🧵Public Health Ontario's new report was used by politicians, media, academics to claim majority of hospitalized & ICU Covid "cases" & deaths "with Covid" are "unvaccinated"
3/To make ethical evidence-based decisions, critical that all data is reported transparently: data from the control group (non-immune unvaccinated) must never be mixed with other test groups (immune unvaccinated, post-vaccination 0-13 days, post-vaccination ≥14 days)
Here's why
4/ Published Pfizer Phase 1/2 Covid vaccine clinical trial data showed dramatic transient lymphophenia (reduced white blood cells such as Tcells, NK cells, antibody producing Bcells) in ppl 1-3 days post-vaccination compared to unvaccinated control group
▶️nature.com/articles/s4158…
5/ Phenomena of post-vaccination immunosuppression in Covid vac trials also studied with other vaccines, incl yellow fever: vaccinated ppl had increased risk of infection within 7d post-vac d/t sharp/transient lymphophenia (Tcell depletion). h/t @gerdosi tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
6/ Tcells are critical for our innate & adaptive immune responses, including both cellular (CD4 and CD8 Tcells) & humoural (antibody) immune responses. Our "warrior" Tcells play a critical role in our natural immune response to viruses, including SARSCoV2
9/ Recent pre-print of Danish study found: nursing home residents at 40% increased risk of Covid infection 0-14 days post-vac and healthcare workers at 104% increased risk of Covid infection 0-14 days post-vac respectively compared to unvaccinated people
▶️medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
10/ Letter in the British Medical Journal
"A genuine increased risk of contracting infection post vaccination is important to understand, both for evaluating the vaccination programmes as well as planning the best time of year to carry such programmes out" bmj.com/content/372/bm…
11/ According to UK government's report by its SAGE advisors released in early July 2021:
"The combination of high prevalence and high levels of vaccination creates the conditions in which an immune escape variant is most likely to emerge." gov.uk/government/pub…
12/ Interesting thread from @prof_shahar on transparency of Covid data reporting from Israel
14/ Question: if someone experiences an adverse event or reaction post-vaccination leading to hospitalization, ICU admission or death within 0-13 days of a Covid vaccination, is the Ontario govt officially recording this as occurring in someone who they define as "unvaccinated"?
15/ Today, Ontario's govt announced that it will begin to use the non-transparent definitions in the PHO report for its daily public Covid reporting of "cases", hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths. This problematic data reporting will lead to non-evidence based decisions.
16/For full public transparency @ONgov must breakdown known “unvaccinated” by age to
-unvaccinated, immune vs non-immune
-vaccinated, 0-13 days post-vaccination
Data is reported Dec2020-July2021 but vac of adults <60yo started May2021: must provide data by mth & %vac rate by age
6b/ Important thread on peer-reviewed studies showing robust pre-existing Tcell population immunity to SARSCoV2 in vast majority from Tcell cross-reactivity to common cold coronaviruses, SARS, CMV and influenza
🚨1/Large peer-reviewed German study in Journal of Infection reiterates what I've said since May 2020 based on other peer-reviewed studies. PCR test deeply flawed: "cases" don't equal infections
2/ "In light of our findings that >1/2 of individuals with +PCR test results are unlikely to have been infectious, RT-PCR test positivity should not be taken as an accurate measure of infectious SARSCoV2 incidence. Our results confirm findings of others that..."
3/ "...the routine use of 'positive' RT-PCR test results as the gold standard for assessing and controlling infectiousness fails to reflect the fact 'that 50-75% of the time an individual is PCR positive, they are likely to be post-infectious'..."
1/ "Covid Lockdown Cost/Benefits:
Critical Assessment of Literature"
Dr Douglas Allen, PhD, Cdn Prof of Economics, Simon Fraser Univ examined >80 Covid studies: "possible lockdown will go down as one of greatest peacetime policy failures in🇨🇦's history"
▶️sfu.ca/~allen/Lockdow…
2/ "By late April 2020, it was already known that:
i) empirical predictions of SIRS based models were wrong
ii) that the models made a number of questionable assumptions
iii) that the deaths were highly skewed to the elderly
iv) that the costs were large"
3/ "By August 2020, there was enough information available to show that any reasonable cost/benefit analysis would show that lockdown was creating more harm than good. It is unreasonable to suggest that a proper decision could not have been made in the fall."
World Medical Association Declaration of Geneva signed by countries globally in 1947 after WWII where MDs were forced to commit atrocities against humanity. Last amended 2017. Builds on principles of Hippocratic Oath & guides ALL medical ethics globally
▶️wma.net/policies-post/…
2/"As a member of the medical profession, I solemnly pledge to dedicate my life to the service of humanity; the health/well-being of my patient will be my first consideration; I will respect the autonomy/dignity of my patient; I will maintain the upmost respect for human life..."
3/ "I will not permit considerations of age, disease, disease or disability, creed, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, political affiliation, race, sexual orientation, social standing or any other factor to intervene between my duty and my patient;..."
👏🏽Univ of Cambridge
Vice-Chancellor Prof Toope:
“Freedom of speech is a right that sits at the heart of the Univ—will always be a place where anyone can express new ideas & controversial/unpopular opinions & where those views can be robustly challenged“ 1/ cam.ac.uk/news/statement…
2/ “Unacceptable to censor/disinvite speakers whose views are lawful but may be seen as controversial. Rigorous debate fundamental to pursuit of academic excellence & Univ of Cambridge will always be a place where freedom of speech is not only protected, but strongly encouraged.”
3/ Yesterday was a victory for freedom of speech and freedom of academic expression. The prestigious University of Cambridge overwhelmingly voted to reject attempts to silence freedom of speech under guise of making opinions "respectful" and backed "tolerance".
1/ US & UK media finally reporting what we've known for months from published peer-reviewed research by leading scientists🌎: pre-existing cross-protective Tcell immunity & strong Tcell responses bode well for long-term #SARSCoV2 immunity, and #HerdImmunity may already be at hand
2/ US: "We may be closer to #HerdImmunity than previously thought. Are we fearing a ‘second wave’ which our immune systems already have well in hand? People show immunological response to #SARSCoV2 in their Tcells.. without necessarily showing antibodies." spectator.us/closer-herd-im…
3/ "#HerdImmunity may be closer than thought—UK scientists say immunity likely far higher than what govt antibody tests shows b/c it doesn't account for Tcells. Top immunologists said infection-fighting Tcells are more durable/long-lasting than antibodies" dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
Pls read #SARSCoV2 immunology🧵& subthreads for what media & “experts” are not telling you
Facts
-we have some pre-existing cross-protective immunity
-basing herd immunity only on antibodies omits strong Tcell immunity
-vaccine candidates not effective b/c don’t elicit IgA prodn
2/ Last week, researchers in Sweden and Germany also found strong T-cell responses to #SARSCoV2 which bode well for long-term immunity & found pre-existing cross-protective immunity: findings are consistent with the original US Cell study published in May.