Unhinged Anti-Vaxxers

Discussion in 'Politics' started by gwb-trading, Jun 9, 2021.

  1. gwb-trading

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    All of them spouting anti-vax & COVID-denier nonsense... this is the unhinged DeSantis supporting family of one of the victims of the Florida IT government office COVID outbreak.

    The family of an unvaccinated woman who died from COVID-19 say they still refuse to get the jab
    https://www.businessinsider.com/family-woman-died-covid-19-refuse-to-get-vaccine-report-2021-6
    • The family of an unvaccinated woman who died of COVID-19 said they still won't get the jab.
    • Molly Hart from Florida told theDaily Beasther mother died from "stress" and "not COVID."
    • Mary Knight died last week after contracting the virus in her office where an outbreak had occured.
    (More at above url)
     
    #41     Jun 27, 2021
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    Twitter sends another unhinged anti-vaxxer packing...

    Twitter Suspends Anti-Vaxx Superspreader Dr. Sherri Tenpenny
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/twitter-suspends-anti-vaxx-superspreader-dr-sherri-tenpenny

    Twitter has suspended the account of Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, a leading voice for vaccine hesitancy. Tenpenny’s most recent real-world stunt was a bizarre bit of testimony before the Ohio state legislature in which she claimed that vaccines magnetized people so virulently that spoons and forks would stick to them, which is untrue. She has also touted the long-debunked theory that vaccines cause autism. Researchers had long ago identified her as one of the worst fonts of misinformation about vaccines. Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, said in a statement, “As one of the ‘Disinformation Dozen’, Sherri Tenpenny is a leading superspreader of anti-vaccine misinformation… It’s high time that Facebook and Instagram follow Twitter’s lead in comprehensively de-platforming this misinformation superspreader and her backup accounts.”

    Read it at Twitter
     
    #42     Jul 2, 2021
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    Scientists are sick of fabricated papers from unhinged anti-vaxxers being accepted for publication and will not put up with it any longer.

    Scientists quit journal board, protesting ‘grossly irresponsible’ study claiming COVID-19 vaccines kill
    https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...grossly-irresponsible-study-claiming-covid-19

    Several reputed virologists and vaccinologists have resigned as editors of the journal Vaccines to protest its 24 June publication of a peer-reviewed article that misuses data to conclude that “for three deaths prevented by [COVID-19] vaccination, we have to accept two inflicted by vaccination.”

    Since Friday, at least six scientists have resigned positions as associate or section editors with Vaccines, including Florian Krammer, a virologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Katie Ewer, an immunologist at the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford who was on the team that developed the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Their resignations were first reported by Retraction Watch.

    “The data has been misused because it makes the (incorrect) assumption that all deaths occurring post vaccination are caused by vaccination,” Ewer wrote in an email. “[And] it is now being used by anti-vaxxers and COVID-19-deniers as evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are not safe. [This] is grossly irresponsible, particularly for a journal specialising in vaccines.”

    The paper is a case of “garbage in, garbage out,” says Helen Petousis-Harris, a vaccinologist who directs the Vaccine Datalink and Research Group at the University of Auckland and who also resigned as a Vaccines editor after reading the paper. Diane Harper, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who was founding editor-in-chief of Vaccines, also resigned, as did Paul Licciardi, an immunologist at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Parkville, Australia, and Andrew Pekosz, a respiratory virologist at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

    The resignations began Friday, the day after the paper was published. By early Monday, Fanny Fang, the journal’s managing editor, wrote to the editorial board members that Vaccines—a reputable open-access journal launched in 2013 by Basel, Switzerland–based publisher MDPI—had opened an investigation into the paper. “We are treating this case with the utmost seriousness and are committed to swiftly correcting the scientific record,” she wrote.

    Later on Monday, Vaccines’s editors published an Expression of Concern about the paper. “The major concern is the misrepresentation of the COVID-19 vaccination efforts and misrepresentation of the data,” they wrote.

    The paper has drawn nearly 350,000 readers as of 1 July and has been tweeted by antivaccination activists with hundreds of thousands of followers.

    None of the paper’s authors is trained in vaccinology, virology, or epidemiology. They are: Harald Walach, a clinical psychologist and science historian by training who describes himself as a health researcher at Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland; Rainer Klement, a physicist who studies ketogenic diets in cancer treatment at the Leopoldina Hospital in Schweinfurt, Germany; and Wouter Aukema, an independent data scientist in Hoenderloo, Netherlands.

    The three peer reviewers on the paper, two of them anonymous, did not offer any substantial criticism of the authors’ methodology in these brief reviews. One of them, Anne Ulrich, a chemist who directs the Institute of Biological Interfaces and is chair of biochemistry at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, wrote that the authors’ analysis “is performed responsibly … and without methodological flaws … and the results were interpreted with the necessary caveats.”

    Ulrich reiterated that view in a 1 July email to ScienceInsider: “The analysis by Walach et al. was done in my opinion responsibly and without flaws,” she wrote.

    One of the anonymous reviewers wrote that the manuscript “is very important and should be published urgently,” offering almost no other comment.

    Vaccines did not respond to a list of questions, including how the peer reviewers were chosen.

    Petousis-Harris says: “It’s very evident from their reviews that they don’t have any topic expertise. The authors don’t either. It’s a bit remiss when you don’t bring any of a large body [of expert vaccine safety scientists] into your study and manuscript review.”

    To draw their conclusions, the paper’s authors computed COVID-19 deaths prevented by vaccines by using data from a study of 1.2 million Israelis, half of whom received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and half of whom did not. They estimated that 16,000 people needed to be vaccinated to prevent one COVID-19 death—a measure that is problematic, critics say, because as a vaccine succeeds, the number of people that must be vaccinated to prevent a death grows ever-larger.

    To compute deaths “caused” by vaccine side effects, they used EU data on the number of vaccine doses delivered in the Netherlands and data from that country’s national database for adverse drug reaction reporting, which was more voluminous than registry data from other EU countries.

    The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Center, called Lareb, is similar to the United States’s VAERS reporting system, in which anyone can file a report of an adverse event that occurs after vaccination; the existence of a report in the database does not prove a vaccine caused an adverse event or death. Such databases are not used to systematically assess vaccine risks, but to search for early signals of rare but real vaccine side effects, such as the clotting disorder associated with some COVID-19 vaccines, that can then be followed up with systematic study.

    The website of the Dutch registry clearly notes its reports do not imply causality. But the authors reported that, using it, they found “16 serious side effects per 100,000 vaccinations and the number of fatal side effects is at 4.11/100,000 vaccinations. For three deaths prevented by vaccination we have to accept two inflicted by vaccination.”

    On 25 June, the day after the paper’s publication, Lareb’s head of science and research, Eugène van Puijenbroek, sent an email to Vaccines’s editors, criticizing the paper and requesting a correction or retraction.

    A reported event that occurred after vaccination is … not necessarily being caused by the vaccination, although our data was presented as being causally related by the authors,” van Puijenbroek wrote. “Suggesting all reports with a fatal outcome to be causally related is far from truth.”

    He also took the authors to task for stating in the paper that “the Dutch [registry] data, especially the fatal cases, were certified by medical specialists.”

    “This point is simply incorrect,” van Puijenbroek wrote. “The authors seem to refer to [Lareb’s] policy plan. However, in this plan (in Dutch), it is nowhere mentioned that the reports are ‘certified’ by medical specialists.”

    In an email to ScienceInsider, van Puijenbroek also worried that the paper will erode public willingness to report to the Dutch registry. “[People who report adverse events to us] have to be sure that the data they are contributing will be used in a correct and scientific sound way. Articles like this undermine this confidence.”

    Walach, the first author, says he stands by the paper. He adds that the clinical trials of the vaccines that are now authorized for emergency use, which involved tens of thousands of people, “were not big enough or long enough to really see whatever safety concerns you will have.”

    Aukema adds that he’s pleased about the controversy, because it means “the [COVID-19 vaccine safety] topic is getting a lot of attention. I’m happy about that.”

    The three authors submitted a rebuttal to Vaccines’s expression of concern on 29 June. In it, they write that they interpreted Lareb’s public statements “to mean that those reports that are obviously without any foundation are taken out such that the final data-base is at least reliable to some degree.”

    The authors also insist that they did not imply that the side effects reported in the Dutch registry were necessarily caused by COVID-19 vaccines. “Currently we only have association, we agree, and we never said anything else.”

    Petousis-Harris says she has been pleased with what she sees as a speedy and serious response from the leadership at Vaccines, and that her resignation may not be permanent.

    “It has been a good, solid, respectable journal. And if [the paper] is going to be retracted … then I would still be happy to part of the team.”
     
    #43     Jul 2, 2021
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    #46     Jul 12, 2021
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    In other news, young healthy people given the vaccines are developing and dying from heart disease. None of the extreme liberal media even talking about it. Very scant coverage if any. Nothing like the communist propaganda media outlets running their lies and disinformation. GWB still not a doctor lecturing us on his so called expertise? On disseminating lies and disinformation?
     
    #47     Jul 12, 2021
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    First... don't have me on Super Ignore if you are regularly targeting me in posts. By now it should be clear there are easy ways around it to answer the nonsense you post. It is long overdue that you stop spreading misinformation and lies.

    Second... the very small number of myocarditis cases with the mRNA vaccines have been widely discussed in the news.

    Let's start with the facts about the extremely low number of myocarditis cases associated with the mRNA COVID vaccines. Nearly all the cases were very minor and the majority required no medical treatment. Here are latest figures from the EU which mirror the U.S. figures.

    "These cases occurred out of 177 million Pfizer doses and 20 million Moderna doses in the European Economic Area, with the conditions occurring in 0.00016 percent and 0.00019 percent of Pfizer and Moderna vaccinations, respectively."


    EU health body: mRNA COVID-19 vaccines possibly linked to 'very rare' cases of heart inflammation
    https://thehill.com/policy/healthca...accines-possibly-linked-to-very-rare-cases-of

    A committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) determined that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines could possibly be linked to “very rare” cases of heart inflammation among vaccine recipients.

    The safety committee, Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC), of the European Union’s health body concluded in a Friday release that types of heart inflammation called myocarditis and pericarditis “can occur in very rare cases following vaccination” with the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.

    The EMA identified and analyzed 145 cases of myocarditis among Pfizer-BioNTech recipients and 19 among Moderna recipients. The committee looked into 138 pericarditis cases among patients who got Pfizer-BioNTech and another 19 for Moderna.

    These cases occurred out of 177 million Pfizer doses and 20 million Moderna doses in the European Economic Area, with the conditions occurring in 0.00016 percent and 0.00019 percent of Pfizer and Moderna vaccinations, respectively.


    The PRAC still recommended listing myocarditis and pericarditis as new side effects in the product information for both vaccines in order to ensure health professionals and patients know about the infrequent cases.

    “EMA confirms that the benefits of all authorised COVID-19 vaccines continue to outweigh their risks, given the risk of COVID-19 illness and related complications and as scientific evidence shows that they reduce deaths and hospitalisations due to COVID-19,” the release said.

    The heart inflammation conditions produce symptoms such as breathlessness, palpitations and chest pain. Those who experience these symptoms were instructed to seek immediate medical attention.

    “The chance of these conditions occurring is very low, but you should be aware of the symptoms so that you can get prompt medical treatment to help recovery and avoid complications,” the committee said in a release.

    The EMA noted its guidance for the heart inflammation side effects was based on “all currently available evidence.”

    The PRAC determined that these cases occurred “primarily” within 14 days after vaccination, most typically after the second dose and among young adult men. Five of the 321 cases documented resulted in deaths with the patients being either older or having pre-existing conditions.

    Keanna Ghazvini, a spokesperson for Pfizer, told The Hill in a statement that the heart inflammation cases are “generally mild,” noting individuals usually recover “within a short time following standard treatment and rest.”

    “Healthcare professionals should be alert to the signs and symptoms of myocarditis and pericarditis in vaccine recipients,” she said.

    “With hundreds of millions of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered globally, the benefit risk profile of our vaccine remains positive for all approved indications and age groups,” Ghazvini added.

    Moderna did not immediately return a request for comment on the committee’s conclusion.

    Last month, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention safety panel ruled there is a “likely association” of mild heart inflammation in adolescents and young adults after receiving an mRNA vaccine, but concluded the vaccine does more good than harm.

    The World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) also issued an updated statement on the heart inflammation cases on Friday, noting that "current evidence suggests a likely causal association between myocarditis and the mRNA vaccines."

    The committee also pointed out the benefits of the mRNA vaccines still "outweigh the risks" that COVID-19 presents.

    The EMA’s safety committee noted that “at this point in time” there is “no causal relationship” between myocarditis or pericarditis and the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines.

    In a separate release, the PRAC also suggested those who previously had capillary leak syndrome not get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to concerns over three cases of fluid leaks in small blood vessels. Two of the three patients who had cases recorded by the EMA died.
     
    #48     Jul 12, 2021
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    Healthcare worker slammed for recording alleged patient in distress to push anti-vax agenda
    'So if I'm in pain in an ER, is someone out at the desk making fun of me?'
    https://www.dailydot.com/irl/anti-vax-healthcare-worker-patient-in-distress-tiktok/

    A TikTok video made by an alleged anti-vaccine healthcare worker, in which she ignores an alleged patient yelling in the background in distress, is sparking backlash from both the public and the healthcare community.

    https://www.tiktok.com/@drsiyabmd/v...erer_video_id=6981449857500187909&refer=embed

    The original video, made by @alienfire10 on TikTok, shows the apparent healthcare worker looking condescendingly toward the direction of the patient who yells out, “Help me, somebody fucking help me.” The on-screen text of the video says, “When you tell the vaccinated patient he tested positive for COVID … ”

    Dr. Siyab, an internal medicine and heart doctor with more than 148,600 followers on TikTok, responded to her video by calling out how unethical it was for the healthcare worker to film a patient in distress. The video garnered more than 610,000 views.

    “This video is so problematic on so many different levels,” Siyab says in his video. “They’re using a sound of what appears to be a patient who is in obvious anguish and distress to try to further their anti-vax propaganda. Basically chasing clout.”

    The original video by @alienfire10 has been taken down and the account was made private, but people in the comments alleged the creator’s entire page was filled with problematic content.

    Others said this made them think about how they would feel if they or their loved ones were being filmed in their most vulnerable moments.

    “So if I’m in pain in an ER, is someone out at the desk making fun of me?” one user commented.

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    In his video, Siyab says not only does the original video paint the healthcare community in a bad light, but it likely breaks “multiple, multiple” codes of ethics rules.

    “I’m making this video because when healthcare workers see other healthcare workers do stupid shit that they shouldn’t be doing, we call them out because we hold each other accountable,” Siyab says in the video. “ I don’t know if this creator is going to see my video, but if you do, you need to do better.”

    According to The Joint Commission, “informed consent is required any time recordings, films, or other images of patients are used for purposes other than the identification, diagnosis, or treatment of the patient.” Organizations must also create written policies that address what circumstances recordings of patients may be obtained and how they will be used.

    HIPAA guidance further states that recordings must be taken, used, and disclosed in compliance with state and federal law or risk violating patient privacy and interfering with patient care. People online said a voice recording could be enough to identify a patient.

    (More about this anti-vax idiot at above url)
     
    #49     Jul 14, 2021
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    Fauci says polio and smallpox would still be spreading in the US if anti-vaxx misinformation had been as popular in the past
    https://www.businessinsider.com/fau...skepticism-polio-would-still-be-around-2021-7
    • Dr Anthony Fauci in a CNN interview addressed anti-vaccination misinformation.
    • If there was the same pushback against smallpox vaccines in the past the disease would still be around, he said.
    • Vaccination rates in the US have stalled as Fox News hosts and GOP lawmakers push anti-vaccination propaganda.
    The White House's top medical advisor, Dr Anthony Fauci, has said that the US' campaigns to innoculate people against diseases in the past would not have been successful if anti-vaccination misinformation had been as popular as it is now.

    Fauci, who is one of the top experts in infectious diseases in the US, made the comments as vaccination rates in the US stall, and conspiracy theorists backed by top-rated hosts on the right-wing Fox News network and Republican lawmakers seek to erode faith in the shot.



    In an interview with CNN Saturday, host Jim Acosta asked Fauci whether history could have played out differently if public health authorities in the past had had to battle the waves of misinformation currently spreading in the US.

    Acosta asked if he thought "we could have defeated the measles or eradicated polio if you had Fox News, night after night, warning people about these vaccine issues that are just bunk."

    Fauci said: "We probably would still have smallpox, and we probably would still have polio in this country if we had the kind of false information that's being spread now," Fauci said.

    On Friday President Joe Biden singled out Facebook for criticism, saying the social media platform was "killing people" by allowing COVID-19 misinformation to spread on its platform.

    The White House has missed its target of vaccinating 70% of the US population by July 4, and the huge surge in people initially seeking the injection has leveled. Infection rates driven by the more infectious Delta variant are rising, with White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients saying last week that 4 states with relatively low vaccination rates were driving 40% of new cases.

    Fox News hosts and some GOP lawmakers have stepped up a campaign to erode faith in the vaccines in recent months, which experts told Insider in February was likely partly a bid to damage Biden's vaccination strategy and score political points.

    Fauci has become a hate figure for some right-wingers. A PAC linked to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has even started selling "Don't Fauci My Florida" merchandise.

    In the interview with CNN, Fauci expressed his bafflement at the hostility directed at him.

    "Taking an individual who stands for public health, for truth... and to use my name in a derogatory way to prevent people from doing things that's for the benefit of their own health, go figure that one out."

    "That doesn't make any sense at all," he said.
     
    #50     Jul 18, 2021