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              Reader
              As a father of a young child, I am pressured to get my
              daughter vaccinated for COVID-19. And like many Americans,
              I have concerns about giving my six-year-old a new vaccine
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                                                          I’m Not
                                                          Rushing to Get
                                                          My
                                                          Six-Year-Old
                                                          the
                                                          COVID-19 Vaccine</a></h2>
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                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">By <strong>Len
                                                      C. Goodman</strong>
                                                    / <a style="color:
                                                      #2585B2;"
href="https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/opinion/vaxxing-our-kids/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Chicago Reader</a></p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    font-family:
                                                    "Helvetica
                                                    Neue",
                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">As a
                                                    father of a young
                                                    child, I am
                                                    pressured to get my
                                                    daughter vaccinated
                                                    for COVID-19. And
                                                    like many Americans,
                                                    I have concerns
                                                    about giving my
                                                    six-year-old a new
                                                    vaccine that was not
                                                    tested on humans
                                                    until last year, and
                                                    that has been
                                                    approved only for
                                                    “emergency use” in
                                                    kids. The feverish
                                                    hype by government
                                                    officials,
                                                    mainstream media
                                                    outlets, and Big
                                                    Pharma, and the
                                                    systematic
                                                    demonization and
                                                    censorship of public
                                                    figures who raise
                                                    questions about the
                                                    campaign, provide
                                                    further cause for
                                                    concern.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    font-family:
                                                    "Helvetica
                                                    Neue",
                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">This year,
                                                    Pfizer has banked on
                                                    selling <a
                                                      style="color:
                                                      #2585B2;"
href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-0d0f0da455d7da5cef47cf3fd9d4daa5"
moz-do-not-send="true">115 million pediatric doses to the U.S.
                                                      government and
                                                      expects to earn
                                                      $36 billion in
                                                      vaccine revenue</a>.
                                                    Congress is so in
                                                    the pocket of Big
                                                    Pharma that it’s
                                                    against the law for
                                                    our government to
                                                    negotiate bulk
                                                    pricing for drugs,
                                                    meaning taxpayers
                                                    must pay retail.
                                                    Corporate news and
                                                    entertainment
                                                    programs are
                                                    routinely sponsored
                                                    by Pfizer, which
                                                    spent $55 million on
                                                    social media
                                                    advertising in 2020.
                                                    Even late night
                                                    comedians like Jimmy
                                                    Kimmel, who has
                                                    called for denying
                                                    ICU beds to
                                                    unvaccinated
                                                    people, <a
                                                      style="color:
                                                      #2585B2;"
href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-drugmakers-take-on-your-favorite-tv-shows-to-tackle-vaccine-hesitancy-11621166403"
moz-do-not-send="true">have been paid by Big Pharma to promote the
                                                      COVID-19 vaccine</a>.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    font-family:
                                                    "Helvetica
                                                    Neue",
                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">It is thus
                                                    not surprising that
                                                    most of the
                                                    information reported
                                                    in the press about
                                                    vaccine safety and
                                                    efficacy appears to
                                                    come directly from
                                                    Pfizer press
                                                    releases. This
                                                    recent headline from
                                                    NBC News is typical:
                                                    “Pfizer says its
                                                    Covid vaccine is
                                                    safe and effective
                                                    for children ages 5
                                                    to 11.” Moreover, by
                                                    not advertising
                                                    their vaccines by
                                                    name,
                                                    Pfizer-BioNTech and
                                                    other drugmakers are
                                                    not obliged, under
                                                    current FDA
                                                    regulations, to list
                                                    the risks and side
                                                    effects of the
                                                    vaccine.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    1.4em; color: #444;
                                                    font-family:
                                                    "Helvetica
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                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">Most
                                                    Americans are
                                                    vaguely aware that
                                                    COVID vaccines carry
                                                    some potential
                                                    risks, such as heart
                                                    inflammation, known
                                                    as myocarditis, <a
                                                      style="color:
                                                      #2585B2;"
href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/myocarditis.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">seen most often in young males</a>. But no actual
                                                    data from the
                                                    vaccine trials has
                                                    been provided to the
                                                    public. After
                                                    promising “full
                                                    transparency” with
                                                    regard to COVID-19
                                                    vaccines, the FDA
                                                    recently went to
                                                    court to resist a
                                                    FOIA request seeking
                                                    the data it relied
                                                    on to license the
                                                    Pfizer COVID-19
                                                    vaccine, declaring
                                                    that <a
                                                      style="color:
                                                      #2585B2;"
href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/wait-what-fda-wants-55-years-process-foia-request-over-vaccine-data-2021-11-18/"
moz-do-not-send="true">it would not release the data in full until the
                                                      year 2076</a>—not
                                                    exactly a
                                                    confidence-building
                                                    measure.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    "Helvetica
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                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">Also
                                                    troubling is a
                                                    recent report in
                                                    the <a style="color:
                                                      #2585B2;"
                                                      href="https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2635"
moz-do-not-send="true"><em>British Medical Journal</em></a>, a
                                                    peer-reviewed
                                                    medical publication,
                                                    which found that the
                                                    research company
                                                    used by Pfizer
                                                    falsified data,
                                                    unblinded patients,
                                                    employed
                                                    inadequately trained
                                                    vaccinators, and was
                                                    slow to follow up on
                                                    adverse events
                                                    reported in Pfizer’s
                                                    pivotal phase III
                                                    trial. The
                                                    whistleblower, Brook
                                                    Jackson, repeatedly
                                                    notified her bosses
                                                    of these problems,
                                                    then e-mailed a
                                                    complaint to the FDA
                                                    and was fired that
                                                    same day. If this
                                                    scandal was ever
                                                    mentioned in the
                                                    corporate press, it
                                                    was with a headline
                                                    like this from CBS
                                                    News: “Report
                                                    questioning Pfizer
                                                    trial shouldn’t
                                                    undermine confidence
                                                    in vaccines.”</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    "Helvetica
                                                    Neue",
                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">On the
                                                    other hand, the
                                                    initial rollout of
                                                    the vaccine appeared
                                                    to be a home run.
                                                    Reported numbers of
                                                    new infections went
                                                    down, and oppressive
                                                    lockdown rules were
                                                    lifted. Our bars,
                                                    restaurants, and
                                                    gyms opened up.
                                                    Plus, my own
                                                    experience getting
                                                    the vaccine was
                                                    positive, as I wrote
                                                    about in <a
                                                      style="color:
                                                      #2585B2;"
href="https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/what-happened-to-the-squad/"
moz-do-not-send="true">an earlier column for the <em>Reader</em></a>. Is
                                                    it possible that
                                                    this time, the
                                                    corporate media and
                                                    government got it
                                                    right? Is the mass
                                                    vaccination of
                                                    everyone, including
                                                    kids, really the
                                                    solution to our long
                                                    COVID nightmare? I
                                                    have tried my best
                                                    to look objectively
                                                    at the available
                                                    evidence in order to
                                                    make the best
                                                    decision for my
                                                    daughter. In this
                                                    column, I share my
                                                    findings.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    "Helvetica
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                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">The first
                                                    thing I discovered
                                                    is that the risk of
                                                    COVID to healthy
                                                    kids is extremely
                                                    low. Or as the <a
                                                      style="color:
                                                      #2585B2;"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/briefing/covid-age-risk-infection-vaccine.html"
moz-do-not-send="true"><em>New York Times</em>’s David Leonhardt
                                                      recently put it</a>,
                                                    unless your child
                                                    has preexisting
                                                    conditions or a
                                                    compromised immune
                                                    system, the danger
                                                    of severe COVID is
                                                    “so low as to be
                                                    difficult to
                                                    quantify.” This
                                                    raises the question:
                                                    If the risk for kids
                                                    is so low, what is
                                                    the emergency that
                                                    justifies mass
                                                    vaccination of
                                                    children without
                                                    waiting for proper
                                                    testing trials of
                                                    the vaccine? </p>
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                                                    argument made most
                                                    often is that we
                                                    must vaccinate our
                                                    kids to protect
                                                    others. However,
                                                    while most adults
                                                    perceive children as
                                                    little germ
                                                    factories, the data
                                                    suggests that kids
                                                    are at low risk to
                                                    spread COVID.
                                                    Reports from Sweden,
                                                    where schools and
                                                    preschools were kept
                                                    open, and kids and
                                                    teachers went
                                                    unmasked without
                                                    social distancing,
                                                    show a very low
                                                    incidence of severe
                                                    COVID-19 among
                                                    schoolchildren or
                                                    their teachers
                                                    during the
                                                    SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.</p>
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                                                    surprised to learn
                                                    that there are
                                                    reputable scientists
                                                    opposed to mass
                                                    vaccination, such as
                                                    Dr. Robert Malone,
                                                    an original inventor
                                                    of the mRNA vaccine
                                                    technology behind
                                                    the COVID vaccines.
                                                    As Malone explains,
                                                    the mRNA vaccine
                                                    contains a spike
                                                    protein, similar to
                                                    the virus, that
                                                    stimulates your
                                                    immune system to
                                                    produce antibodies
                                                    to fight COVID. He
                                                    describes the
                                                    vaccine as “leaky,”
                                                    meaning it is only
                                                    about 50 percent
                                                    effective in
                                                    preventing infection
                                                    and spread.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    font-family:
                                                    "Helvetica
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                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">Malone
                                                    warns that overuse
                                                    of a leaky vaccine
                                                    during an outbreak
                                                    risks generating
                                                    mutant viruses that
                                                    will overwhelm the
                                                    vaccine, making it
                                                    less effective for
                                                    those who really
                                                    need it. “The more
                                                    people you
                                                    vaccinate, the more
                                                    vaccine-resistant
                                                    mutations you get,
                                                    and in the vaccine
                                                    ‘arms race,’ the
                                                    more need for ever
                                                    more potent
                                                    boosters.” Thus,
                                                    Malone recommends
                                                    vaccinating only the
                                                    most
                                                    vulnerable—primarily
                                                    the elderly and
                                                    individuals with
                                                    significant
                                                    comorbidities such
                                                    as lung and heart
                                                    disease or
                                                    diabetes—and not
                                                    healthy children.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    font-family:
                                                    "Helvetica
                                                    Neue",
                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">If these
                                                    views sound
                                                    unfamiliar, it’s
                                                    likely because
                                                    Malone and other
                                                    critics of mass
                                                    vaccination have
                                                    faced heavy
                                                    suppression on
                                                    social media and
                                                    vicious attacks from
                                                    corporate media
                                                    outlets.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    "Helvetica
                                                    Neue",
                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">Meanwhile
                                                    the U.S. mainstream
                                                    press has ignored
                                                    recent statements by
                                                    Mexico’s health
                                                    minister, Jorge
                                                    Alcocer Varela, who
                                                    recommends against
                                                    vaccinating
                                                    children, warning
                                                    that COVID-19
                                                    vaccines could
                                                    inhibit the
                                                    development of
                                                    children’s immune
                                                    systems. “Children
                                                    have a wonderful
                                                    immune system
                                                    compared to the
                                                    later phases . . .
                                                    of their life,” he
                                                    explained, warning
                                                    that “hindering” the
                                                    “learning” of a
                                                    child’s immune
                                                    system—the “cells
                                                    that defend us our
                                                    whole lives”—with a
                                                    “completely
                                                    inorganic structure”
                                                    such as a vaccine
                                                    runs counter to
                                                    public health.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    font-family:
                                                    "Helvetica
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                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">A <a
                                                      style="color:
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href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/19/youtube-videos/harvard-study-found-vaccinations-alone-arent-enoug/"
moz-do-not-send="true">recent Harvard study</a> provides further
                                                    evidence that while
                                                    vaccines protect us
                                                    against serious
                                                    COVID illness and
                                                    deaths, they alone
                                                    are not very good at
                                                    stopping the spread
                                                    of the disease. The
                                                    study looked at
                                                    COVID numbers in 68
                                                    countries and 2,947
                                                    counties in the
                                                    United States during
                                                    late August and
                                                    early September. It
                                                    found that the
                                                    countries and
                                                    counties with the
                                                    highest vaccination
                                                    rates had higher
                                                    rates of new
                                                    COVID-19 cases per
                                                    one million people.
                                                    And suggested other
                                                    measures, like mask
                                                    wearing and social
                                                    distancing, in
                                                    addition to
                                                    vaccination.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    "Helvetica
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                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">In place
                                                    of mass vaccination,
                                                    Malone recommends
                                                    early intervention
                                                    with therapeutics
                                                    shown to be
                                                    effective against
                                                    COVID, including
                                                    ivermectin. In
                                                    contrast, the
                                                    corporate press has
                                                    shamelessly attacked
                                                    early treatments,
                                                    and especially
                                                    ivermectin, which it
                                                    calls a veterinary
                                                    drug, in reference
                                                    to the fact that it
                                                    is used to treat
                                                    both animals and
                                                    humans, along with
                                                    many other drugs,
                                                    including
                                                    antibiotics and pain
                                                    pills.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">In
                                                    October, popular
                                                    podcaster Joe Rogan
                                                    announced on his
                                                    program that he had
                                                    contracted the virus
                                                    and took ivermectin,
                                                    prescribed by a
                                                    doctor, along with
                                                    other therapeutics
                                                    including monoclonal
                                                    antibodies, and that
                                                    he only had “one bad
                                                    day” with the virus.
                                                    CNN ridiculed Rogan
                                                    for taking “horse
                                                    dewormer.” On his
                                                    show, <a
                                                      style="color:
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href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/health/sanjay-gupta-joe-rogan-experience/index.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">Rogan grilled CNN medical expert Sanjay Gupta</a>.
                                                    “Why would they lie
                                                    [at your network]
                                                    and say that’s horse
                                                    dewormer? I can
                                                    afford people
                                                    medicine.” Rogan
                                                    pointed out that the
                                                    developers of
                                                    ivermectin won the
                                                    Nobel Prize in 2015
                                                    for the drug’s use
                                                    in human beings.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    font-family:
                                                    "Helvetica
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                                                    Helvetica, Arial,
                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">Why indeed
                                                    is CNN and much of
                                                    the mainstream press
                                                    lying about
                                                    ivermectin, a drug
                                                    that has been used
                                                    by literally
                                                    billions of people
                                                    to treat tropical
                                                    diseases, and has
                                                    been shown to be
                                                    safe and effective
                                                    in treating COVID in
                                                    countries such as
                                                    Mexico, India,
                                                    Japan, and Peru?
                                                    First, in order for
                                                    there to be an
                                                    emergency use
                                                    authorization for
                                                    the vaccines, there
                                                    has to be no
                                                    treatment for a
                                                    disease. Thus, any
                                                    potential treatments
                                                    must be disparaged.
                                                    That is, of course,
                                                    until Pfizer
                                                    releases its
                                                    antiviral drug,
                                                    PF-07321332.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">Second,
                                                    ivermectin is off
                                                    patent, meaning Big
                                                    Pharma can’t make a
                                                    profit on it. It has
                                                    been made available
                                                    to poor people
                                                    around the world at
                                                    pennies a dose. In
                                                    contrast, Pfizer’s
                                                    COVID pill will be
                                                    priced at more than
                                                    $500 per course.</p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">At this
                                                    point, you can guess
                                                    the end of the
                                                    story. The final
                                                    straw for me is the
                                                    apparent lack of
                                                    durability of the
                                                    COVID vaccines.
                                                    Recent data
                                                    indicates that the
                                                    limited protection
                                                    from the vaccine
                                                    lasts only four to
                                                    six months. Since
                                                    COVID is not going
                                                    away, is it Pfizer’s
                                                    plan to artificially
                                                    boost my daughter’s
                                                    immune system every
                                                    four to six months
                                                    for the rest of her
                                                    life? </p>
                                                  <p style="direction:
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                                                    sans-serif; margin:
                                                    0 0 1em;">We have
                                                    been kept in the
                                                    dark about vaccine
                                                    safety and efficacy
                                                    by our government
                                                    and its partners in
                                                    Big Pharma, who tell
                                                    us they have looked
                                                    at the science and
                                                    it supports
                                                    vaccinating our
                                                    children against a
                                                    virus that presents
                                                    them with only the
                                                    most miniscule risk
                                                    of serious illness.
                                                    As a parent, I will
                                                    demand more answers
                                                    before simply taking
                                                    their word.</p>
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                                                      C. Goodman is a
                                                      Chicago criminal
                                                      defense attorney
                                                      and co-owner of
                                                      the for-profit arm
                                                      of the </em>Reader<em>.</em></p>
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