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New Research Points to Link Between AstraZeneca Vaccine and Blood Clots

Researchers in Norway and Germany say they’ve identified antibodies that provoke immune reactions leading to the type of cerebral blood clots experienced by some people who received AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine.
03/22/21

Researchers at the Greifswald teaching hospital in northern Germany said Friday they’ve discovered how the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine could cause blood clots that could lead to rare thrombosis in the brain, public broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk reported.

The German team, led by professor Andreas Greinacher, said in a statement that AstraZeneca’s vaccine may, in some cases, prompt overactivation of platelets in the blood, which can lead to potentially deadly clots. As NPR reported, Greinacher said it’s similar to what happens with a condition called heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

Greinacher and his team analyzed 13 cases of cerebral blood clots reported in Germany within 4 – 16 days of administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Twelve of the 13 cases were women and almost all were under the age of 55. In four of the 12 patients, the team was able to isolate and identify the specific antibodies that provoked the immune reaction leading to the cerebral blood clots.

The researchers found that AstraZeneca’s vaccine activates blood platelets, or thrombocytes, which typically only happens in the body when a wound is healing –– when the blood coagulates as the wound closes. In some patients, the vaccination activated a mechanism that caused blood clots to form in the brain, according to Deutsche Welle.

Experts hope the discovery could lead to targeted treatment for those who suffer similar clotting. But researchers emphasized that treatment would help only after the blood clot appeared — it wouldn’t prevent the clot from occurring.

The German research team did not release detailed data but planned to submit their findings to The Lancet, reported The New York Times.

While researchers were studying cases in Germany, a team led by Pål Andre Holme, chief physician at Oslo University Hospital, was investigating three cases of post-vaccination blood clots in Norway that occurred in healthcare workers under the age of 50.

Holme told the Norwegian newspaper VG he’s confident they’ve identified antibodies triggered by the vaccine that caused an overreaction of the immune system leading to blood clots.

“Our theory is that this is a strong immune response that most likely comes after the vaccine,” Holme said. “There is no other thing than the vaccine that can explain this immune response,” Holme said. It’s the same theory that Greinacher and his colleagues have put forward in Germany.

Holme added that there’s “no other history in these patients that can give such a strong immune response. I’m pretty sure it’s these antibodies that’s the cause, and I see no other reason than that it’s the vaccine that triggers it.”

As reported last week, more than 20 countries suspended Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccinations due to reports of blood clots — some resulting in death — in healthy people who received the vaccine.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) did not rule out an association with rare cases of blood clots in vessels draining the blood from the brain known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, reported Reuters.

EMA researchers said Thursday they will investigate whether the rare blood clots are linked to the vaccine or occurred by chance, noting that cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is rare but mostly associated with pregnancy and oral contraceptives, said Sabine Straus, chair of EMA’s safety committee.

Denmark reported on Saturday that two more people experienced brain hemorrhages after receiving AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine, and that one of them had died, according to the New York Times.

A spokesperson for the Capital Region of Denmark confirmed the death. According to The New York Times, the Danish Ritzau news agency reported that the other person was a female in her 30s and was critically ill. The Danish Medicines Agency said it was looking into whether the condition was a potential side effect.

“Right now we are examining whether this is the exact same disease picture with multiple blood clots, a low count of platelets and hemorrhages,” Tanja Erichsen, a director at the Danish Medicines Agency, said in a radio interview with the Danish national broadcaster DR.

Dr. James Bussel, an expert on platelet disorders and a professor emeritus at Weill Cornell Medicine, said the occurrence of abnormal clotting and low platelets in people under 50 is uncommon. He noted that the antibodies identified by researchers in Europe may, in a highly unusual response to the vaccine, have activated the platelets and started a cascade of abnormal clotting and bleeding, according to The Times.

Denmark has suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine until Thursday, despite the EMA’s reassurances that the vaccine is safe. Other Scandinavian countries and Finland made similar decisions due to the preliminary findings from medical experts in Norway and Germany that suggested a possible link between the vaccine and rare blood disorders.

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New Research Points to Link Between AstraZeneca Vaccine and Blood Clots

Researchers in Norway and Germany say they’ve identified antibodies that provoke immune reactions leading to the type of cerebral blood clots experienced by some people who received AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine.
03/22/21

Researchers at the Greifswald teaching hospital in northern Germany said Friday they’ve discovered how the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine could cause blood clots that could lead to rare thrombosis in the brain, public broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk reported.

The German team, led by professor Andreas Greinacher, said in a statement that AstraZeneca’s vaccine may, in some cases, prompt overactivation of platelets in the blood, which can lead to potentially deadly clots. As NPR reported, Greinacher said it’s similar to what happens with a condition called heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

Greinacher and his team analyzed 13 cases of cerebral blood clots reported in Germany within 4 – 16 days of administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Twelve of the 13 cases were women and almost all were under the age of 55. In four of the 12 patients, the team was able to isolate and identify the specific antibodies that provoked the immune reaction leading to the cerebral blood clots.

The researchers found that AstraZeneca’s vaccine activates blood platelets, or thrombocytes, which typically only happens in the body when a wound is healing –– when the blood coagulates as the wound closes. In some patients, the vaccination activated a mechanism that caused blood clots to form in the brain, according to Deutsche Welle.

Experts hope the discovery could lead to targeted treatment for those who suffer similar clotting. But researchers emphasized that treatment would help only after the blood clot appeared — it wouldn’t prevent the clot from occurring.

The German research team did not release detailed data but planned to submit their findings to The Lancet, reported The New York Times.

While researchers were studying cases in Germany, a team led by Pål Andre Holme, chief physician at Oslo University Hospital, was investigating three cases of post-vaccination blood clots in Norway that occurred in healthcare workers under the age of 50.

Holme told the Norwegian newspaper VG he’s confident they’ve identified antibodies triggered by the vaccine that caused an overreaction of the immune system leading to blood clots.

“Our theory is that this is a strong immune response that most likely comes after the vaccine,” Holme said. “There is no other thing than the vaccine that can explain this immune response,” Holme said. It’s the same theory that Greinacher and his colleagues have put forward in Germany.

Holme added that there’s “no other history in these patients that can give such a strong immune response. I’m pretty sure it’s these antibodies that’s the cause, and I see no other reason than that it’s the vaccine that triggers it.”

As reported last week, more than 20 countries suspended Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccinations due to reports of blood clots — some resulting in death — in healthy people who received the vaccine.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) did not rule out an association with rare cases of blood clots in vessels draining the blood from the brain known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, reported Reuters.

EMA researchers said Thursday they will investigate whether the rare blood clots are linked to the vaccine or occurred by chance, noting that cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is rare but mostly associated with pregnancy and oral contraceptives, said Sabine Straus, chair of EMA’s safety committee.

Denmark reported on Saturday that two more people experienced brain hemorrhages after receiving AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine, and that one of them had died, according to the New York Times.

A spokesperson for the Capital Region of Denmark confirmed the death. According to The New York Times, the Danish Ritzau news agency reported that the other person was a female in her 30s and was critically ill. The Danish Medicines Agency said it was looking into whether the condition was a potential side effect.

“Right now we are examining whether this is the exact same disease picture with multiple blood clots, a low count of platelets and hemorrhages,” Tanja Erichsen, a director at the Danish Medicines Agency, said in a radio interview with the Danish national broadcaster DR.

Dr. James Bussel, an expert on platelet disorders and a professor emeritus at Weill Cornell Medicine, said the occurrence of abnormal clotting and low platelets in people under 50 is uncommon. He noted that the antibodies identified by researchers in Europe may, in a highly unusual response to the vaccine, have activated the platelets and started a cascade of abnormal clotting and bleeding, according to The Times.

Denmark has suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine until Thursday, despite the EMA’s reassurances that the vaccine is safe. Other Scandinavian countries and Finland made similar decisions due to the preliminary findings from medical experts in Norway and Germany that suggested a possible link between the vaccine and rare blood disorders.

The European Medicines Agency has said that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective, and not associated with an increased overall risk of developing blood clots. The regulator conducted a review of the vaccine after a small number of people developed blood clots in Europe after receiving the vaccine.

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Lol...I dont even listen to Qanon. It doesnt even have to be you who develops a condition or what...and its silly for me or anyone to hope harm comes in someones way to prove a point, especially not when the numbers of adverse reactions or deaths will continue to steadily increase on the VAERS database or the UK yellow card reporting system, so your nonsense dare is in bad taste.

There is a reason FB, Twitter, Reddit and the like stopped this kind of misinformation you know. Of course, you will say, "blah blah pushing the narrative blah balh" and what not, and will refer to us as sheeps and kool aid drinkers, simply because we tend to side with common sense and REAL science. There is nothing really to discuss here with you. you will not take the vaccine and continue to cower in fear while the gen pop will continue on with their lives. Simple as that.

BTW, my son finally got to hug his grand parents last weekend, after more than a year. Maskless and without any worries. I'll check back on you Sept, and then again Mar 2022 if you can do the same.

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There is a reason FB, Twitter, Reddit and the like stopped this kind of misinformation you know. Of course, you will say, "blah blah pushing the narrative blah balh" and what not, and will refer to us as sheeps and kool aid drinkers, simply because we tend to side with common sense and REAL science. There is nothing really to discuss here with you. you will not take the vaccine and continue to cower in fear while the gen pop will continue on with their lives. Simple as that.

BTW, my son finally got to hug his grand parents last weekend, after more than a year. Maskless and without any worries. I'll check back on you Sept, and then again Mar 2022 if you can do the same.

Uhhuhh....its called censureship 'bub.

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U.S. Health Officials Accuse AstraZeneca of Misrepresenting Efficacy Data
An independent trial review board says AstraZeenca may have included outdated information about its clinical trial results in a press release.
03/23/21

In a “highly unusual” statement Tuesday, a U.S. health agency said AstraZeneca may have included “outdated information” in its clinical trial results, which may have led to the vaccine maker providing the public with an incomplete view of its efficacy data.

The statement by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) came less than a day after the pharmaceutical company said its vaccine was 79% effective against COVID and 100% effective against severe or critical disease and hospitalization.

“We urge the company to work with the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) to review the efficacy data and ensure the most accurate, up-to-date efficacy data be made public as quickly as possible,” the NIAID said.

AstraZeneca immediately responded saying the numbers published Monday were based on a “pre-specified interim analysis with a data cut-off” of Feb. 17. The company promised to “immediately engage with the DSMB to share their primary analysis with the most up-to-date efficacy data” and to issue the results of the primary analysis within 48 hours.

The DSMB is an independent expert group that sees trial data before the pharmaceutical companies, the doctors running the trials or even the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to CNN. It has the authority to advise a company of positive interim findings or to halt a trial over safety concerns, which is what happened to AstraZeneca last September after a study participant developed neurological symptoms.

In an interview with Good Morning America, NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci explained the sequence of events. Fauci said that the DSMB and AstraZeneca reviewed the trial data together before the vaccine maker issued its press release. But when AstraZeneca issued its press release, the DSMB “got concerned and wrote a rather harsh note to them and with a copy to me saying that in fact the data that was in the press release were somewhat outdated and might in fact be misleading a bit and wanted them to straighten it out.”

That’s when NIAID issued its statement advising AstraZeneca that it “better get back with the DSMB to make sure that the correct data gets put into a press release,” Fauci said. Fauci said that DSMB picking up this discrepancy is really “a safeguard.”

In a statement to the Science Media Centre in the UK, Stephen Evans, professor of pharmacoepidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that members of the DSMB sometimes disagree with investigators over vaccine trial results, but usually in private. “So this is unprecedented in my opinion,” Evans said.

As analysts scrambled to interpret the statement, one scientist claimed the U.S. government stopped just short of accusing AstraZeneca of manipulating its trial data.

“This is a highly unusual statement by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). It comes close to accusing Oxford/AZ of having wilfully misrepresented some results from their recent U.S. vaccine trial,” tweeted Francois Balloux, professor and director of the UCL Genetics Institute.

According to The New York Times, companies sponsoring drug or vaccine trials typically wait for the monitoring board to review analyses and conclude that the study has yielded an answer before they announce trial results.

In recent days, the monitoring board’s analysis of the AstraZeneca trial was delayed several times because the board asked for revised reports from those handling trial data on behalf of the company. The monitoring board ultimately conveyed the results of the study to AstraZeneca in a meeting over the weekend, leading to the company’s press release Monday morning.

Dr. Eric Topol, a clinical trials expert at Scripps Research in San Diego, said it was “highly irregular” to see such a public display of friction between a monitoring board and a study sponsor. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” he told the Times after the institute’s statement was released. “It’s so, so troubling.”

According to Zero Hedge, the AstraZeneca vaccine — which is a linchpin of the World Health Organization’s effort to vaccinate poorer countries via its Bill Gates-approved COVAX initiative — once again finds itself mired in controversy. Notably, in its most recent data, AstraZeneca neglected to include key information, such as the number of trial participants who developed “severe COVID.” AstraZeneca President Ruud Dobber, during an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, said the number was “5,” shortly after the data were released.

“The way they handled their data early on, AstraZeneca basically shot themselves in the foot,” Julian Tang, a virologist at the University of Leicester, said even before the latest issue arose.

AstraZeneca has received criticism over its studies since the first data released in the UK, which purported to show the vaccine was 70% effective, yet failed to account for a manufacturing mistake and didn’t include enough participants over 65 to determine efficacy among older patients, reported ZeroHedge.

European governments like Germany and France responded by initially limiting the jab to patients under the age of 65. In the U.S., officials suspended AstraZeneca’s study in 30,000 Americans for an unusual six weeks last fall, as frustrated regulators sought details about neurological problems reported in Britain.

The latest controversy comes after 20 countries suspended use of AstraZeneca last week based on reports of rare blood clots, some resulting in death, in healthy people who received the vaccine. Although The European Medicines Agency (EMA) found the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine “may be associated with very rare cases of blood clots,” it deemed the vaccine “safe and effective” and encouraged countries to use it, The Defender reported.

Two independent research teams in Norway and Germany announced Friday they identified antibodies that provoke immune reactions leading to the type of blood clots experienced by some people who received AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine. Although many countries resumed their vaccination program with AstraZeneca’s vaccine after the EMA’s preliminary findings, some countries, including France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, have not lifted their restrictions on its use, according to The British Medical Journal.

AstraZeneca said it would continue to analyze the new data and prepare to apply in the coming weeks for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA, reported the Times. If approved in the U.S. AstraZeneca would become the fourth available vaccine stateside, joining Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

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3,964 DEAD 162,610 Injuries: European Database of Adverse Drug Reactions for COVID-19 “Vaccines”
March 24, 2021


The European database of suspected drug reaction reports, EudraVigilance, is now tracking reports of injuries and deaths following the experimental COVID-19 “vaccines.”

Their report through March 13, 2021 lists 3,964 deaths and 162,610 injuries following injections of three experimental COVID-19 shots:

COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE MODERNA (CX-024414), COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE PFIZER-BIONTECH (TOZINAMERAN), and COVID-19 VACCINE ASTRAZENECA (CHADOX1 NCOV-19).

Here is the summary data through March 13, 2021:

Total reactions for the experimental mRNA vaccine Tozinameran (code BNT162b2, Comirnaty) from BioNTech/ Pfizer: 2,540 deaths and 102,100 injuries to 13/03/2021



COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE PFIZER-BIONTECH (TOZINAMERAN):

• 7,604 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 15 deaths
• 4,636 Cardiac disorders incl. 276 deaths
• 22 Congenital, familial and genetic disorders incl. 2 deaths
• 2,683 Ear and labyrinth disorders
• 52 Endocrine disorders
• 2,941 Eye disorders incl. 2 deaths
• 23,074 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 125 deaths
• 72,072 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 957 deaths
• 102 Hepatobiliary disorders incl. 12 deaths
• 1,928 Immune system disorders incl. 11 deaths
• 6,020 Infections and infestations incl. 275 deaths
• 2,198 Injury, poisoning and procedural complications incl. 32 deaths
• 4,565 Investigations incl. 111 deaths
• 1,567 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 49 deaths
• 37,365 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 22 deaths
• 55 Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 3 deaths
• 44,993 Nervous system disorders incl. 185 deaths
• 81 Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions incl. 2 deaths
• 57 Product issues
• 3,742 Psychiatric disorders incl. 28 deaths
• 525 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 37 deaths
• 545 Reproductive system and breast disorders
• 8,788 Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 294 deaths
• 10,808 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 18 deaths
• 229 Social circumstances incl. 6 deaths
• 69 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 4 deaths
• 4,820 Vascular disorders incl. 74 deaths

Total reactions for the experimental mRNA vaccine mRNA-1273 (CX-024414) from Moderna: 973 deaths and 5,939 injuries to 13/03/2021



COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE MODERNA (CX-024414):

• 330 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 9 deaths
• 501 Cardiac disorders incl. 96 deaths
• 1 Congenital, familial and genetic disorders
• 116 Ear and labyrinth disorders
• 6 Endocrine disorders
• 181 Eye disorders incl. 2 deaths
• 1,283 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 40 deaths
• 4,198 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 393 deaths
• 21 Hepatobiliary disorders
• 219 Immune system disorders incl. 1 death
• 515 Infections and infestations incl. 57 deaths
• 236 Injury, poisoning and procedural complications incl. 16 deaths
• 411 Investigations incl. 36 deaths
• 165 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 18 deaths
• 1,727 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 23 deaths
• 12 Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 3 deaths
• 2,324 Nervous system disorders incl. 111 deaths
• 15 Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions
• 4 Product issues
• 271 Psychiatric disorders incl. 14 deaths
• 93 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 10 deaths
• 34 Reproductive system and breast disorders incl. 1 death
• 817 Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 93 deaths
• 740 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 11 deaths
• 48 Social circumstances incl. 3 deaths
• 40 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 4 deaths
• 368 Vascular disorders incl. 32 deaths

Total reactions for the experimental vaccine AZD1222 (CHADOX1 NCOV-19) from Oxford/ AstraZeneca: 451 deaths and 54,571 injuries to 13/03/2021



COVID-19 VACCINE ASTRAZENECA (CHADOX1 NCOV-19):

• 1,180 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 11 deaths
• 2,080 Cardiac disorders incl. 63 deaths
• 17 Congenital, familial and genetic disorders
• 1,237 Ear and labyrinth disorders
• 41 Endocrine disorders
• 1,977 Eye disorders incl. 1 death
• 17,491 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 15 deaths
• 42,367 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 198 deaths
• 32 Hepatobiliary disorders incl. 1 death
• 578 Immune system disorders
• 3,340 Infections and infestations incl. 46 deaths
• 853 Injury, poisoning and procedural complications incl. 2 deaths
• 2,384 Investigations incl. 3 deaths
• 2,676 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 5 deaths
• 22,858 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 4 deaths
• 19 Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 2 deaths
• 32,490 Nervous system disorders incl. 41 deaths
• 22 Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions
• 11 Product issues
• 3,105 Psychiatric disorders incl. 3 deaths
• 560 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 4 deaths
• 266 Reproductive system and breast disorders
• 4,293 Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 33 deaths
• 6,815 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 2 deaths
• 99 Social circumstances incl. 2 deaths
• 138 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 4 deaths
• 1,656 Vascular disorders incl. 11 deaths

This is public information funded by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), but it is obviously being censored by the corporate media.

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We have bigger problems with sickness and deaths due to Covid than we have remotely close from vaccine side affects.
FACT

I and some forum members here have had loved ones who have been severely sick (not just infected) and some have died. This isn't simply a theoretical discussion, let's be sensitive to others .. and provide practical help

How does info that vaccines are riskier than reported help we those in real need who are suffering? These people don't even have a choice or access to a vaccine

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We have bigger problems with sickness and deaths due to Covid than we have remotely close from vaccine side affects.
FACT

I and some forum members here have had loved ones who have been severely sick (not just infected) and some have died. This isn't simply a theoretical discussion, let's be sensitive to others .. and provide practical help

How does info that vaccines are riskier than reported help we those in real need who are suffering? These people don't even have a choice or access to a vaccine

That logic is Bull....when I first posted about these things, you people conveniently dismissed it as just "conspiracy theories" and "no way can the news lie to us" and "just because one company's vax is bad, doesn't mean all of them are bad", and all the other dismissive BS reasoning... but now that the data and statistics are slowly leaking through and hundreds of REAL scientists and doctors who have been coming out but are being CENSURED for voicing out their concerns and calling out against the "official narrative"...all of a sudden you say its forbidden, imprudent and taboo to talk about because we need to be more "sensitive" about this. Sorry but that is just Bull crap. What is Insensitive is the downplaying and dismissing of what is also actually happening around the world about deaths and severe and lifelong effects with these HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL vaccines. And yes those numbers will slowly rise. Yeah no one is denying the fact that deaths are occurring during this so called pandemic, but the fact also remains that for a majority of the world population who are not of the at-risk group (aged above 65 and or with underlying serious conditions and co-morbidities), there is a 99 percent rate of recovery and survival against this "virus." So yeah of course we need to protect and treat those who are of the at-risk group, but not to the extent of draconian policies based off of a flawed PCR testing protocol. Don't get me started on the misrepresentation of "COVID" deaths in the US and in other western countries. (You test positive for COVID despite being asymptomatic and not infectious, but die a few days later of a car accident you get counted as a COVID death!). And what about the deaths and suffering and economic repercussions that these lockdowns and restrictions have caused not just to first world countries but moreso on third world and developing countries?? The long term damage the effects of these lockdowns and policies will have a far greater impact than the "virus" itself. So this notion that "you must take the vax in order to bring everything back to normal" is just a head spinner and very very very convenient for BIG PHARMA (profit) and the powers that be (control). Deaths occur every day and of various reasons. That's the cold hard truth no matter how ugly it sounds.

The real conspiracy theorists are those who want to believe that BIG PHARMA, who has been making BILLIONS of dollars off of sickness, actually wants to cure you. Lol.

FACTS:

- Pfizer holds a record fine of $2.3 billion for “improperly” marketing 13 drugs, including Viagra and cholesterol fighter Lipitor, which has been the world’s top-selling drug for years. Pfizer is said to have encouraged doctors to prescribe its drugs with free golf, massages and junkets to posh resorts.

- Merck (settlement of $950 million in relation to its drug Vioxx)

- Johnson & Johnson ($600 million for charges that it gave kickbacks to nursing homes to market its drug falsely)

- Eli Lilly (settlement of $1.4 billion in relation to its drug Zyprexa)

- Novartis ($422.5 million for unapproved marketing of an epilepsy medicine and paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe six drugs)

- Bristol-Myers Squibb ($499 million for overcharging government and questionable marketing practices).

- US multinational Abbott Laboratories was fined $1.5 billion for unlawful promotion of its drug Depakote.

- Pharmaceutical multinationals Novartis, Pfizer, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb were involved in clinical trials in India that killed 438 people in 2011

-British drug company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the biggest pharma companies in the world, reached a record $3 billion settlement with the US for a number of unethical medical practices.

-In 2013 the U,S. Justice Department charged Johnson and Johnson $2.2 billion in criminal fines for marketing its autism and anti-psychotic drug Risperdal for unapproved uses.

-In 2010 Johson and Johnson reached an $81 million settlement for misbranding its anti-epileptic drug Topamax to treat psychiatric disorders and hiring outside physicians to join its sales force to promote the drug for unapproved conditions.

- and the list goes on ..and on..and on...

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MAKING A KILLING: Pfizer demands global indemnity against lawsuits before it provides coronavirus vaccines
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer is demanding global indemnity as a pre-requisite before it provides its coronavirus vaccines. The company is pressuring countries to give it immunity from any legal action, in anticipation of any possible vaccine injury lawsuit it may face. But some countries have stood up against Pfizer’s “take it or leave it” approach, slamming its extreme demands as an “abuse of power.”

Back in December 2020, CNBC reported that Americans who suffer severe side effects after vaccination and intend to sue may find themselves in a losing endeavor. According to the report, former Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar invoked the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act in early 2020. The 2005 legislation empowers the health secretary to provide legal protection to companies making or distributing critical medical supplies – including vaccines.

This protection will last until 2024, which means that vaccine manufacturers such as Pfizer and Moderna “cannot be sued for money damages in court” for the next three years. Furthermore, they cannot be sued over injuries related to the administration or use of vaccines and other products to treat or protect against COVID-19. However, this legal protection will not apply if there is evidence of “willful misconduct” by the company.

Dallas labor and employment attorney Rogge Dunn put forward two possible reasons why companies such as Pfizer have demanded overarching legal immunity. First, the immunity is a response to authorities’ requests to expedite vaccine development. “When the government said, ‘We want you to develop this [vaccine] four or five times faster than you normally do,’ most likely the manufacturers said to the government, ‘We want you … to protect us from multimillion-dollar lawsuits,'” he said.

Another reason Dunn cited is that legal immunity helps lower the cost of immunizations per person. “The government doesn’t want people suing the companies making the [COVID-19] vaccine. Because then, the manufacturers would probably charge the government a higher price per person per dose,” he explained.

The lawyer ultimately remarked: “It is very rare for a blanket immunity law to be passed. Pharmaceutical companies typically aren’t offered much liability protection under the law.”

Pfizer has been given legal immunity in the U.S., courtesy of the PREP Act. The company now seeks legal immunity in other countries in case something goes wrong with its BNT162b2 vaccine for COVID-19. It managed to obtain this immunity in a number of Central and South American nations, but failed to do so in Argentina and Brazil. The two countries claimed the drug giant “bullied” them in vaccine negotiations.

Talks between Argentina and Pfizer began in June 2020, with Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez meeting with the drug manufacturer’s top official for the country. In October 2020, the Argentinian parliament passed a law making Pfizer liable for negligence at the minimum – which did not sit well with the drugmaker. The company demanded that the law be amended through a new decree despite the country offering to make the law’s definition of negligence clearer.

Aside from this, Pfizer asked Argentina to buy international insurance to pay for potential future cases against the pharmaceutical firm. The company returned with more demands in December 2020. It asked Argentina to put up its bank reserves, military bases and embassy buildings as collateral, but the South American country did not agree with this. The deal did not prosper, which left Argentina’s citizens with one less choice for a COVID-19 vaccine. Former Argentinian Minister of Health Ginés González Garcia commented: “Pfizer misbehaved with Argentina. Its intolerance with us was tremendous.”

Pfizer later applied the same strong-arming tactics during its vaccine negotiations with Brazil. It asked the largest South American country to create a guarantee fund and deposit money in a foreign bank account. However, Brazil did not cave into the pharmaceutical firm’s demands.

The Brazilian Ministry of Health released a statement on Jan. 23. It cited a number of excerpts from Pfizer’s pre-contract clauses, which the Brazilian government slammed as “abusive.” The clauses mentioned in the statement demanded that Brazil waive the sovereignty of its overseas assets in favor of Pfizer. It also asked that Brazilian law be not applied on Pfizer — essentially exempting it from civil liability in case Brazilians experience post-vaccination side effects. Furthermore, the clauses also demanded Brazil take possible delivery delays into consideration and not penalize Pfizer for these delays.

Because of this, Pfizer’s potential vaccine deal with Brazil fell through. Legal experts have remarked that the firm’s demands on Argentina and Brazil amount to an “abuse of power.”

According to public health law expert Lawrence Gostin, drug manufacturers such as Pfizer “shouldn’t be using their power to limit life-saving vaccines in low- and middle-income countries.” Gostin is the director of the World Health Organization‘s Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law. He added that companies such as Pfizer should not use protection against liability as a “sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of desperate countries with a desperate population.”

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Oohhh..sasabihin nanaman "conspiracy theory" daw to..na NO way a "good company" like pfizer can ever act like this...they are a medical pharma company that has good intentions and has our welfare on top of its priority list! LOL.

[DAdmiral]

https://youtu.be/prh41IbxNTw

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God bless this Kiwi Doctor for clarifying things with FACTS and common sense:

[DAdmiral]

^^
AND here is the practical reason on who was responsible for Nz being Covid free (zero community cases) and life back to normal.

https://youtu.be/Mi9-zkamEtc

Oh I work for the dude as he's my boss.. there is real life , implications and difference on who you listen to.

Knowing a lot of stuff is moot if you don't do the right things that matter

No one knows that kiwi doctor or has listened to her , and as you can see it didn't matter that kiwis didn't. Results are all that matter

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^^
AND here is the practical reason on who was responsible for Nz being Covid free (zero community cases) and life back to normal.

https://youtu.be/Mi9-zkamEtc

Oh I work for the dude as he's my boss.. there is real life , implications and difference on who you listen to.

Knowing a lot of stuff is moot if you don't do the right things that matter

No one knows that kiwi doctor or has listened to her , and as you can see it didn't matter that kiwis didn't. Results are all that matter

Ayun pala ehhh lumalabas na yung totoo...no wonder..all along I thought it was just a serious case of cognitive dissonance...but actually you have a serious stake in this as far as pushing the official agenda and going all out with efforts on completely blocking off and dismissing ANY alternative views and voices no matter how sound and valid those arguments are. Wala na. Inamin din.

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68-Year-Old Dies After Anaphylactic Reaction to COVID Vaccine as CDC Continues to Ignore Inquiry Into Increasing Number of Deaths
VAERS data released today showed 44,606 reports of adverse events following COVID vaccines, including 2,050 deaths and 7,095 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020 and March 19, 2021.

Data released as of March 26 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the number of injuries and deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) following COVID vaccines showed that between Dec. 14, 2020 and March 19, 2021, there were 44,606 reports of adverse events, including 2,050 deaths and 7,095 serious injuries.



This week’s VAERS data included 2,306 reports of anaphylaxis. Fifty-five percent of anaphylaxis reports were attributed to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, 45% to Moderna and 1% to the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine, which was rolled out in the U.S. on March 2.

As The Defender reported earlier this month, the J&J vaccine contains polysorbate 80, known to trigger allergic reactions. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines contain polyethylene glycol (PEG), also known to trigger anaphylactic reactions.

The latest news report of an anaphylactic reaction to a COVID vaccine was of a 68-year-old Kansas woman who died a day after receiving the vaccine. According to EMS dispatch records, the woman had an allergic reaction at a vaccine clinic site around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, KMBC reported. She had difficulty breathing and speaking and was injected with an EpiPen.

Kansas Department of Health and Environment spokesperson Kristi Zears told The Wichita Eagle that Evans had an anaphylactic reaction during a waiting period after receiving the shot. She was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead a day later. It is not clear whether Evans had underlying health conditions and the Kansas health agency did not indicate which COVID vaccine was administered.

This week’s VAERS data show:

-As of March 19, 321 pregnant women had reported adverse events related to COVID vaccines, including 97 reports of miscarriage or premature birth. None of the COVID vaccines approved for Emergency Use Authorization has been confirmed safe or effective for pregnant women, although J&J said earlier this month it would begin testing on pregnant women, infants and the immunocompromised.

-535 cases of Bell’s Palsy. Of those, 64% of cases were reported after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations — almost twice as many as reported (36%) following vaccination with the Moderna vaccine. Three cases of Bell’s Palsy were reported with J&J’s vaccine (about 1%).

[DAdmiral]

The steps taken to address the pandemic based on info and positions on areas of science has worked .
Ultimately that's what matters . Aside from doing ones job right it actually has significant positive impact on the general population. So absolutely no apologies of being accused of what we did as a result of our beliefs.

Now what does the Philippines government and leaders have to show as stewards accountable to address the pandemic for the general population?
What are you actually recommending they do with all your information?