Reader urges diligence, fact checking in analysis of COVID data

We have a good reason not to trust the government anymore. We should all be unwilling to risk our loved ones to political misinformation and find the truth ourselves. But we must also be cautious of the misinformed naysayers!

COVID vaccine safety was NOT compromised by expediting the process! The technology had been developed already because it was known that a viral pandemic was a possibility. The huge cash infusion by the government gave those companies what they needed to set up supply chains, the staffing, manufacturing facilities, and distribution plans before it was known that there would be a product that was safe and effective enough to produce. That risky investment would have been wasted if the product was not worth producing, which is why no company will take that risk itself. We were lucky. The product proved safe and effective. Celebrate that! And, thank the millions of brave people who have presented arms for a painless jab before you. They were scared too.

The VAERS database has been recommended as a data source by previous letters, but then they misinterpreted its contents! VAERS is the adverse event early warning system set up years ago to identify patterns that might signal a problem. Anyone can report. It is raw, unconfirmed data that the CDC and FDA then investigate. You will see that deaths reported, not yet confirmed as due to the vaccine, are 6500 per 350 million shots. The risk of dying in a car accident is 38,000 per 350 million people. Will you stop driving? The risk of thrombosis from the J&J vaccine is less than from pregnancy. So, take Moderna. The risk of anaphylaxis is less than a dose of penicillin, and it is treatable.

It was implied that the companies were relieved of liability because vaccines are not safe. Not true! In fact, that limited liability began in the 1980s and is totally unrelated to COVID vaccines, which are a newer and safer technology.

And another argument, I will quote directly from Mr. Randolph: “Even the CDC admits that 94% of COVID deaths had underlying medical conditions.” This is a very sad red herring that, even if it were true, is a convolution of the fact that, but for COVID, those people would still be alive. One might suggest that many of those dying in car accidents also have underlying conditions.

Get the facts, be safe, mask up! We are in this boat together, whether we like it or not.

Cheryl Wulf
Warren County