This perverse new recommendation, or requirement, is further evidence that there's a topdown push to kill, or badly sicken, as many have-nots as possible.
MCM COULD AVOIDING THE FLU SHOT POTENTIALLY MINIMIZE A COVID-19 “SECOND WAVE”? > > *Did a Chinese flu vaccine mandate in Fall 2019 ignite the COVID-19 crisis > which closed the > world?http://www.firstfreedoms.org/avoid-the-flu-shot-to-minimize-second-wave.html > <http://www.firstfreedoms.org/avoid-the-flu-shot-to-minimize-second-wave.html>* > > By Kevin Barry, Esq. and Dr. Cammy Benton > August 20, 2020 > > The global economy has been largely shut down now for six months now in > ways unprecedented in modern history. In order to get back to normal, and > in order to avoid a crisis like the current one from ever happening again, > it is required to determine how we got here. We recognize this is an > issue which critics may consider “correlation vs causation”, however, > frequently where there is smoke, there is fire, and it is appropriate to > collect relevant data. Before implementing further public health policies > changes, such as flu shot mandates, we need to investigate these concerns. > > What happened in China and Italy in late 2019 early 2020? > > In the fall of 2019, China conducted a massive influenza vaccine drive > ahead of the “peak flu season” in China, which ordinarily occurs during > December and January. An October 31, 2019 article states that targets > for the authoritarian flu shot mandate included “the elderly, patients of > chronic diseases and medical workers.” > <http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/30/c_138515714.htm> (1) > Shortly after the flu vaccination campaign in China, COVID-19 emerged. > > We now know the devastating effects COVID-19 had on the elderly and on > patients with chronic disease in countries all over the world. > > Through a process known as viral interference, a vaccine can create an > opportunity for one virus to thrive while aiming to protect a person > against another virus. There is strong circumstantial evidence for this > phenomenon occurring where receiving a prior influenza vaccine creates an > increased susceptibility for coronaviruses. A similar effect was seen in > studies involving children in New York City (2018), children in Hong Kong > (2012) and adults in the US military (2019). > > The US Military (2019) > > In a paper published online in the journal Nature on October 10, 2019, a > researcher with the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch Air Force > Satellite, reported that receiving an influenza vaccine made individuals > 36% more susceptible to coronaviruses. COVID-19 was not circulating during > the time period of the study, but it is in the family of coronaviruses. > > The study’s author concluded that the increased susceptibility to > coronavirus was “vaccine derived”: > > “Examining non-influenza viruses specifically, the odds of both > coronavirus and human metapneumovirus in vaccinated individuals (with the > flu shot) were significantly higher when compared to unvaccinated > individuals (OR = 1.36 and 1.51, respectively)” > Conclusions: > “… Examining virus interference by specific respiratory viruses showed > mixed results. Vaccine derived virus interference was significantly > associated with coronavirus and human metapneumovirus > <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X19313647> …” > (2) > > The author of the study later wrote a letter to the editor > <https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0264410X20304862?token=CC81974342E7DAC8ACABF2AF14A4FC9B66426A4B7CF046436A7AA82ED5BF6775E282596A708D50533D76C4939CFADEEF> > of the journal Vaccine in an attempt to distance his study from an > association with the COVID-19 coronavirus. (3) However, his study remains > one of many which provide strong circumstantial evidence of an association > between influenza vaccine and becoming ill from coronaviruses. > > Children in New York City ages 5-17 (2018) > > In 2018, researchers from Columbia University published the results of a > study involving 999 people (approximately ⅔ children, ⅓ adults) which > tracked participants through three influenza seasons from 2013-16 in order > to investigate the effects of influenza vaccination. The study found that > the influenza vaccine was effective at protecting against influenza strains > in the vaccine, but that there was an “increase in the hazard” of > developing non-influenza Acute Respiratory Illnesses (ARI’s), like > coronaviruses. > > “... Throughout all study seasons, the most prevalent non-influenza ARI > (Acute Respiratory Illness) pathogens detected were rhinovirus/enterovirus, > respiratory syncytial virus, and coronaviruses … Among children there > was an increase in the hazard of ARI caused by non-influenza respiratory > pathogens post-influenza vaccination compared to unvaccinated children > during the same period. Potential mechanisms for this association warrant > further investigation.” <https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29525279/>(4) > > The Columbia study also noted that “potential mechanisms for this > association (increased hazard of ARI after a flu shot) warrant further > investigation”. We agree that additional research into virus interference > caused by vaccination is critically important and government leaders must > order this research be done. > > Hong Kong Children ages 6-15 (2012) > > In 2012, researchers in Hong Kong also reported an increased risk for non > influenza respiratory viruses in children after receiving a flu shot, also > potentially due to the phenomenon of viral interference. > > “... We identified a statistically significant increased risk of > noninfluenza respiratory virus infection among TIV (Trivalent Influenza > Vaccine) recipients … The phenomenon of virus interference has been well > known in virology for > 60 years. Ecological studies have reported > phenomena potentially explained by viral interference. Nonspecific immunity > against non influenza respiratory viruses was reported in children for 1–2 > weeks after receipt of live attenuated influenza vaccine …” > <https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22423139/>(5) > > If the flu shot confers specific immunity to the strains which are > included in a vaccine, but also impairs non-specific immunity to other > respiratory viruses like coronaviruses, the flu shot may not be worth the > risk while COVID-19 is circulating. > > Are 2019 flu shot campaigns in China, Italy and in Nursing Homes partly > responsible for the initially high death rates in those populations? > > In Italy, flu shots are free for those over 65 > <https://www.doctorsinitaly.com/b/flu-shot/> and for those with chronic > illness. Italy has a rapidly aging population, and, in early 2019, Italy > increased its economic ties with China by becoming the first G7 nation to > join China’s Silk Road <https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47679760> > project. For Italy, the combination of providing flu shots to senior > citizens and the chronically ill just ahead of COVID-19 emerging in Wuhan > may have led to a perfect storm. According to Italy’s health authority, 99% > of those in Italy who died from bacterial pneumonia had a pre-existing > condition > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says>. > (6,7,8) > > In China and in Italy, prior influenza vaccination may have caused an > increased susceptibility to coronaviruses shortly before COVID-19 emerged. > The flu vaccination campaigns potentially lead to catastrophic consequences > to senior citizens and the chronically ill with pre-existing conditions. > > What about the recent Brazilian study which claims flu shots can protect > against COVID-19? > > Some noise has been made about this study > <https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200705/Research-suggests-protective-effect-of-influenza-vaccine-against-COVID-19-severity-and-mortality.aspx> > suggesting the need to further enforce influenza vaccination rates because > it could protect against COVID-19. (9) We do not subscribe to this view > for the following reasons: > > 1) The study is not peer-reviewed. > 2) The study population was all severely ill, with an astonishing > mortality rate of 47%, and was hence not representative of the population > as a whole. Consequently, the study does not rule out the possibility that > vaccinated subjects were more likely to be ill enough to be part of the > study population. This is a type of "selection bias." > 3) Vaccination status was not confirmed by medical records but instead was > determined by patients answering a question on a form. > 4) The vaccination status of more than 60% of the subjects was not known, > casting doubt on whether enough information existed to represent the study > population. > 5) The education attainment of more than 66% of the subjects was not > known, casting doubt on whether enough information existed to control for > that potential confounder. > 6) The population under age 30 should have been left out of the analysis. > The study states, "Mortality was consistently lower among influenza > vaccinated patients across all age groups, with absolute mortality > differences ranging from a risk difference of 17% pts in the 10-19 age > group to a risk difference of 3% pts in the 90+ age group. This difference > was statistically significant (p-value < 0.05) for all age groups over 30." > Because the study did not have enough statistical power to detect a > significant difference in those under age 30, those data should have been > excluded. Indeed, figure 2 shows that when the younger group is excluded, > there is no statistical difference in outcomes in subjects 60 or older who > were vaccinated before the onset of symptoms. > > In other words, this is not reliable data. > > How should these events in China, Italy and elsewhere inform influenza > vaccination policy in the United States? > > The extent that prior influenza vaccination is a risk factor is unknown at > this time. This question requires immediate research. Did getting a flu > shot make people more likely to develop a serious illness (or death) after > exposure to COVID-19? The answers to these questions will be data-driven. > Nations must review the medical records of those who died to determine > whether or not a prior flu shot increased risk of serious illness or death. > > As a retired American pediatrician wrote in a response to the British > Medical Journal, “to investigate this possibility (of a connection to flu > vaccine), a case-control study is in order as we study and care for the > victims of covid-19. Influenza vaccines have become sacred cows in some > quarters, but they shouldn’t be.” > <https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m810/rr-0> (10) > > We agree with this view. Until this critical data is collected and > analysed independently, we urge policy makers to reconsider flu vaccination > mandates. Out of an abundance of caution, individuals may also choose to > reevaluate the flu shot this year to do their part to possibly help > minimize the impact of a potential “second wave”. > > Kevin Barry is an attorney in New York with Mermigis Law Group and is > President of www.firstfreedoms.org > > Dr. Cammy Bention, MD, ABIHM. IFMCP is a Founding Director of Physicians > for Informed Consent. She practices at Benton Integrative Medicine in > Huntersville, North Carolina. > > REFERENCES > > 1. China urges flu vaccination for high-risk groups (October 31, 2019) > http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/30/c_138515714.htm > > 2. Influenza vaccination and respiratory virus interference among > Department of Defense personnel during the 2017–2018 influenza season Greg > G.Wolff > <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X19313647#!>, > Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch Air Force Satellite, 2510 5th > Street, Bldg 840, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, United States. > https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X19313647 > > 3. Greg Wolff, Letter to the Editor: > https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0264410X20304862?token=CC81974342E7DAC8ACABF2AF14A4FC9B66426A4B7CF046436A7AA82ED5BF6775E282596A708D50533D76C4939CFADEEF > > 4. Assessment of temporally-related acute respiratory illness following > influenza vaccination (2018) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29525279/ > > 5. Increased Risk of Noninfluenza Respiratory Virus Infections Associated > With Receipt of Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (2012) > https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22423139/ > > 6. Everything You Need To Know About The Flu Shot In Italy (January 13, > 2020) > https://www.doctorsinitaly.com/b/flu-shot/ > > 7. Italy joins China's New Silk Road project (March 23, 2019) > https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47679760 > > 8. 99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says (March > 18, 2020) > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says > > 9. Research suggests protective effect of influenza vaccine against > COVID-19 severity and mortality (Jul5, 5, 2020) > > https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200705/Research-suggests-protective-effect-of-influenza-vaccine-against-COVID-19-severity-and-mortality.aspx > > 10. 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