Four Persons Die Days After COVID-19 Vaccinations in Portugal, Switzerland and Norway
A 41-year-old woman died on Jan. 1, 2021 in Trofa, Portugal, two days after receiving the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 vaccine for COVID-19. Sonia Acevedo, who worked as a surgical assistant at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology (IPO) in Porto, was reported to have been in “perfect health” prior to […]
No Evidence COVID-19 Vaccines Will Block Spread of Coronavirus
On Nov. 9, 2020, Pfizer, Inc. announced that the experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 vaccine for COVID-19 it developed in partnership with Germany’s BioNTech SE had an efficacy rate of 90 percent, based on the results of human clinical trials on the vaccine.1 2 3 This news was followed up a week later with an […]
60 Percent of Nursing Home Workers in Ohio Decline COVID-19 Vaccines Over Safety Concerns
In a news briefing on Dec. 30, 2020, Ohio’s Governor Mike DeWine said that 60 percent of the nursing home staff in his state are refusing to get COVID-19 vaccines. According to surveys, health care workers in the United States have expressed fears of potentially dangerous side effects from the experimental vaccines and concerns about […]
WHO, Fauci Warn COVID-19 Vaccines May Not Prevent Infection and Disease Transmission
At a virtual press conference held by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Dec. 28, 2020, WHO officials warned there is no guarantee that COVID-19 vaccines will prevent people from being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and transmitting it to other people.1 In a New Year’s Day interview with Newsweek, Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of […]
Employers Do Not Have Appetite to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine
Corporations are looking ahead to what might come next year with the COVID pandemic still out of control. There are many challenges ahead. Among the questions CEOS will need to answer… Should employees be required to take the vaccine before returning to work? According to a recent poll by the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute, […]
Pregnant Health Care Workers Can Get COVID-19 Vaccines Despite Lack of Safety Data Says CDC
The supply of emergency use authorization (EUA) COVID-19 vaccines in the United States is initially expected to be limited and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided recommendations to federal, state and local governments about who should be vaccinated first.1 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended that healthcare […]