{"id":1446608,"date":"2023-12-29T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T03:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1446608"},"modified":"2023-12-29T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T03:50:00","slug":"top-10-covid-events-of-the-year-revealing-the-facts-unspoken-and-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/top-10-covid-events-of-the-year-revealing-the-facts-unspoken-and-unknown\/1446608\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 COVID Events Of The Year: Revealing The Facts Unspoken And Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top 10 COVID Events Of The Year: Revealing The Facts Unspoken And Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

COVID-19 in 2023 has been full of revelations and controversy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Most health leaders involved in the U.S. pandemic response have resigned or been replaced, with one leaving his agency with a study that received much fanfare for a somewhat controversial take on vaccines.<\/p>\n

Compared to 2022, the science on the effectiveness and risks of masking and vaccinations has become increasingly clear with the release of highly authoritative studies this year.<\/p>\n

Let us review the top 10 major events that took place in relation to COVID in 2023.<\/p>\n

1. FDA and CDC Find More COVID Vaccine Adverse Events, Including Stroke<\/h2>\n

Beginning in January, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) found that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detected hundreds of safety signals<\/a> for Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. This included adverse reactions of myocarditis, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), ventricle dysfunctions in the heart, and many more.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the CDC released a joint statement<\/a> declaring\u00a0they detected stroke as a new safety signal in older people who took the Pfizer bivalent boosters.\u00a0Researchers from Kaiser Permanente also reported in October that people who took the COVID boosters with the influenza vaccine were at a greater risk of stroke.<\/p>\n

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Days later, researchers affiliated with the FDA published a preprint finding that older people who received the Pfizer booster shot had a higher rate<\/a> of Bell\u2019s palsy, a type of facial paralysis.<\/p>\n

In a statement released in May, the FDA determined that “the current evidence does not support the existence of a safety issue,<\/strong>” as findings of stroke among the elderly decreased. They added that agencies will continue to evaluate new data as they become available.<\/p>\n

2. Vaccines Cannot \u2018Effectively\u2019 Control COVID: Fauci After Resigning<\/h2>\n

The resignation of Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was noteworthy\u00a0given his role in leading the United States pandemic response and his actions soon after resigning.<\/p>\n

Dr. Fauci was very vocal in encouraging vaccine uptake and regularly appeared on television programs motivating people to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s as simple as black and white. You\u2019re vaccinated, you\u2019re safe. You\u2019re unvaccinated, you\u2019re at risk. Simple as that<\/strong>,\u201d Dr. Fauci said on an MSNBC program<\/a> during the Delta wave.<\/p>\n

Before the Delta wave in the United States, Dr. Fauci compared vaccinated people to \u201cdead ends\u201d for the virus on CBS\u2019s Face the Nation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, on Jan. 11, weeks after his resignation at the end of 2022, Dr. Fauci and two other researchers published a paper<\/a> in Cell Host & Microbe that gained traction due to their comments on the effectiveness of vaccines in\u00a0controlling respiratory viruses.<\/p>\n

\u201cSARS-CoV-2, endemic coronaviruses, RSV, and many other \u2018common cold\u2019 viruses \u2026 have not to date been effectively controlled by licensed or experimental vaccines,\u201d the authors wrote in their introduction.<\/p>\n

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They then addressed some basic immune principles, expressing that the current vaccines induce immunity in the body but not in the airways, yet current respiratory viruses primarily infect the airways.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vaccines for these two very different viruses (influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses) … have common characteristics: they elicit incomplete and short-lived protection against evolving virus variants that escape population immunity<\/strong>,\u201d the authors wrote.<\/p>\n

While some fact-checkers argue that the study does not contradict Dr. Fauci\u2019s stance during the pandemic, others interpret this<\/a> as his \u201ccoming clean.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. Gold Standard Review Finds Evidence of Masking \u2018Uncertain\u2019<\/h2>\n

The Cochrane Library<\/a>, widely considered the gold standard for systematic reviews, published a review on Jan. 30<\/a> stating there was \u201cuncertainty about the effects of face masks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe low to moderate certainty of evidence means our confidence in the effect estimate is limited, and that the true effect may be different from the observed estimate of the effect,\u201d the authors concluded, adding that \u201cpooled results of [randomized controlled trials] did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical\/surgical masks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cochrane Library, widely considered the gold standard for systematic reviews, published a review on Jan. 30 stating there was \u201cuncertainty about the effects of face masks.\u201d (FranciscoMarques\/Shutterstock, screenshot via The Epoch Times)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The review\u2019s findings drew widespread criticism from mainstream media. Several articles soon followed, highlighting the effectiveness of masking. The Cochrane editor-in-chief, Dr. Karla Soares-Weiser, also released a statement in March<\/a> claiming that the review did not show masks don\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany commentators have claimed that a recently-updated Cochrane Review shows that \u2018masks don\u2019t work\u2019, which is an inaccurate and misleading interpretation,\u201d Dr. Soares-Weiser wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be accurate to say that … the results were inconclusive.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, the CDC still recommends masking.<\/p>\n

\u201cMasks have become political,\u201d said an author<\/a> of the review on CNN. \u201cI can only tell you what the science is….I can\u2019t tell you whether they work or don\u2019t work. But it\u2019s more likely than not that they don\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. Repeated Vaccination Weakens the Immune System, Studies Suggest<\/h2>\n

Multiple doses of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines lead to higher levels of antibodies called IgG4. A growing body of research suggests that these antibodies can make the immune system less reactive to COVID-19 spike proteins and more susceptible to potential spike protein damage and infections.<\/p>\n

The first of these studies was published in the January issue of Science Immunology<\/a>. The authors found that a third dose of the mRNA vaccine was linked to an increase in IgG4 subtypes<\/a> in mice. IgG4 antibodies are responsible for tuning down the immune system to prevent immune overactivation.<\/p>\n

However, in the context of COVID-19 and its vaccines, where the immune system<\/a> must be ready to fight, this may promote \u201cunopposed SARS-CoV2 infection and replication by suppressing natural antiviral responses,\u201d another study published in May<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

These findings align with other studies that found repeat vaccinations to be associated with increased risks of infections, as reported by a study by the Cleveland Clinic<\/a>. The team\u2019s earlier study<\/a> also showed that the more doses a person receives, the more likely they are to get infected.<\/p>\n

A medical assistant holds a tray of syringes filled with doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Los Angeles on Feb. 16, 2021. (Apu Gomes\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

5. DNA Contamination Detected in mRNA Vaccines, and FDA\u2019s Response<\/h2>\n

In the spring of 2023, researchers found that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines contain DNA fragments, including controversial SV40 genes, previously undisclosed to the public.<\/p>\n

Genetic scientist Kevin McKernan initially discovered that DNA fragments were packaged into lipid nanoparticles with the mRNA vaccine segments so that the DNA could enter cells. However, this means the fragments pose a risk of being integrated into the cell\u2019s genome.<\/p>\n

In a preprint<\/a> published in April, Mr. McKernan and his team found DNA fragments in both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines that exceeded the European Medicines Agency\u2019s (EMA) 330 nanograms (ng) per milligram requirement and the FDA\u2019s 10 ng\/dose requirements.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Furthermore, Pfizer\u2019s mRNA vaccines contained genes from the simian vacuolating virus 40, also known as SV40. The full SV40 virus had a controversial link to cancer stemming from the time when early polio vaccines were accidentally contaminated with the SV40 virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cPfizer never disclosed the SV40 information to the EMA. They gave them a plasmid map of what the plasmid consisted of, with all of the features labeled, with the exception of the SV40 site,\u201d Mr. McKernan said on EpochTV\u2019s American Thought Leaders<\/a> program.<\/p>\n

Apart from being a safety concern, the DNA fragments also indicated potential problems with drug regulation, Mr. McKernan said.<\/p>\n

Initially, Pfizer intended to make its vaccines using a PCR machine, which would have been more expensive and time-consuming. However, the company later switched to using bacteria, likely because that method is faster and more efficient.<\/p>\n

Pfizer never tested for the safety implications this change would have.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey never ran the clinical trials on that material [bacteria]. Clinical trials were run on this PCR process, and then they switched to a new process after the clinical trials,\u201d Mr. McKernan said.<\/p>\n

Health practitioners, researchers, and journalists have expressed concern about the unknown risks that DNA contamination may present to the public. Some have called for the recall of Pfizer vaccines.<\/p>\n

However, in the FDA\u2019s response to investigative journalist Maryanne Demasi, the agency did not indicate<\/a> that it intended to recall the vaccines.<\/p>\n

Read more here…<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 12\/29\/2023 – 17:50<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/medical\/top-10-covid-events-year-revealing-facts-unspoken-and-unknown<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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