UGH! I'm regretting that I committed to reviewing this information. I hardly know where to begin. First of all, I had to blow up the PDF file 100% to see the tiny print on the right side of their pages for the data upon which they make sweeping conclusions in bold print that are seriously fallacious or misleading and don't align with their conclusions.
Further, they place demands on the initial study that are unreasonable for any such undertaking in similar circumstances when death rates were soaring, hospitals and health care professionals were being overwhelmed and at the brink of chaos. and when their initial findings were quite remarkably free of severe adverse effects and with the highest levels of efficacy achieved for any vaccine.
As an aside, yes, there really were freezer trucks lined up outside hospitals for the dead bodies that couldn't be sent to already filled morgues in NY, and there wasn't sufficient PPE for hospital staff who used garbage bags instead of hospital gowns and reused masks repeatedly while hospitals were scrambling to find ventilators for the patients who were dying. NY was hit first and hit hard, and it was on its way all over the country as the internet was already being flooded with videos saying it's not worse than the flu, that there would be fewer deaths than for the flu or that it's all a lie -- a plot by dark forces to control people.
Before even getting to the data presented in the link about Pfizer, it's important to understand that any treatment, procedure, and medication can and does have side effects for some people, including what is considered rare adverse effects or deaths. Having a simple suture for a cut can lead to infection and sepsis, but the risk/reward is highly skewed to a favorable outcome and avoiding much more likely adverse effects if a wound is left open. There are rare adverse effects for every medical procedure performed.
This is also true for every medication that is considered extremely safe. For many treatments and medications, the rates of adverse effects may be very high, such as occurs for chemotherapy, but the odds are still favorable for treatment. If you look up a medicine and read the section "reserved for professionals," you'll find the list of adverse effects and that 1/1000 for such an effect is considered rare. I'm sure just about everyone older than 50 has taken many more than one such medication without even thinking about it.
If you were to scrutinize the the data for all our routine vaccinations, you'd also find rare adverse effect all of them and object to all of them.
As an example, here are the adverse effects from the DPT vaccines:
ADVERSE EVENTS OCCURRING WITHIN 48 HOURS OF DTP (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine adsorbed usp) VACCINATIONS
Event
Local Redness
Swelling
Pain
Systemic Fever
> 38°C (
> 100.4° F)
Drowsiness
Fretfulness
Vomiting
Anorexia
Persistent, inconsolable crying (duration
> 3 hours)
Fever ³ 40.5°C (³ 105° F)
Nervous System Collapse (hypotonic-hyporesponsive episode)
Convulsions (with or without fever)
Rarely, an anaphylactic reaction (i. e., hives, swelling of the mouth, difficulty breathing, hypotension, or shock) and death have been reported after receiving preparations containing diphtheria, tetanus, and/or pertussis antigens
Nervous System
The following neurologic illnesses have been reported as temporally associated with vaccine containing tetanus toxoid: neurological complications 21,22 including cochlear lesion, 23 brachial plexus neuropathies, 23,24 paralysis of the radial nerve, 25 paralysis of the recurrent nerve, 23 accommodation paresis, and EEG disturbances with encephalopathy. 19 The report from the IOM suggests that there is a causal relation between Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and vaccines containing tetanus toxoid. 26 In the differential diagnosis of polyradiculoneuropathies following administration of a vaccine containing tetanus toxoid should be considered as a possible etiology. 19,27
Short-lived convulsions (usually febrile), or collapse (hypotonic-hyporesponsive episode) occur infrequently and appear to be without sequelae. 2
More severe neurologic events, such as a prolonged convulsion, or encephalopathy, although rare, have been reported in temporal association with DTP (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine adsorbed usp) administration. An analysis of these data failed to show any cause and effect association. 2
Cardiovascular System
An infant who developed myocarditis several hours after immunization has been reported. 32
Respiratory System
Respiratory difficulties, including apnea, have been observed.
And - for BCG VACCINES (Tuberculosis)
Although BCG vaccination often causes local reactions, serious or long-term complications are rare.{3} Reactions that can be expected after vaccination include moderate axillary or cervical lymphadenopathy and induration and subsequent pustule formation at the injection site; these reactions can persist for as long as 3 months after vaccination. More serious local reactions include ulceration at the vaccination site, regional suppurative lymphadenitis with draining sinuses, and caseous lesions or purulent draining at the puncture site. These manifestations might occur up to 5 months after vaccination and could persist for several weeks. The intensity and duration of the local reaction depends on the depth of penetration of the multiple puncture device and individual variations in patients' tissue reactions. Slight tenderness at the puncture site may be encountered as well as some itching. The initial skin lesions usually appear within 10–14 days and consist of small red papules at the site. The papules reach maximum diameter (about 3 mm) after 4 to 6 weeks, after which they may scale and then slowly subside.
The most serious complication of BCG vaccination is disseminated BCG infection.{24,25} The most frequent disseminated infection is BCG osteomyelitis (0.01 to 43 cases per million doses of vaccine administered) which usually occurs 4 months to 2 years after vaccination. Fatal disseminated BCG infection has occurred at a rate of 0.06–1.56 cases per million doses; these deaths occurred primarily among immunocompromised persons.
The safety of BCG vaccination in HIV-infected adults and children, including infants, has not been determined by controlled or large studies. This is a concern because of the association between disseminated BCG infection and underlying immunosuppression. Individuals with HIV infection should not receive the BCG Vaccine.{3}
Check out the adverse effects of the SMALLPOX vaccine - more extensive than for DPT and BCG - and for ANY other vaccine.
While there are people who oppose all vaccinations based on some of these rare findings, most people alive today are blissfully unaware of the death tolls for these diseases prior to vaccinations. My mother's only two siblings died of diptheria. The mortality rate from these and other such diseases were terrifying. We may know more about the terrifying disabilities and deaths caused by polio. Few remember smallpox.
I strongly recommend that you read this article: "Why it's important to look at the 'bigger' picture..."
hhh, I haven't had time to discuss the Pfizer article you linked. This took me longer than I expected, but I think it's important. I hope to get to that later.
claire
