“Surgeon” Quits Over Vaccine Mandate

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I found the following paragraphs on page 4 of the comment section at Karl Denninger’s place. Allegedly written by a Canadian surgeon. You decide if it’s true, or misleading and inflammatory propaganda:


Dear vaccinated,
We did not take your freedom. The government did.
We are not holding your freedoms at ransom. The government is.
If we are a danger to you, then your vaccine doesn’t work.
If it does, then you should already be free.
The government has lied to you.

First post.  

I have followed Mr. Denninger for at least a decade. I would describe him as the poster child for an autodidact.  
I am a surgeon in southwestern Ontario. On September 23, as a result of vaccine mandates, I will no longer be able to enter the hospital. My hospital based practice is given over to skin cancer (large resections with flap coverage) and trauma.

I have over 200 patients already booked in clinic that will be left orphaned as there are currently only 2 plastic surgeons for 450000 people.
This is a metaphorical hill I am prepared to die on. My privileges at the hospital will be revoked which will result in an automatic notification to my licensing body.  

My son, in his last year of computer science, will likely lose his year as a result of refusing the jab.  

One of the nurses phoned me last weekend inquiring as to possibility of referral to a psychologist/psychiatrist for her husband to go on stress leave-he is a nurse who works in the cath lab. The final straw for him was the 23 year old who came in with code STEMI 3 days post 2nd Moderna jab. He has many other stories of post jab MI’s etc. The neurologists are labelling post jab strokes as “embolic stroke of unknown etiology”. The cardiologists don’t even want to discuss the possibility of subclinical myocarditis in the vaccinated.

My licensing body (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario) has ruled that I cannot say anything negative regarding masks, lockdowns, and vaccines. 
Informed consent is a joke. With removal of a simple cyst, I have to detail the potential complications of bleeding, infection, spread scar, hypertrophic scar, recurrence, and the issues of scar maturation over time. This is a bare minimum. With the jab (administered by nurse or physician), “please sign here that you consent to be jabbed and have your name entered in a database”-that’s it because the jab is “safe and effective and no steps have been skipped in its development”.

I am the progeny of holocaust survivors. I recognize Nazi Germany circa 1932 very well. It is difficult for me to swallow the cognitive dissonance of the Israeli government.  
People are starting to fight back. Twenty local EMS workers are refusing the jab.
The local police and firefighters are having a silent demonstration this weekend. You can feel the change in the air. However, the opposition are all in. They have no choice now but to see it to the end. If the public finds out what they have done, lynching won’t even begin to cut it.  

I am not violent. I have spent my entire adult life caring for people in distress and consider it an honour to have been able to do so. But, as mentioned here and elsewhere, all it would take would be the elimination of 100 people and this would all be over. Here, in Canada, we are very far away from that place. 

I have friends in the US who are retired special forces. They are closer to that place but not yet there. We shall see.

To Mr. Denninger, and all who post here, thank you for letting me be part of this community. You have my utmost respect.


FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Against Routine Pfizer/BioNTech Booster Shot

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To boost or not to boost, that is the question

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine primary series is two shots, three weeks apart. Since the vaccine is not as effective as hoped, the question before the committee was whether to give a booster at least six months after the primary series to everyone 16 years of age and older. The advisory panel, which does not set FDA or CDC vaccination policy, said “No.” The vote was 16 to 2.

The question for the panel thereafter was whether a booster would be OK or recommended (I”m paraphrasing) for 1) those 65 and older, and 2) those individuals at high risk for severe disease (e.g., one or more comorbidities). The answer was a unanimous “Yes.”

The 18 voting panelists were predominantly professors and/or physicians at well-known universities and medical schools.

For all the details of the Sept 17 meeting, see the eight-hour long affair on YouTube. I much appreciate the transparency. The committee is called The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. Despite all the data presented, I recall no mention of p value.

The voting members considered two primary sources of data before voting on the two questions.

One source was a Pfizer study of only 330 vaccinated subjects who got the booster. Forty-four subjects were eventually excluded from analysis for various reasons. I would have rejected the study simply for the small sample size. We shouldn’t set policy for 330 million American citizens based on a study of 330 subjects unless the results are strong and unequivocal. IIRC, the average follow-up time of this study cohort was just 2.6 month. We got no report on how many infections, hospitalizations, or deaths were avoided by use of the booster. There wasn’te even a control group. Vaccine effectiveness was judged simply and only by a rise in neutralizing antibodies in the blood compared pre- and post-booster. Pfizer did monitor for short-term adverse effects, and they were no worse (maybe a little better) than with the primary series.

The various available vaccines likely have different adverse effect profiles

The other data considered by the panel were presented by two Israeli scientists or public heath officials (Ministry of Health), who spoke about the Israeli booster experience. Remember that Israel got about a three-month start on extensive population vaccination compared to most countries, yet they have very high delta variant numbers now starting around May, 2021. IIRC, the Israelis started boosting 60+ year olds only six weeks ago and soon thereafter added those 50 to 60, regardless of comorbidities. The Israelis shared data supporting the idea that the booster is effective against infection and severe disease, especially in those 60+. After 2.8 million booster doses, there were only 19 “serious reports” of adverse events (not necessarily related to the booster).

Only one person brought up the lack of long-term safety data, simply mentioning that some experts (even the FDA) recommend five to 15 years of follow-up for autoimmune disease and cancer for gene therapy products.

I don’t know how this advisory committee voted on the original Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Surely the lack of long-term safety data would have come up then.

Approval of a therapy under EUA requires that no other safe and effective therapy is available. If ivermectin, fluvoxamine, or hydrochloroquine proved effective the EUAs for Moderna vaccine, J&J vaccine, and future EUA for the Pfizer booster would be invalid. No one uttered the words ivermectin, fluvoxamine, or hydroxychloroquine at this meeting. I guess that’s water under the bridge for them.

If the emergency vaccines turn out to be a huge mistake, I’m sure the committee members are immune to liability.

Steve Parker, M.D.

PS: Here’s an interesting video from Russell Brand:

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My Personal COVID-19 Vaccination Decision

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I’m not a anti-vaccine. I’ve been vaccinated against polio, influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, and hepatitis B. I’m due for a Tdap booster (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) and will take it without reservation. Same with the flu shot this Fall.

I’m COVID-19 vaccine-hesitant. Regardless of what the Food and Drug Administration and CDC may say, all the available COVID-19 vaccines are still experimental because we don’t have long-term safety data. And judging from the recent Israeli experience with the Pfizer product, efficacy is also coming into question.

By “long-term data,” I mean at least two or three years comparing experimental groups with control (non-vaccinated) groups. And we need those data for children, pregnant women, and fertile women. Nicki Minaj would say we need studies on male fertility, too (a cousin’s friend got vaccinated, his testicles swelled and he became impotent, then his fiance called off the wedding).

I’ve been working full-time as a hospitalist for the last 20 years. I’ve been admitting and treating COVID-19 patients for the last 18 months. I was a “healthcare hero.” The hospital system in which I work plans to revoke treatment privileges of physicians who are not fully-vaccinated by November 1, 2021. Without such privileges, I can’t work in the hospital. I have seriously considered voluntarily relinquishing privileges or letting the system revoke them. If that happened, here are the options I considered:

  • Take a hospitalist job in another system (but all of them where I live have a vaccine mandate)
  • Look for a hospitalist job elsewhere, where the vaccine is not mandated
  • Take a few months off, hoping a shortage of physicians would induce hospitals to rescind the mandate and allow me to work
  • Monetize my blogs
  • Write more books (I have several ideas)
  • Start podcasting and monetize that
  • Work as an office-based internist, working for others or starting my own practice (many employers will have a vaccine mandate)
  • Concierge medicine
  • Direct Primary Care
  • Telemedicine (some employers would still mandate the vaccine)
  • Claim the religious exemption (but my hesitancy is all medical/science-based)
  • Retiring (BTW, I’m 66-years-old)

I love the work I do, I’m good at it, and it pays well.

I have health insurance via my employer. Although I could go on Medicare for my health insurance, I have several dependents that are insured through my employer. If I took several months off or retired, perhaps my dependents could get insurance if my very smart and capable wife took a job. She was offered a job that would pay 1/4 of what I make, and would require two hours of commuting, five days a week. We have some debts that must be paid.

I took the Pfizer/BioNTech jab on Sept 15, partly because I couldn’t get excited about any of the options above. Second dose will be Oct 6. I’m ambivalent about my decision. It’s practical, but I wonder if I simply lack the courage to take the freedom-fighter position of letting the system revoke my privileges and then facing the consequences. I believe adults should have the freedom to take or not take the vaccine after weighing the pros and cons. If I have a serious adverse effect from the vaccine, I hope it’s death and not long-term disability and being a burden to my wife and children. I’ll probably be OK. Pray for me.

Steve Parker, M.D.

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Aspirin 325 vs 81 mg/day: Which is Better?

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For patients with established cardiovascular disease, a recent study found that aspirin 81 mg/day was just as effective as 325 mg/day in preventing combined risk of death and hospitalization for heart attack or stroke. Rates of major bleeding were the same regardless of dose.

Click for details at NEJM.

Steve Parker, M.D.

PS: What else prevents heart attacks and strokes? The Mediterranean diet!

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U.S. Military Warrior Looking to Avoid the Jab? Listen to This

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What Is the Best Goal Blood Pressure in Hypertension

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First, remember that blood pressure is reported as two numbers: systolic and diastolic. E.g., 135/92. The first number is the systolic number. A systolic pressure goal of under 120 mmHg may be better than the traditional goal of under 140, at least if you’re “at increased risk for cardiovascular disease.” The study at hand excluded folks with diabetes or prior stroke.

We randomly assigned 9,361 participants who were at increased risk for cardiovascular disease but did not have diabetes or previous stroke to adhere to an intensive treatment target (systolic blood pressure, <120 mm Hg) or a standard treatment target (systolic blood pressure, <140 mm Hg). The primary outcome was a composite of myocardial infarction, other acute coronary syndromes, stroke, acute decompensated heart failure, or death from cardiovascular causes. Additional primary outcome events occurring through the end of the intervention period (August 20, 2015) were adjudicated after data lock for the primary analysis. We also analyzed post-trial observational follow-up data through July 29, 2016.

RESULTS

At a median of 3.33 years of follow-up, the rate of the primary outcome and all-cause mortality during the trial were significantly lower in the intensive-treatment group than in the standard-treatment group (rate of the primary outcome, 1.77% per year vs. 2.40% per year; hazard ratio, 0.73; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.63 to 0.86; all-cause mortality, 1.06% per year vs. 1.41% per year; hazard ratio, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.61 to 0.92). Serious adverse events of hypotension, electrolyte abnormalities, acute kidney injury or failure, and syncope were significantly more frequent in the intensive-treatment group. When trial and post-trial follow-up data were combined (3.88 years in total), similar patterns were found for treatment benefit and adverse events; however, rates of heart failure no longer differed between the groups.

Steve Parker, M.D.

PS: Exercise and loss of excess weigh helps control and prevent high blood pressure. Let me help.

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Biden’s New COVID Control Plan Already Working!

It was a mere four days ago that Joe Biden announced his new plan to fight COVID-19. And it’s working like a charm. He scared that virus and it’s on the run. Way to go, Dear Leader Joe!

Here are the CDC’s daily case numbers since the start of the pandemic:

By my reckoning, the recent downtrend in daily cases started around August 31. Biden announced his new plan on September 9.

Steve Parker, M.D.

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It’s a Small Club and You Ain’t In It: Biden Exempts Special People From Vax “Requirement”

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From The Epoch Times:

On Thursday evening, President Joe Biden unveiled two executive orders that could mandate vaccinations for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus for millions of working Americans in both the public and private spheres. But absent from these mandates are similar requirements for members of Congress, federal judges, or their staffers.

Biden’s executive orders would unilaterally require vaccination for federal employees, the military, and government contractors. The president also asked Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to require that firms with over 100 employees either mandate vaccination or weekly CCP virus tests. In total, these mandates could affect over 100 million American workers, making it one of the widest-reaching vaccine mandates in world history.

Steve Parker, M.D.

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9/11: An Alternative History You’ve Never Heard Of

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From Ron Unz, who is smarter than you and me:

The widespread doubts about the reality of the official story provided by our government and almost universally promoted by our media has severely diminished popular faith in the credibility of those two crucial institutions, with consequences that are still very apparent in today’s highest profile issues.

Over the years, diligent researchers and courageous journalists have largely demolished the original narrative of those events, and have made a strong, perhaps even overwhelming case that the Israeli Mossad together with its American collaborators played the central role. My own reconstruction, substantially relying upon such accumulated evidence, came to such conclusions, and I am therefore republishing it….

I recommend that you RTWT.

Before it’s disappeared by TPTB.

Steve Parker, M.D.

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Stop Worrying So Much About Delta Variant of COVID-19

A few days hence, the Biden administration will be announcing their plan to get the delta variant of COVID-19 under control. But look at the graph of “cases” published by the CDC and you’ll see that delta variant has already peaked. The fed.gov will be taking credit for the decline a couple weeks from now. That’s called leading from the rear.

Also from the CDC, this graph of deaths from March 1, 2020, through Sept 4, 2021. Either the virus is less virulent or we’re learning better how to treat it.

This virus is endemic now. The vaccines will not result in herd immunity because vaccinees catch the virus and spread it to others. That is, vaccinees are not immune. At best, the vaccines still prevent severe disease and death, but I await clinical proof of that. (Israel, Iceland, and Gibralter: share your numbers!) Expect another viral peak in December-January 2021-2022 in the U.S. We may even see a bump after the Labor Day gatherings.

Steve Parker, M.D.

h/t William M Briggs

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