I only have the slightest acquaintance with proper statistical methodology yet time and again I could point to huge flaws in the āscienceā being presented.
Do you remember the SwineFlu pandemic of 2010? There was Adversity for many with those Vaxxes, notably there was 100's of cases of narcolepsy for unfortunate jabbee's but our authorities didn't look after them or fully acknowledge the cause & actual effect that set alarm bells ringing for me in regard to 'expert opinion'.
Those rolled out experts(p.luke
) are not convincing at all and with the way the establishment were carelessly flouting the cautions we knew that the virus wasn't so serious - we sensed spoofery at many points.
All the above and more was presented to Parrots who couldn't acknowledge any of it.
Any skeptics were threatened as dangerous influences who could be partially responsible for killing other people when all along the skeptics were quite correct in a variety of ways
I just found this to remind us of the bigger picture on the issues.
I wonder if "Granny" on P.ish was one of these . . .
Covid-19 vaccine trials are advancing fast ā but anti-vaccine sentiment is growing too
www.irishtimes.com
It is less than a decade since anti-vaccine campaigners began targeting the then new HPV vaccine for teenage girls. Using social media to deliver an emotion-laden message directly to parents, they claimed hundreds of girls had suffered chronic ill-health after taking the cervical cancer vaccine.
Despite the absence of any evidence of a causal link between the girlsā symptoms and the vaccine, uptake of the vaccine plummeted from 87 per cent to 50 per cent, as vaccine hesitancy grew.
It took a sustained response from medics, pro-vaccine advocates and the likes of Laura Brennan, the young Clare woman who became the poster girl for the HPV vaccine before succumbing to cervical cancer, before rates started rising again.
The issue died away, but rumbles on. Regret, the group set up by parents alleging harm from the HPV vaccine, told The Irish Times this week "many" of their daughters "remain in chronic ill-health" and that "many cases have been lodged with the courts".
āWe have concerns that a rushed āwarp speedā vaccine, which has not undergone long-term testing or testing for non-specific effects, may not meet the necessary safety standard,ā the group said in a statement.
Today, the controversy around Covid-19 has breathed new life into the anti-vaccine cause. Information sheets have been dusted down, websites spruced up and, across Europe and the US, people have taken to the streets.
On an overcast Saturday afternoon earlier this month, those opposed to a vaccine were prominent among the anti-lockdown protesters outside the Custom House in Dublin.
āStick your vaccine up your arse,ā one of the musicians playing at the rally shouted, to general amusement in the crowd.
The rally was jointly organised by Health Freedom Ireland (HFI), a group composed of longstanding vaccine sceptics that says its mission is to provide "impartial information" on the issue.
We have been accused of being far left and far right but we have no political agenda
Co-founder Maeve Murran told the rally HFI's aim was to "inform, educate and support people around vaccines and freedom of choice".
āWe have been accused of being far left and far right but we have no political agenda. We are committed to the provision of truth through the dissemination of legitimate scientific information,ā she said.
The group responded at length to questions from The Irish Times and published the answers, with footnotes, on its website.
It claims āmany parentsā are highly concerned about the number of vaccines recommended for their children, that āmany Irish childrenā are suffering side-effects and that ātransparency and unbiased information is not always forthcoming from either the HSE or our healthcare professionalsā.
