An Update Regarding the Coronavirus Epidemic Dr. Martin Dubravec May 7, 2021

 An Update Regarding the Coronavirus Epidemic

Dr. Martin Dubravec

May 7, 2021

 This information is being provided for patients and others interested in updates regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19, Sars-CoV-2) epidemic.  Facts are provided.  My comments and opinions are listed separately.  The goals of these updates have been to help the community in keeping informed of the epidemic from a local medical perspective.  As a clinical immunologist, I believe it is vital that information be shared with regard to this important issue.  If you would like to receive this information via Email, feel free to Email us at aasc1234@protonmail.com .  Please note we have transitioning to a new Email address as listed here.  (Our old Email address was aasc1234@hotmail.com .)

 

Fact:

 Between April 5 and May 4, we have seen a 71% drop in positive COVID-19 PCR test results in Michigan.  Nationwide, COVID-19 positive PCR tests remain at a low but steady level.

 Source:  https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173---,00.html

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

 

Comment/Opinion:

 Our office has seen a sharp decline in patients with COVID-19 symptoms and positive COVID-19 PCR tests over the past 2 weeks.  This is consistent with statewide data that shows a sharp decline in COVID-19 cases.  Local hospitals continue to see patients with COVID-19 positive tests, however.  This can be expected to decline as hospitalizations lag behind positive COVID-19 test rates by 7-10 days.

 

Fact:

 Concerns have been raised regarding the safety of the experimental gene therapy COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy.  A recent article suggests no significant problems with these experimental gene therapy COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy.  Further analysis of the article reveals the opposite.

 Source:  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2104983?query=featured_coronavirus

 Comment/Opinion:

 The safety of experimental gene therapy COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy is of major concern.  The above article suggests these vaccines are safe.  However, on closer inspection of the data, we see that the rates of reactions to the vaccines are very possibly much higher.  For example, the article uses Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) data to show a low amount of reported reactivity to the experimental gene therapy COVID-19 vaccines.  But it has been shown that VAERS data only represents about 1% of the total amount of reactions to vaccines.  This is because the VAERS system is voluntary and most reactions are not documented by health care providers due to a lack of time or interest.  The authors of the study also admit that “there is probably substantial underreporting of pregnancy- and neonatal-specific adverse events.”  Therefore, the rates of reaction to these experimental gene therapy COVID-19 vaccines may be very high. 

 Because of these concerns, many practitioners are recommending against the use of experimental gene therapy COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy.  Our office will continue to closely monitor reactions to these experimental gene therapy COVID-19 vaccines.

 

Fact:

 The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons has released a statement demanding a stop to forced vaccination of college students:

 Open Letter from Physicians to Universities: Allow Students Back Without COVID Vaccine Mandate

 Dear Deans, Governing Boards and Trustees,

On behalf of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, I am writing to ask you to reconsider your new policy mandating COVID-19 vaccination of students prior to returning to campus.[i] Institutions of higher learning are divided on this issue.[ii] ,[iii] Although, at first glance, the policy may seem prudent, it coerces students into bearing unneeded and unknown risk and is at heart contrary to the bedrock medical principle of informed consent.

There are multiple reasons to reverse your policy. I ask you to consider the following:

1. Young adults are a healthy and immunologically competent and vibrant group that is at, “extraordinary low risk for COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.”[iv]
2. College and University students, however, are under significant mental health strain already from COVID-19 fears, circumstances, distance learning problems and the imposition of government health policy restrictions.[v]
3. Even though the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for three COVID-19 vaccines, they are not FDA approved to treat, cure or prevent any disease at this time.  Clinical trials will continue for at least two years before the FDA can even consider approval of these vaccines as effective and safe.
4. The COVID-19 vaccines on the market in the U.S., mRNA (Moderna and Pfizer) and DNA (Johnson & Johnson – Janssen), have caused notable side effects, pathology and even death (>2300 deaths per VAERS as of  April 20, 2021). These adverse reactions result in absence from school and work, hospital visits, and even loss of life.[vi]
5. College-age women may be at unique risk for adverse events following administration of the experimental COVID vaccinations currently available. According to the CDC, all cases of life-threatening blood clots, subsequent to receiving the J&J vaccine, reported so far in the United States, occurred in younger women.[vii]  The vast majority of cases of anaphylaxis have also occurred in women.[viii] In addition, “women are reporting having irregular menstrual cycles after getting the coronavirus vaccine,”[ix] and 95 miscarriages have been reported to the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System (VAERS) following COVID vaccination as of April 24, 2021.[x]
6. Recent research data demonstrates that the spike protein, present on the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the induced primary mechanism of action of COVID-19 vaccines, are the primary cause of disease, infirmity, hospitalization and death.[xi]
7. Students who have had self-limited cases of COVID-19 already possess antibodies, activated B-cells, activated T-cells (detectable by lab testing).  This durable, long-term immunity would not only prevent them from getting recurrent COVID-19, but would also represent herd immunity to protect others in the college or university community.[xii],[xiii]
8. COVID-19 convalescent students may be harmed by college and university policy requiring COVID-19 vaccines.[xiv] They already have extensive immunity and would be likely harmed from a forced confrontation with COVID-19 vaccine induced spike protein causing autoimmune reactions leading to illness and possible death.[xv]
9. Students and their families may justifiably believe these policies discriminate against individuals who aren’t candidates for this vaccine, have pre-existing conditions, previous COVID-19 disease, cite religious objections, or are otherwise exercising their freewill choosing not to participate in this optional vaccine experiment. Refer to the Nuremberg code from WWII, which requires individuals, “to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force….”[xvi]
10. Institutional policies that permit faculty to choose or refuse vaccination, but do not allow students the same options, raise equal protection constitutional issues.
11. The ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, requires “reasonable accommodations,” be provided based on an individual’s own unique health situation.  This includes rejection of an experimental vaccine intervention which may exacerbate known health problems and thereby cause harm.
12. Colleges and Universities should consider whether they might be liable for damages, poor health outcomes, and loss of life due to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies.[xvii]
13. “Positive cases,” as defined by laboratory testing alone, may be false positive testing errors or asymptomatic infection that is not clinically proven to spread disease.
14. Ambulatory outpatient early treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection / COVID-19 has been demonstrated effective in adults.[xviii]
15. Informed consent is the standard for all medical interventions. The FDA factsheet for the healthcare provider reads, “The recipient or their caregiver has the option to accept or refuse (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine.”

Please reverse your decision to mandate experimental COVID-19 vaccines before more students are harmed and make the vaccines rightfully optional. Both unvaccinated and vaccinated students should be permitted on campus. Thank you for your time and attention. We would appreciate hearing back from you as soon as possible and welcome further discussion with you and other leaders at your institution.

Sincerely,

Paul M. Kempen, M.D., Ph.D. – AAPS President (2021)

Source:  https://aapsonline.org/open-letter-from-physicians-to-universities-reverse-covid-vaccine-mandates/

Comment/Opinion:

 A one size fits all approach to vaccination is not scientific or rational.  No two patients are alike.  Decisions to receive vaccination should be the choice of the patient.  Certain medications and therapies are not indicated or safe in certain patients; vaccines are no exception to this.   

 The currently available experimental gene therapy vaccines are allowed for emergency use but have not been shown by the FDA to be safe or effective.  This does not mean they may not end up being safe and effective, but preliminary data has shown that these vaccines can produce severe side effects.  They have not been studied in pregnant patients prior to being launched.  They were not studied in those over 55 years of age or those who have had COVID-19.  The safety of these vaccines has not been looked at in children or in pregnant patients prior to being massively pushed on the American population.

 College students have virtually no risk of death from COVID-19.  Furthermore, herd immunity can be best established when those with little to no risk of severe illness from COVID-19 actually get exposed to the virus.  People who have COVID-19 have been naturally vaccinated; they don’t need a vaccine (at least for 6-12 months) to protect them from illness.  What is concerning is that these individuals may be at significantly increased risk of bad reactions to the vaccine if they have already had COVID-19 and then receive an experimental gene therapy COVID-19 vaccine.

 Not surprisingly, our office has seen a marked increase in vaccine reactions to the experimental gene therapy vaccines for COVID-19.  Since these vaccines did not undergo research and analysis of any significant extent prior to being mass produced and administered to millions of people, the results of this are being seen.  (The Moderna vaccine did not even undergo any animal trials prior to being approved in humans.)  Because the overall survival rate of COVID-19 in the American population is over 99%, there is no need to rush into vaccination.