From Jeff Childers<\/p>\n
Dr. Paul Offit published an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine last week gently and circumspectly raising doubts about Covid boosters. First of all, it\u2019s interesting \u2014 and a good sign \u2014 that the NEJM would publish ANYTHING critical of the jabs. But it\u2019s even more interesting that the author was Dr. Offit.<\/p>\n
Dr. Offit, a highly-published specialist in pediatric vaccination, is perhaps the most well-known and well-credentialed member of the FDA\u2019s vaccine advisory committee. Throughout the pandemic, he has been a reliable ally for the administration, a steady parrot-like mouthpiece for pandemic policy who encased whatever the administration was pushing with a scientific gloss. (He also wrote a terrific book titled \u201cPandora\u2019s Lab,\u201d which is a great read even though it includes a bizarre anti-Trump rant.)<\/p>\n
Link: [Covid-19 Boosters \u2014 Where from Here? | NEJM](https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMe2203329)<\/p>\n
Dr. Offit begins with an apology of sorts; he explains that it was a \u201cdisappointing error\u201d to claim that Covid vaccines would prevent mild illness and transmission, when it was OBVIOUS that they could not do so because they do not generate mucosal immunity. Obvious. And remember that phrase, \u201cmucosal immunity.\u201d It is the jabs\u2019 first serious failure, we\u2019ll talk more about this soon. Offit admits that the vaccines were never trialed for preventing transmission, which is a notion that until recently could get you banned from Twitter.<\/p>\n
Offit also trashed the psuedo-science of \u201casymptomatic infection,\u201d albeit gingerly, explaining \u201ca zero-tolerance strategy for mild or asymptomatic infection, which can be implemented only with frequent booster doses, will continue to mislead the public about what Covid-19 vaccines can and cannot do.\u201d How about that.<\/p>\n
Critically, he admitted that the vaccines have RISKS, a plain fact the CDC is yet unwilling to say: \u201cIn addition, because boosters are not risk-free, we need to clarify which groups most benefit. For example, boys and men between 16 and 29 years of age are at increased risk for myocarditis caused by mRNA vaccines.\u201d He didn\u2019t minimize the risks by calling them \u201csuper rare,\u201d either. Recently and relatedly, Offit was in the news when it was disclosed he\u2019d advised his college-age son NOT to get boosted.<\/p>\n
But most significantly, he is \u2014 to my knowledge \u2014 the first government-approved expert to raise the specter of OAS, warning late in his article, \u201cand all age groups are at risk for the theoretical problem of an \u2018original antigenic sin\u2019 \u2014 a decreased ability to respond to a new immunogen because the immune system has locked onto the original immunogen.\u201d Gosh.<\/p>\n
This is a HUGE admission. If an OAS risk exists, it potentially exists for EVERYONE taking the jabs, as Offit acknowledges (\u201call age groups are at risk\u201d). The outcome of OAS is terribly difficult to predict; the possibilities include anything from repeated asymptomatic illness to chronic, unshakeable mild illness to serious autoimmune disease to death. In other words, Offit admits the real possibility of a potentially life-long, deadly risk involved in the shots.<\/p>\n
So.<\/p>\n
The fact that an expert in Offit\u2019s position can now talk openly about jab risks in the most prominent U.S. journal, however tentatively, and the fact that I can blog about what Offit said on Facebook, is a sea change from where we were even two months ago. This is an incredibly encouraging sign. Things are moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Jeff Childers Dr. Paul Offit published an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine last week gently and circumspectly raising doubts about Covid boosters. First of all, it\u2019s interesting \u2014 and a good sign \u2014 that the NEJM … Continue reading