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Summary The document critically examines the effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines, questioning their ability to prevent infection and transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It asserts that there is no reliable scientific evidence supporting the vaccines’ effectiveness in preventing infection or transmission. It cites numerous studies indicating the vaccines’ limited impact, and highlights flaws in
Reference: Bekker, L.-G., Garrett, N., Goga, A., Fairall, L., Reddy, T., Yende-Zuma, N., Kassanjee, R., Collie, S., Sanne, I., Boulle, A., Seocharan, I., Engelbrecht, I., Davies, M.-A., Champion, J., Chen, T., Bennett, S., Mametja, S., Semenya, M., Moultrie, H., de Oliveira, T., Lessells, R. J., Cohen, C., Jassat, W., Groome, M., Von Gottberg, A., Le
Reference: Jureidini, J., & McHenry, L. B. (2022). The illusion of evidence-based medicine. BMJ, 376, o702. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o702 Summary: The authors Jon Jureidini and Leemon B. McHenry argue that evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been compromised by corporate interests, inadequate regulation, and the commercialisation of academia. Although EBM was intended to provide a robust scientific foundation for
Reference: Author. (2022). Adverse mortality trends in U.S. using age stratified excess mortality. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm#dashboard Summary: The article examines adverse mortality trends in the U.S. through age-stratified excess mortality analysis. It highlights a concerning shift whereby excess deaths among younger populations have significantly increased, while those among the elderly have declined, potentially due to
Reference: Hayek, S., Shaham, G., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Kepten, E., Dagan, N., Nevo, D., Lipsitch, M., Reis, B. Y., Balicer, R. D., & Barda, N. (2022). Indirect protection of children from SARS-CoV-2 infection through parental vaccination. Science, 375(6585), 1155–1159. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm3087 Summary: The article investigates the indirect protection conferred to unvaccinated children against SARS-CoV-2 through parental vaccination
Reference: Author. (2022). Adverse mortality trends in U.S. using age stratified excess mortality. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm#dashboard Summary: The article examines persistent excess mortality trends in the U.S. since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite advancements such as vaccinations, herd immunity, and the emergence of less severe virus variants, excess mortality rates have not declined.
Reference: Vanden Bossche, G. (2022). Poor virus-neutralizing capacity in highly C-19 vaccinated populations could soon lead to a fulminant spread of SARS-CoV-2 super variants that are highly infectious and highly virulent in vaccinees while being fully resistant to all existing and future spike-based C-19 vaccines. Summary: In his article, Vanden Bossche (2022) raises concerns about
Reference: Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. (2009). Levels of evidence. Retrieved from https://www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/resources/levels-of-evidence/oxford-centre-for-evidence-based-medicine-levels-of-evidence-march-2009 Summary: The Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine’s Levels of Evidence document provides a structured approach to evaluating clinical evidence across various question types, such as therapy, diagnosis, and prognosis. It categorises evidence into levels, ranging from systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials