{"id":39,"date":"2021-08-10T12:32:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T10:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2025-11-26T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:08:20","slug":"the-great-vaccinate-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"The great vaccinate debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>We are seeing history repeat itself.<\/strong> The Ebola epidemic in West Africa was mishandled<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/sponsored\/ebola-s-lessons-how-who-mishandled-the-crisis-86744\">Ebola&#8217;s lessons: How WHO mishandled the crisis<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. The people of the affected countries opposed the restrictions that prevented transmission, because their governments had a record of lying to their people. Why should they be trusted? And we looked on and said, &#8220;how could that \u00a0happen?&#8221; Now we\u2019ve found out.<\/p>\n<p>On 15 February 2020 Tedros Adhanom\u00a0Ghebreyesus, the Director General of WHO, criticised the media for declaring the new Corona virus a pandemic, saying that misinformation about the outbreak amounted to an Infodemic<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/348893319_Misinformation_During_the_COVID-19_Outbreak_in_China_Cultural_Social_and_Political_Entanglements\">Misinformation During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China: Cultural, Social and Political Entanglements<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. On 11 March, less than four weeks later, he reversed his position, announcing that it was indeed a pandemic, and we needed to take urgent steps to contain the spread<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca1.uscourts.gov\/sites\/ca1\/files\/citations\/WHO%20Director-General%27s%20opening%20remarks%20at%20the%20media%20briefing%20on%20COVID-19%20-%2011%20March%202020.pdf\">opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 &#8211; 11 March 2020<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. But the advice ignored already known variations from earlier Corona viruses &#8211; the disease is highly contagious and one in three people are asymptomatic<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/01\/04\/the-plague-year\">The Plague Year<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. So, one of the primary containment measures, track and trace is virtually useless. If you don\u2019t know who has the disease, you don\u2019t know who to track, unless you test everyone all of the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ghebreyesus was criticised for praising China for its response to the outbreak in Wuhan province, ignoring evidence that China had withheld crucial information that could have limited the spread of the disease to other countries<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Spotlight\/Coronavirus\/Did-WHO-s-China-ties-slow-decision-to-declare-emergency\">Did WHO&#8217;s China ties slow decision to declare emergency?<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC released a COVID-19 test with a 33% false positive rate. One in three people who were being told to self isolate did not have COVID, and the CDC knew that when it released the test<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/01\/04\/the-plague-year\">The Plague Year<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2019, the Nuclear Threat Initiative published the Global Health Security Index, a document setting out nations\u2019 capacities and capabilities to reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks (GCBRs), which are biological risks of unprecedented scale that could cause severe damage to human civilisation at a global level, potentially undermining civilization\u2019s long-term potential<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghsindex.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2019-Global-Health-Security-Index.pdf\">Global Health Security Index<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. Essentially a plan setting out the risks and how to deal with COVID-19.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The US government had a plan<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6819268\/Pandemic-Playbook.pdf\">Playbook for Early Response to High-consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. But instead of following the plan, the President lied to his people, telling them that COVID-19 is little worse than the flu, and suggested injecting disinfectant or using powerful\u00a0light would counter the disease<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/01\/04\/the-plague-year\">The Plague Year<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. Some people foolishly followed his advice<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/states-spike-poison-control-calls\">States see spike in poison control calls following Trump&#8217;s comments on injecting disinfectant<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>.<\/p>\n<p>The human immune system has dealt with previous pandemics. But at great cost. The 1918 flu epidemic caused at least 50 million deaths. In 1918 governments responded unevenly. Today, In the absence of leadership from the WHO, history repeated itself, with the United States leading the way. The states were left competing for limited resources<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/01\/04\/the-plague-year\">The Plague Year<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. And people died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authoritarian regimes adopted draconian strategies to prevent the spread. In democracies, some countries implemented lockdowns, while others did not. Sweden was heavily criticised for relying on its people to be responsible. Initially infection rates and mortalities soared<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[12]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(21)00885-0\/fulltext\">The Swedish COVID-19 strategy revisited<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. Now that the strategy is paying off and Sweden\u2019s mortality rate has hit zero, that approach looks sensible<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[13]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biznews.com\/health\/2021\/07\/26\/sweden-covid\">Sweden daily Covid deaths hit zero, with human liberty still intact<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of the states in the USA followed Sweden\u2019s approach, but without the data to let people make an informed decision. Wearing a mask, proven to be effective against transmission, was seen as a sign of political allegiance, and people followed the Donald Trump&#8217;s lead, choosing not to wear one. Trump\u2019s carelessness created a super spreader event in the Rose Garden event celebrating the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[14]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/01\/04\/the-plague-year\">The Plague Year<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>.<\/p>\n<p>In Sweden, the soaring mortality rate reversed itself, but other countries went though waves of infections, and more people died.<\/p>\n<p>Why aren\u2019t we being properly informed. People who have been infected are being told to vaccinate, but the evidence suggests they don\u2019t need to<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[15]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell-reports-medicine\/fulltext\/S2666-3791(21)00203-2?_returnURL=https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2666379121002032?showall=true\">Longitudinal analysis shows durable and broad immune memory after SARS-CoV-2 infection with persisting antibody responses and memory B and T\u00a0cells<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Numerous of the world\u2019s top athletes have tested positive for COVID. Novak Djokovic, Lewis Hamilton, Adam Yates, Egan Bernal. None needed medical treatment. All are still dominating their sports. The 1918 pandemic was indiscriminate, attacking everyone. Many governments have adopted the 1918 solutions without looking at the differences between that catastrophe and this one. COVID-19 is changing our lives, and that lack of attention says that the elected leaders making life-changing decision just don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n<p>Our governments tell us that the vaccine works. But Isreal, whose population is almost fully vaccinated is seeing a surge in infections, and has reintroduced restrictions, and is contemplating another lockdown<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_16');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_16');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_16\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[16]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_16\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/04\/world\/israel-covid-restrictions-lockdown.html\">Israel reinstates some virus restrictions to avoid a full lockdown<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_16').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_16', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. In Iceland, where 68% of the population are fully vaccinated, the infection rates are soaring again<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_17');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_17');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_17\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[17]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_17\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icelandreview.com\/ask-ir\/whats-the-status-of-covid-19-in-iceland\">What\u2019s the status of COVID-19 in Iceland?<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_17').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_17', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. In the United Kingdom, the governments website states that the vaccine is highly effective against the Delta variant of the virus<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_18');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_18');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_18\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[18]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_18\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/vaccines-highly-effective-against-hospitalisation-from-delta-variant\">Vaccines highly effective against hospitalisation from Delta variant<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_18').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_18', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. But that is not true<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_19');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_39_1('footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_19');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_19\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[19]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_19\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/england-says-delta-infections-produce-similar-virus-levels-regardless-vaccine-2021-08-06\/\">Early signs COVID-19 vaccines may not stop Delta transmission, England says<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_19').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_39_1_19', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>.<\/p>\n<p>We are not being informed about the false positive test rates of the COVID tests that can change our lives. A positive test means athletes can\u2019t compete, people can\u2019t work, and we can\u2019t travel. The CDC and the FDA blame each other for the botched test release in 2020. People with integrity take responsibility. The logical conclusion is that they have no integrity, so why should we trust them when they say that the vaccine is the solution and that it is safe.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all heard stories from friends who have been vaccinated, and did not feel well for days afterwards. We\u2019re being treated like guinea pigs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The great vaccinate debate is not really about the vaccine, it\u2019s about our loss of trust in our elected leaders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Additional reading:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maryannedemasi.substack.com\/p\/should-covid-19-vaccines-become-mandatory\">Should COVID-19 vaccines be mandatory?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>HRV Health AG is a Swiss company dedicated to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle over medication as the global solution to the healthcare crises. If you share this approach, please vote at:<a href=\"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/hrvhealth_vote.php\"> https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/hrvhealth_vote.php<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_39_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_39_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_39_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_39_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_39_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/sponsored\/ebola-s-lessons-how-who-mishandled-the-crisis-86744\">Ebola&#8217;s lessons: How WHO mishandled the crisis<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_39_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/348893319_Misinformation_During_the_COVID-19_Outbreak_in_China_Cultural_Social_and_Political_Entanglements\">Misinformation During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China: Cultural, Social and Political Entanglements<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_39_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_3');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca1.uscourts.gov\/sites\/ca1\/files\/citations\/WHO%20Director-General%27s%20opening%20remarks%20at%20the%20media%20briefing%20on%20COVID-19%20-%2011%20March%202020.pdf\">opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 &#8211; 11 March 2020<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi\" ><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_39_1_4\" class=\"footnote_backlink\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_39_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_39_1_4');\"><span 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