Update on the Variants
Segment # 004
When the CDC and their talking heads began two days ago proclaiming the COVID vaccine safe for pregnant women apparently they forgot that they have absolutely no data supporting this assertion. I wasn’t great in science in general or biology specifically; however, I do remember that pregnancy lasts 9 months. They were barely beginning the vaccines in late November to early December 2020, so basically the children have not been born from vaccinated mothers. And that’s our CDC… and they wonder why we distrust them.
CDC: COVID-19 vaccine is safe for pregnant women, according to new data
COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all people aged 12 years and older, including people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant now, or might become pregnant in the future. Pregnant and recently pregnant people are more likely to get severely ill with COVID-19 compared with non-pregnant people. Getting a COVID-19 vaccine can protect you from severe illness from COVID-19. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/pregnancy.html
VAERS Latest Data Include 2 New Reports of Teen Deaths Following COVID Vaccine, as Total Reports of Deaths Exceed 12,000
Originally published on www.childrenshealthdefense.org by Megan Redshaw
VAERS data released today by the CDC showed a total of 545,338 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 12,366 deaths and 70,105 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020 and July 30, 2021
Data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed the total number of reports (including foreign and U.S.) of deaths following COVID vaccination, across all age groups, surpassed 12,000.
The data comes directly from reports submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S.
Every Friday, VAERS makes public all vaccine injury reports received as of a specified date, usually about a week prior to the release date. Reports submitted to VAERS require further investigation before a causal relationship can be confirmed.
Data released today show that between Dec. 14, 2020 and July 30, 2021, a total of 545,338 total adverse events were reported to VAERS, including 12,366 deaths -- an increase of 426 over the previous week. There were 70,105 reports of serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time period -- up 7,003 compared with the previous week.
Excluding "foreign reports" filed in VAERS, 443,201 adverse events, including 5,739 deaths and 35,881 serious injuries, were reported in the U.S.
In the U.S., 344.9 million COVID vaccine doses had been administered as of July 30. This includes: 139 million doses of Moderna's vaccine, 193 million doses of Pfizer and 13 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID vaccine.
Of the 5,739 U.S. deaths reported as of July 30, 13% occurred within 24 hours of vaccination, 19% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination and 34% occurred in people who experienced an onset of symptoms within 48 hours of being vaccinated.
This week's U.S. data for 12- to 17-year-olds show:
15,741 total adverse events, including 947 rated as serious and 18 reported deaths. Two of the nine deaths were suicides.
The most recent reported deaths include a 15-year-old boy (VAERS I.D. 1498080) who previously had COVID, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in May 2021 and died four days after receiving his second dose of Pfizer's vaccine on June 18, when he collapsed on the soccer field and went into ventricular tachycardia; and a 13-year-old girl (VAERS I.D. 1505250) who died after suffering a heart condition after receiving her first dose of Pfizer.
Other deaths include two 13-year-old boys (VAERS I.D. 1406840 and 1431289) who died two days after receiving a Pfizer vaccine, a 13-year-old boy who died after receiving Moderna (VAERS I.D. 1463061), three 15-year-olds (VAERS I.D. 1187918, 1382906 and 1242573), five 16-year-olds (VAERS I.D. 1420630, 1466009, 1225942, 1475434, and 1386841) and three 17-year-olds (VAERS I.D. 1199455, 1388042 and 1420762).
2,323 reports of anaphylaxis among 12- to 17-year-olds with 99% of cases attributed to Pfizer's vaccine.
406 reports of myocarditis and pericarditis (heart inflammation) with 402 cases attributed to Pfizer's vaccine.
77 reports of blood clotting disorders, with all cases attributed to Pfizer.
This week's total U.S. VAERS data, from Dec. 14, 2020 to July 30, 2021, for all age groups combined, show:
21% of deaths were related to cardiac disorders.
54% of those who died were male, 43% were female and the remaining death reports did not include gender of the deceased.
The average age of death was 73.2.
As of July 30, 2,636 pregnant women reported adverse events related to COVID vaccines, including 912 reports of miscarriage or premature birth.
Of the 2,533 cases of Bell's Palsy reported, 50% were attributed to Pfizer vaccinations, 43% to Moderna and 6% to J&J.
483 reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, with 40% of cases attributed to Pfizer, 35% to Moderna and 24% to J&J.
121,452 reports of anaphylaxis with 44% of cases attributed to Pfizer's vaccine, 48% to Moderna and 8% to J&J.
8,048 reports of blood clotting disorders. Of those, 3,428 reports were attributed to Pfizer, 2,910 reports to Moderna and 1,665 reports to J&J.
2,018 cases of myocarditis and pericarditis with 1,275 cases attributed to Pfizer, 667 cases to Moderna and 71 cases to J&J's COVID vaccine.
FDA eyes full approval of Pfizer vaccine by early next month
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accelerated its timeline to fully approve Pfizer's COVID vaccine -- planning to complete the process by the beginning of September, people familiar with the effort told The New York Times.
President Biden said last week he expected a fully approved vaccine in early fall. But the FDA's unofficial deadline is Labor Day or sooner, according to The Times.
The agency said in a statement its leaders recognized approval might inspire more public confidence and had "taken an all-hands-on-deck approach" to the work.
The FDA's move is expected to kick off more vaccination mandates for hospital workers, college students and federal troops.
Federal regulators have been under growing public pressure to fully approve Pfizer's vaccine ever since the company filed its application on May 7.
Vaccinated may play key role in aiding evolution of more dangerous COVID variants
According to research published last week in Scientific Reports, vaccinated people may play a key role in helping SARS-CoV-2 variants evolve into those that evade existing COVID vaccines.
Researchers identified three specific risk factors that favor the emergence and establishment of a vaccine-resistant strain. They are: a high probability of initial emergence of the resistant strain; a high number of infected individuals; and a low rate of vaccination.
However, the analysis also showed the highest risk for establishing a vaccine-resistant strain occurs when a large fraction of the population has already been vaccinated but the transmission is not controlled.
"When most people are vaccinated, the vaccine-resistant strain has an advantage over the original strain," Simon Rella of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, told CNN. "This means the vaccine-resistant strain spreads through the population faster at a time when most people are vaccinated."
The data is consistent with a study released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which showed vaccinated people may transmit the Delta variant -- now responsible for 80% of COVID cases in the U.S. -- just as easily as the unvaccinated.
Delta variant more transmissible, not more deadly
As The Defender reported Aug. 3, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said they are still trying to understand why the Delta variant is more transmissible than the original COVID virus strain.
"There are certain mutations in the Delta variant that, for example, allow the virus to adhere to a cell more easily," said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO'S technical lead on COVID, at a press briefing July 30. "There are some laboratory studies that suggest that there's increased replication in some of the modeled human airway systems."
The CDC warned lawmakers July 29 of new research indicating the Delta strain is more contagious than chickenpox. The variant also appears to have a longer transmission window than the original COVID strain, and may make older people sicker, even if they've been fully vaccinated, CNBC reported.
Brian Hooker, Ph.D., P.E., Children's Health Defense chief scientific officer and professor of biology at Simpson University, said while the Delta variant is likely more transmissible, it's also likely less pathogenic.
"What we're seeing is virus evolution 101," Hooker said.
He explained:
"Viruses like to survive, so killing the host (i.e. the human who is infected) defeats the purpose because killing the host kills the virus, too.
"For this reason, new variants of viruses that circulate widely through the population tend to become more transmissive but less pathogenic. In other words, they will spread more easily from person to person, but they will cause less damage to the host."
Hooker said the more the variant deviates from the original sequence used for the vaccine, the less effective the vaccine will be on that variant, which could explain why fully vaccinated people are getting infected with the Delta variant.
But this isn't the case for natural immunity, Hooker explained:
"The vaccine focuses on the spike protein, whereas natural immunity focuses on the entire virus. Natural immunity -- with a more diverse array of antibodies and T-cell receptors -- will provide better protection overall as it has more targets in which to attack the virus, whereas vaccine-derived immunity only focuses on one portion of the virus, in this case, the spike protein. Once that portion of the virus has mutated sufficiently, the vaccine no longer is effective."
Offspring band boots drummer for refusing to get vaccinated
Pete Parada, drummer for the Californian rock band Offspring, said he was ousted from the band because he refused to get a COVID vaccine, despite having already had COVID and acquiring natural immunity.
In an Instagram post, Parada said:
"Since I am unable to comply with what is increasingly becoming an industry mandate, it has recently been decided that I am unsafe to be around, in the studio and on tour. I mention this because you won't be seeing me at these upcoming shows. I also want to share my story so that anyone else experiencing the agony and isolation of getting left behind right now knows they're not entirely alone."
Parada, who had COVID more than a year ago, said he was medically advised not to take the vaccine due to his "personal medical history and the side-effect profile" of COVID vaccines.
Parada has a history of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a serious but rare autoimmune disorder linked to multiple vaccines, including COVID vaccines.
Parada said he was confident he could handle the virus again, but he could not handle another round of post-vaccination GBS, which dates back to his childhood and has become progressively worse over his lifetime.
In a series of tweets, Parada said he unequivocally supports informed consent -- "which necessitates choice unburdened by coercion" -- and does not find it "ethical or wise" to allow those with the most power, including government, corporations, organizations or employers to "dictate medical procedures to those with the least power."
Nation's largest employers mandate COVID vaccines
Some of the nation's largest employers are mandating COVID vaccines, The New York Times reported this week.
Tyson Foods this week told its 120,000 workers in offices, slaughterhouses and poultry plants across the country they would need to be vaccinated by Nov. 1, as a "condition of employment."
Microsoft, which employs roughly 100,000 people in the U.S., said it would require proof of vaccination for all employees, vendors and guests to gain access to its offices.
Last week, Google said it would require employees who returned to the company's offices to be vaccinated, while Disney announced a mandate for all salaried and non-union hourly workers who work on site.
Walmart, the largest private employer in the U.S, Lyft and Uber mandated vaccines for white-collar workers but not for millions of frontline workers.
The moves brought praise from the White House.
"I want to thank Walmart, Google, Netflix, Disney, Tyson Foods for their recent actions requiring vaccination for employees," President Biden said in a press briefing on Tuesday. "Look, I know this isn't easy -- but I will have their backs."
"Others have declined to step up," Biden said. "I find it disappointing."
151 days and counting, CDC ignores The Defender's inquiries
According to the CDC website, "the CDC follows up on any report of death to request additional information and learn more about what occurred and to determine whether the death was a result of the vaccine or unrelated."
On March 8, The Defender contacted the CDC with a written list of questions about reported deaths and injuries related to COVID vaccines. We have made repeated attempts, by phone and email, to obtain a response to our questions.
Despite multiple phone and email communications with many people at the CDC, and despite being told that our request was in the system and that someone would respond, we have not yet received answers to any of the questions we submitted. It has been 144 days since we sent our first email to the CDC requesting information.
Children's Health Defense asks anyone who has experienced an adverse reaction, to any vaccine, to file a report following these three steps.
The Children’s Health Defense Team is devoted to the health of people and our planet. Our mission is to end the childhood health epidemics by working aggressively to eliminate harmful exposures, hold those responsible accountable, and establish safeguards so this never happens again. We do what we do for many reasons, but the one thing we all share is our passionate belief that we have public health policies and practices that are harming our children. For the future good health of our children and planet, we call for more research and transparency. Visit us at www.childrenshealthdefense.org
Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of GreenMedInfo or its staff
Recommended Vaccination Schedule for Children
Not being a parent I was shocked at how many vaccines most kids get.
Your kids will get more than 50 shots before they enter adulthood. That’s a lot of needles! This chart outlines which vaccines are recommended at each age. Or skip to your child’s age below to learn which immunizations are necessary and why.
Birth
The shots start before you even get out of the hospital. Newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine to protect against liver infection.
Two Months
Your child gets a second hepatitis B shot as early as one month, but no later than two months. But that’s just the beginning. Two-month-old babies also get immunized for:
Rotavirus — A common cause of diarrhea, rotavirus is a highly contagious virus that can easily spread between children. Instead of a shot, the vaccine is given in oral drops.
Diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP) — One-shot protects against these three common diseases caused by bacteria. Both pertussis, also known as whooping cough, and diphtheria can cause breathing problems in children.
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) — Before the vaccine, Hib disease was a common cause of bacterial meningitis in kids under five years old. The vaccination effectively eliminated 99 percent of cases.
Pneumococcal conjugate — Pneumococcal disease can cause infections in the ear, blood, lungs, brain and spinal cord. Children two and under are at the most risk.
Inactivated poliovirus — There hasn’t been a new case of polio in the United States in 35 years — thanks to vaccinations. It’s important to keep it that way to prevent this crippling infectious disease from coming back.
Four Months
At four months, babies get a second dose of rotavirus, DTaP, Hib, pneumococcal and poliovirus to continue building their immunity.
Six Months
Third DTaP, Hib, pneumococcal and polio vaccinations are given to children six months old. They may also get a third hepatitis B shot any time between six months and 18 months.
12 Months
There are a handful of vaccinations recommended once your child turns one. They get fourth doses of DTaP, Hib and pneumococcal. They also get their first immunizations for:
Influenza — The flu shot protects against the expected flu strains that year. Your child will get a flu shot sooner if flu season begins before their first birthday.
Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) — This one-shot protects against three potentially serious viral diseases.
Varicella — Chickenpox is a highly contagious virus that can be serious in infants under the age of 12 months, which is why they cannot be vaccinated until they turn one.
Hepatitis A — An infection of the liver, hepatitis A is rarely serious, but can be hard to shake. Symptoms can last a long time or come back after several months.
18 Months
When your child turns one-and-a-half, they catch up on any immunizations they missed in the first 18 months. Some shots, like DTaP, require six months in between vaccinations. Depending on when your appointments are scheduled, your pediatrician may hold off on certain vaccines until this point. They will also get the second dose of hepatitis A to complete the series.
Then they get a much-needed break from all the shots.
Four to Six Years
Between the ages of four and six, your kid gets their final DTaP, polio, MMR and chickenpox vaccines.
11 to 12 Years
After another long break, the vaccination schedule picks up again. Your child is immunized for:
Tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) — The naming order isn’t the only difference from the DTaP shot. The Tdap vaccine boosts immunity for these three diseases in the time since the final DTaP vaccine. This version is designed for adolescents and adults and is repeated every 10 years.
Meningococcal — Meningococcal disease is a severe bacterial infection that attacks the lining of the brain and spinal cord. It’s commonly spread between 11- and 12-year-olds and is a more recent addition to the vaccination schedule.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) — HPV is the virus that causes cervical cancer. Your child, boy or girl, should receive three doses over the course of six months to prevent this virus.
16 Years
Sixteen is a milestone year for your child. It marks the end of their childhood vaccination schedule! They receive a second dose of meningococcal to end that series.
Every Flu Season From One to 18
Yearly flu vaccinations are recommended. Even though the vaccine is not 100% effective, it’s better to get a flu shot than risk hospitalization or death against something that could have been prevented. Flu shots are quick, easy and readily available. You may not even need to schedule a separate appointment to get your kids vaccinated against the flu every year because their school may offer flu shots.
Vaccines Required for School
There is little variation between the recommended vaccination schedule and the immunizations required by Iowa law. Children are required to be up-to-date on all their shots with a couple exceptions: rotavirus, HPV and influenza. Although recommended by the CDC and your pediatrician, these vaccines are not mandatory for school-age children in Iowa.
You’ll have to provide an updated certificate of immunization to your day care center or school every year to verify your child’s vaccines.
Once your child gets through the bulk of their shots in the early years, they can receive the recommended — and mandatory — vaccines at their annual school physical or well child visit. No shots means no school, so schedule an appointment with your pediatrician to get your kid caught up on their vaccines.
In an effort to stay informed of both sides of the issue this video is well worth the time regardless of whether you agree or disagree….