The problem here is that BAD data & poor assumptions led doctors to wrongly say that the vaccine prevents spread, this endpoint wasn’t properly tested & when breakthrough cases became clear it further eroded trust, which was already minimal given the coercion & virtue signaling
Call for vaccine mandates in the face of consecutive “discoveries” of adverse events clots, myocarditis then GBS… calls for children to be vaccinated w/o proper outcomes studies, & institutions/companies mandating a therapy with limited tested WORSENED it all.
The fact that adverse events were discovered after the approval is reason enough to at least pause and reconsider on an individual basis, the personal risk reward.
The low morbidity/mortality in children should also give pause and careful consideration
But most importantly, the calls for collective uptake of the vaccine for “the common good” need to be reevaluated.
With breakthrough cases, it’s clear that transmission isn’t prevented. Possibly limited but not prevented.
So I believe instead we should focus on showing the personal benefit and drop mandates of any kind
Bottom line: we should focus vaccine messaging/studies on hard outcomes & personal risk reduction. vaccine HAVE TO show morbidity/mortality reduction in RCT… any societal benefit that comes with a great vaccine should be an added bonus, not virtue signaling
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I saw a recent patient who came to me for weight loss & diabetes remission… he lost a significant amount of weight & his sugars improved but his lipids did not improve, an ensuing CAC showed a score of ~10, the patient was in his 3rd decade… I recommended a statin
I rarely prescribe statins in primary prevention but a confluence of factors leads me to believe this patients underlying dyslipidemia including high TG, low HDL & high LDL will not improve with lifestyle alone
Why do I bring this up?
🗣I believe the pharmaceutical industry is profit driven & wants the widest possible base to sell to
🗣I don’t trust medical organizations & verify guidelines myself including primary data
I’d like to formally invite @drjkahn and @gorskon to discuss the physician’s role in vaccine uptake on our podcast @LCMDPodcast which is consistently top 10 in medicine for iTunes
I’d be happy to have either guest but preferably both!
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