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Not so fast – COVID-19 vaccinations and mandates challenged

Guest Opinion by Colleen Beyer

Recently, Dixon Bledsoe intimated that any reason to not get the COVID vaccine(s) is “misinformation.” The following are possible reasons not only of why someone might be hesitant to take the vaccines, but why someone might question “approved” sources.

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is the data capture method critical in cases where vaccines are still in their Phase 4 trial stage, as some of the COVID vaccines are. Society at large is participating this final trial. The deaths reported after receiving COVID vaccines in 2021 is greater than the deaths reported from all vaccines COMBINED over the last 30 years. Not only studies, but healthcare “whistleblowers” also attest to the fact that most (90% to 99%) of injuries from vaccines go unreported.  

I agree with Mr. Bledsoe that it’s mostly about the bottom-line – but not just for drug companies. Mainstream media receives much of their revenue from drug companies: I wonder if it would hurt the media’s bottom-line if they featured healthcare whistleblowers who encouraged “hesitancy” toward the products of their biggest sponsors?

Drug companies also dump millions into our medical schools, sponsoring even the development of textbooks. How likely are these textbooks to teach anything that might hurt their sponsors’ bottom-line? Furthermore, the biopharmaceutical industry provides 75% of the FDA’s Drug Review budget. Yes, drug companies pay 75% of the wages of the very people who review their products as a supposedly “disinterested” party.

Dr. Michael Yeadon, a former Pfizer VP, said that in his view, the COVID vaccines are not even necessary because, “There are at least four or five safe and effective medicines [to treat COVID] and their presence has been suppressed and hidden from the public.”  

The vaccines are not only being questioned in areas of the medical community. Public health data in the UK reveals that there were less COVID deaths in the summer of 2020 without the vaccines than there were this summer WITH the vaccines. Additionally, the CDC does not make the claim that the vaccines “stop the spread.” Hence, the idea that the unvaccinated are the greatest risk to society is nonsensical.

The U.S. Civil Rights act prohibits discrimination based on medical condition, that could include vaccination status. The Constitution further states that citizens have a “right to be secure in their persons…” Is an employee secure in their person if they are coerced into taking a drug, upon penalty of termination, for which there is no long-term data, and which includes death as a possible side effect? All for a virus that for most has a 99%+ survival rate? It is not only illegal but, I would opine, immoral.

But you be the judge. Investigate everything I said. Don’t let Snopes do your fact-checking for you: DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. In the end, your health does not belong to the media, it does not belong to your neighbor, it does not belong to the government or your employer, and dare I say it does not belong even to your doctor. It belongs to YOU.

EDITOR’S NOTE: According to the Center for Disease Control website as of Nov. 8, 2021, 534,081,335 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in the US and its territories. Reports of adverse effects to the VAERS program have not necessarily been verified for a connection to a vaccine.  The CDC website also states: 

“• COVID-19 vaccines were developed using science that has been around for decades.
“• COVID-19 vaccines are safe – much safer than getting COVID-19.
“• COVID 19-vaccines are effective at preventing severe illness from COVID-19 and limiting the spread of the virus. 

“Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines under the most intense safety monitoring in U.S. history. CDC recommends you get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you can.”

More information is available at cdc.gov.

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