CV TAG discussion papers regarding adverse effects of using a "leaky" COVID vaccine
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From: Simon Brown
Dear Ministry of Health,
I would like to learn what discussions were had by the COVID Vaccine Technical Advisory Group regarding the potential long term detrimental safety implications of using a two-dose regimen of the BioNTech/Pfizer mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine. I am specifically interested in any and all discussions regarding the use of a "leaky" vaccine as described in Pfizers original application for FDA Emergency use Authorization, subsequently confirmed by numerous international studies, including the most recent Israeli study by Gazit et al (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/...)
I specifically would like the minutes of meetings and any formal papers/submissions by CV-TAG members that address the following issues with the vaccinated and why they are not considered either a short and/or long term public health risk:
1. increased risk of escape variants
2. disease reservoirs and increased risk for reverse zoonosis
3. high viral loads and viraemia
4. increased risk of coagulopathies
5. increased risk of autoimmunities, antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) and acute lung injury (ALI).
Yours faithfully, Simon
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Kia ora Simon,
Thank you for your request for official information received on 4
September 2021 for:
"I would like to learn what discussions were had by the COVID Vaccine
Technical Advisory Group regarding the potential long term detrimental
safety implications of using a two-dose regimen of the BioNTech/Pfizer
mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine. I am specifically interested in any and all
discussions regarding the use of a "leaky" vaccine as described in Pfizers
original application for FDA Emergency use Authorization, subsequently
confirmed by numerous international studies, including the most recent
Israeli study by Gazit et al
([1]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...)
I specifically would like the minutes of meetings and any formal
papers/submissions by CV-TAG members that address the following issues
with the vaccinated and why they are not considered either a short and/or
long term public health risk:
1. increased risk of escape variants
2. disease reservoirs and increased risk for reverse zoonosis 3. high
viral loads and viraemia 4. increased risk of coagulopathies 5. increased
risk of autoimmunities, antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) and acute
lung injury (ALI).”
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Kia ora Simon,
Thank you for your request for official information, received on 4
September 2021 requesting:
“I would like to learn what discussions were had by the COVID Vaccine
Technical Advisory Group regarding the potential long term detrimental
safety implications of using a two-dose regimen of the BioNTech/Pfizer
mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine. I am specifically interested in any and all
discussions regarding the use of a "leaky" vaccine as described in
Pfizers original application for FDA Emergency use Authorization,
subsequently confirmed by numerous international studies, including the
most recent Israeli study by Gazit et al
(https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...)
I specifically would like the minutes of meetings and any formal
papers/submissions by CV-TAG members that address the following issues
with the vaccinated and why they are not considered either a short
and/or long term public health risk:
1. increased risk of escape variants
2. disease reservoirs and increased risk for reverse zoonosis 3. high
viral loads and viraemia 4. increased risk of coagulopathies 5.
increased risk of autoimmunities, antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE)
and acute lung injury (ALI).”
The Ministry of Health has decided to extend the period of time available
to respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) as further collation is required.
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2021.
You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review my decision to extend the time available to respond to your
request.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services Team
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Kia ora Simon,
Please find attached a response regarding your request for
information.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
[1]Ministry of Health information releases
[2]Unite against COVID-19
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From: Simon Brown
Dear OIA Requests,
Thank you for your response which I find both revealing and vexatious. Surely the role of a Technical Advisory Group is to front-run and control for potential problems, especially when dealing with novel therapeutics that could seriously undermine a recipients immune system with significant long-term consequences for wider public health. After all this is not an unknown unknown risk but a set of known unknowns as anyone with a cursory interest in the history of corona and "leaky" vaccines can attest to. Not only does it appear Medsafe rubber stamped emergency approval of the BNT162b2 vaccine but it's advisors failed to entertain, let alone discuss, potential negative consequences. I do hope our blind rush to mass vaccinate against a virus in the middle of a global pandemic (which molecular epidemiologists now confirm is evolving to escape vaccinal control as predicted) does not come back to harm the population in the long run as this virus inevitably becomes endemic.
Yours sincerely,
Simon Brown (PhD)
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