I have a DR friend who has posted on FB for months, his thoughts on covid. He is a pediatrician and is completely against mRNA in healthy kids. He posts facts and backs them up with links. Well he just got banned for this. Nothing in it is untrue. Why is FB so scared? There seems to be a massive push right now to silence anyone that doesn't follow the party line even though they are backed by facts. Welcome the Brandon's America.
You all know how I feel about the use of the novel, never before used in humans mRNA vaccines in healthy children. I have significant reservations, and would not advise their use in non-compromised, low-risk children. I'm not after high initial antibody levels and 95% efficacy numbers in children; I want vaccines that are known to be safe long-term. With a disease of such low risk in healthy children, we need vaccines of even lower risk.
So, I'm interested in the traditional vaccine models, and I've been awaiting the authorization of either recombinant protein or inactivated whole virus vaccines in our country - they are already in use in many other countries. One example of the latter technology is Covaxin, manufactured by the Indian company Bharat Biotech, a business partner of Ocugen, a Pennsylvania company. Its development has been funded by our NIH, and it has been licensed in 23 countries; the WHO issued an emergency use listing for it in November, 2021. It has been extensively used in India, including in children. India authorized it for use in the 2 to 18 year old age group earlier this month, and it is currently being given to the 15 to 18 year olds. It is given in a 2 dose series, 28 days apart, and recent studies have shown that a third dose 6 months later produced good protection against the omicron variant.
And...here's the fascinating news. Just earlier this week, I learned that Ocugen had filed a request for Emergency Use Authorization for Covaxin with our FDA...back in early November 2021...almost 3 months ago! And for kids 2 to 18 years old!
Wow! I couldn't believe it; we've been waiting for this, and the recombinant protein Novavax vaccine, for many months now. And this product is all ready to go, with complete filing data for immediate use in children - yet there is no word from the FDA. Why not?
Well, later that same day, I found out why not. I came across an interview Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID director and chief advisor to the President, had with NewsNation on 30 December 2021. He was specifically asked about Covaxin, and when it would be available. Here's his response:
"I am puzzled by that question. We have more vaccines than we need right now. We just need people to get vaccinated with the vaccines we have. We have what we need; we need to use it."
And, when pressed on the possible advantages of having an alternative model of vaccine, he responded:
"It's NOT an alternative. It's ANOTHER vaccine. We don't need another vaccine."
I mean, you really can't make this sort of stuff up. This kind of thinking is simply unbelievable. I mean, he's an expert in viruses and vaccines; he has to know that the inactivated whole virus vaccine model is VERY DIFFERENT than the mRNA model. It is a prime example of the previous classic vaccine model, as it allows the host's immune system to see the whole virus, yet not cause the disease. It doesn't conscript the cellular machinery of the host's normal somatic cells to make the foreign viral protein. I mean, to say that the Covavax is "just another vaccine" compared to the Pfizer mRNA vaccine is akin to the idiotic statement "It's just the flu!" when comparing the original Covid-19 virus to influenza. Both suggest a deficiency in understanding and sophistication.
Listen, I'm trying to be as balanced and unemotional as I can, but our national Covid-19 pointman has chosen to ignore natural immunity and, now, any vaccine options other than the mRNA vaccines. This is dangerous...and unacceptable.
God help us.