
Statistics
show the rate of COVID-19 associated hospitalization among children aged 5 to
11 is 0.0008%.18 In
real-world terms, that’s so close to zero you cannot lower it any further.
Additionally, as reported by Clark County Today,19 “Pfizer
trial data20 [show]
the chance of death in children from the shot is 107 times higher than
death from COVID-19.”
Other Data That Confirm Lack of Safety
https://rumble.com/v17wsq0-is-the-covid-vaccine-safe-for-my-kids.html
Other data are also reviewed in a recent paper21 22 by cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra, who initially recommended the shots but has since changed his mind about their safety. For example, Israeli data show post-jab myocarditis is occurring at a rate of 1 in 6,000. Data from male children and teens in Hong Kong found myocarditis at a rate of 1 in 2,700.
As noted by
the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation in the video above, myocarditis — one of
the recognized effects of the COVID jab — “has a mortality rate of 25% to 56%
within three to 10 years, owing to progressive heart failure and sudden cardiac
death.”
Norwegian
data show the rate of serious adverse events post-jab is 1 in 1,000 after two
doses of Pfizer, and the British Yellow Card system shows 1 in 120 people who
have received at least one mRNA injection suffer an adverse event “that is
beyond mild.” These are simply extraordinary risk ratios, and there’s no
telling what the long-term effects might be, say 10 or 20 years from now.
Trial Showed COVID Jab Increases Infection Risk in
Babies
According to
CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, “rigorous scientific review” has proven the
COVID shots to be safe and effective in infants and young children.23 However,
as detailed by diagnostic pathologist Dr. Clare Craig24 (video
above), Pfizer twisted its clinical data for young children to achieve a
desired result.
Craig points
out that of the 4,526 children, aged 6 months to 4 years, who participated in
Pfizer’s trial, 3,000 didn’t make it to the end of the trial. Why did
two-thirds of the children drop out? Oftentimes, this happens when side effects
are too severe for the participant to continue. Here, we don’t know why
two-thirds of the participants were eliminated, and “on that basis alone, this
trial should be deemed null and void,” Craig says. Moreover:
- Six of the children,
aged 2 to 4 years, in the vaccinated group were diagnosed with “severe
COVID,” compared to just one in the placebo group. So, what this actually
shows is that the likelihood the shot is causing severe COVID is higher
than the likelihood that it’s preventing it.
- The only child who
required hospitalization for COVID was also in the “vaccinated” group.
- In the three weeks
following the first dose, 34 of the children in the vaccinated group and
13 of the unvaccinated children were diagnosed with COVID. That means the
children’s risk of developing symptoms of COVID within the first three
weeks of the first dose actually increased by 30%! These data were ignored.
Between doses two and three, there was an
eight-week gap, and the vaccinated arm again experienced higher rates of COVID.
This too was ignored. After the third dose, incidence of COVID was again raised
in the vaccine group, and this was ignored as well.
In the end, they only counted three cases of COVID
in the vaccine arm and seven cases in the placebo group. They literally ignored
97% of all the COVID cases that occurred during the trial to conclude that the
shots were “effective” in preventing COVID.
- While they claim the
triple-dose regimen reduced COVID, 12 of the children actually caught
COVID twice in the two-month follow-up, and 11 of them were vaccinated.
- The confidence
interval for Pfizer’s jab is -370% at the lower end of the 95%, which
suggests children who get the jab are nearly four times more likely of
getting sick with COVID than their unvaccinated peers.25
Why Are They Targeting Children Who Don’t Need
These Shots?
Ever since
the COVID shots were first authorized for young children,26 the
question of why has been raised. Certainly, it’s not because children are in
grave danger of dying from COVID.
The most
likely explanation for the FDA’s and CDC’s irrational behavior is that they’re
helping the drug makers to get the mRNA shots onto the childhood vaccination
schedule, as that is the fastest and easiest route to get permanent liability
shielding.
Once the
vaccine is on the childhood vaccination schedule, the vaccine makers are
permanently shielded from liability for injuries and deaths that occur in any
age group, including adults. You can learn more about this indemnification
process in “The Real
Reason They Want to Give COVID Jabs to Kids.”
So, the end
goal is likely to get permanent immunity against liability for injury and death
from the COVID shots in all age groups, and to get there, they first need the
EUA to cover all children. And, since the FDA is now authorizing reformulated
mRNA shots without additional testing, using the flu vaccine model, it seems
they want to make sure they have annually updated boosters included in the EUA
for children as well.
UK Bans COVID Jab for Under-12
Meanwhile,
the U.K. recently rescinded the COVID jab for children under the age of 12,
unless they’re in a high-risk medical category. As reported by The Guardian
September 6, 2022:27
“The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said children who had not turned
5 by the end of last month would not be offered a vaccination, in line with
advice published by the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
(JCVI) in February 2022. UKHSA said the offer of COVID jabs to healthy 5- to
11-year-olds was always meant to be temporary.”
Similarly, as
of September 1, 2022, Denmark no longer offers the COVID jab to children
between the ages of 5 and 17, citing the low risk posed by COVID infection.28 Children
with only one dose will not be required to get a second, and no boosters will
be offered to this age group.
Sweden opted
not to recommend the shot for children between 5 and 11 from the start, as the
Swedish Health Agency felt the benefits did not outweigh the risks,29 so
boosters for kids are unlikely to be an issue there either.
In the U.S.,
Florida has gone on record rejecting all COVID shots for children under 5.30 Parents
who want to get their toddlers jabbed have the freedom to do so, but it’s not
recommended by the state.
Protect Your Children From Medical Experimentation
If you’re
still unsure whether the COVID shot is the “right” choice for your child,
please read through Dr. Byram Bridle’s “COVID-19
Vaccines and Children: A Scientist’s Guide for Parents,”31 published
by the Canadian COVID Care Alliance. It goes through how the shots work, what
the known side effects are, results from the clinical trial, the effects of the
spike protein and much more.
Side effects
from the new bivalent boosters are assumed to be about the same as for the
original shots,32 but
there’s no guarantee of that. They could be milder, or they could be worse.
In my view,
the chances of them being worse is higher, for the simple reason that they’re
delivering more than one type of mRNA. Will the BA.4/BA.5 mRNA have different
effects? Will they cause cross-reactions? Who knows? There’s no data. At bare
minimum, if the adverse effects of the original shots are an indication,
there’s every reason to suspect the bivalent boosters will be just as
dangerous.
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3
CDC
Moderna COVID Booster Bivalent
4
CDC
Moderna COVID Booster Bivalent
8
Nebraskamed.com
August 9, 2022
14 Openvaers.com Through
September 16, 2022, All territories
16
Vaccine
September 22, 2022; 40(40): 5798-5805
17 Journal of
Insulin Resistance 2022; 5(1): a71 Full paper, Page 7
18 Rumble
Vaccine Safety Research Foundation June 9, 2022
19
Clark
County Today September 8, 2022
20
NEJM November 4,
2021; 385: 1761-1773
21 Journal of
Insulin Resistance 2022; 5(1): a71 Full paper Part 1
22 Journal of
Insulin Resistance 2022; 5(1): a71 Full paper Part 2
25
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Ben@USMortality June 16, 2022
27
The
Guardian September 6, 2022
28
Western
Standard August 10, 2022
31 Canadian
Covid Care Alliance, COVID-19 Vaccines and Children: A Scientist’s Guide for
Parents
32
Houston
Chronicle September 19, 2022
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