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i. Unbundling an Entangled Subject
The crucial subject of vaccination is actually comprised of three related, but very different issues, viz: Vaccines, their modes of Deployment, and so-called “New Vaccines”. The “new vaccines” refer first to various combinations of existing vaccines into one shot; and subsequently to products based on entirely novel principles/formats different from the traditional ones. At the present time, the definition of what constitutes a vaccine has even been revised, such that vaccines are no longer specifically required to prevent infection, and transmission of pathogens. As we show later in this document, any product can now be labelled “vaccine” once it can stimulate an appropriate immune response in the body.
The key issues involved in this subject are largely uncomplicated, and can be discerned by simple common-sense analyses. To simplify our discussion still, however, we must begin by unveiling the major complication in the whole matter - the man Bill Gates. This self-proclaimed “philanthropist-capitalist” is the world’s foremost investor in vaccines, and he insists on setting the applicable rules of engagement. Even though he has no training in medicine, medical personnel and institutions worldwide reverently defer to his pronouncements, especially on the subject of vaccination. Recently, Mr Gates announced he would be giving away $200 billion (90% of his entire fortune), over the next 20 years 1. He, of course, will not be throwing away the money to charity; but rather deploying it to drive values and products he is keen on imprinting on the world. Vaccination happens to be the principal among these.
Bill Gates is very open about his beliefs and convictions. Basically, he is concerned that the world is overpopulated and that this is putting considerable strain on available natural resources, as well as exacerbating global warming. These, he believes, would eventually result in some irreversible planetary catastrophe sometime in the future. Justifying his colossal investments in vaccine development and global deployment, Mr Gates explained at a 2010 Ted Talk, that “New Vaccines” are one of the chief instruments that will help reduce global warming -- by systematically doing away with 1.5 billion people 2. Though censored out by mainstream media, the speech is widely presented and discussed on the internet. Stating that the global population was heading towards 9 billion, Gates, in what could be a slip of the tongue, said: “If we do a really great job on New Vaccines, Healthcare, Reproductive Health Services [i.e. abortion], we could lower that by VACCINES, VACCINE DEPLOYMENT, AND “NEW VACCINES” 3 LSF SPECIAL REPORT ON VACCINATION perhaps 10 or 15 per cent.” See video at https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_innovating_to_zero.
A multitude of “Fact Checkers”, mostly sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have laboured to explain that what Mr Gates actually meant about “New Vaccines” was quite different from the plain meaning of what he said! At the present time, Mr Gates $200 billion is at work, being disbursed to so called media Influencers, charged to re-interpret to us what Mr Gates statement was supposed to “actually mean”. We should be aware that these Influencers are drawn from our locality, and invariably would include our neighbours, relatives, and church members! This Special Report will be highlighting key clarifications we must demand, when presented with such new narratives. The consequences of our taking wrong actions on vaccination could be very dire, certainly much dire than some projected consequences of “global warming.” Among other consequences, it could easily result in the vast reduction of human population which Mr Gates glowingly speaks about.
ii. Summary of our Position
For 10 years, the LivingScience Foundation has endeavoured to educate the public on vaccination, clarifying the important differences between the related concepts of Vaccines, Vaccine Deployment, and “New Vaccines”. In our opinion, vaccines on their own, are to be celebrated and embraced as Godgiven, potentially life-saving products, derived from the labour and ingenuity of hardworking and well-meaning scientists. However, as for any other medical product, marketing vaccines for indiscriminate mass deployment or under dubious scheduling and unending dosing, is fraught with several serious demerits. These potential demerits turn into causes for serious alarm when we see the definition of what constitutes a “vaccine” being changed to incorporate “new vaccines” based on new principles and extremely controversial new technology. In this regard, it is particularly concerning that the “new vaccines,” according to alterations made to definitions on the website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are no longer required to possess sterilizing immunity (that is, to prevent infection or transmission of diseases – the traditional purpose of vaccines) 3 . The mRNA-based COVID vaccines are a prime example of this new development 4 .
iii. Conditions for Justifying a Vaccine Solution
Useful as vaccines could be, their deployment whether in individuals (for example the rabies vaccine for the occupationally-exposed Vet doctor) or in the general population (for example the COVID vaccine) should be based on carefully-evaluated benefit-to-risk considerations. Factors that would determine the merit or otherwise of a vaccine solution include:
Furthermore, the choice of a vaccine solution should be evaluated against other possible solutions, including primary prevention of the infection in the first place, use of prophylaxis, or prompt therapeutic solution - where effective drugs exist. For infections that are not life- threatening, recovery with prophylaxis and drugs helps the body to acquire a more robust natural immunity than what is obtained from manufactured vaccines. Indeed, vaccines serve as light infections that provoke natural immunity, only that they usually are designed to target specific strains of the disease-causing pathogens. (While this might produce faster result, it is also less robust). Above all, a vaccine solution must be justified not only on its own merit, but also on how well it fits in with other solutions, complementing them rather than competing with, not to talk of jeopardizing, them. The seminal article by Robert F Kennedy (Jnr) presented incontrovertible historical data establishing that the contribution usually attributed to vaccines in the reduction of childhood mortality is hugely exaggerated 5 . It turns out that in most cases, in the western countries usually cited, mortality had already plummeted before the first vaccines were ever developed.
iv. Criminalizing Rational Hesitancy
The final point of concern to be addressed on the subject of Vaccination is the growing tendency to criminalize acts deemed “vaccine hesitancy”. Advocates for indiscriminate mass vaccination try to push some moral burden on the unvaccinated, accusing them of not permitting the attainment of some “herd” immunity that would in theory make possible the “eradication” of some target disease.
The herd immunity theory has however been challenged by several reports of outbreaks of infections even in communities with more than 99% vaccine coverage 6 . Even more striking are data that emerged during the COVID pandemic. For instance, a country like…