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\nOriginally published on\u00a0www.childrenshealthdefense.org<\/a>\u00a0by Megan Redshaw<\/p>\n
In an interview with U.S. News & World Report, Dr. Marty Makary said the CDC’s relentless focus on vaccine-induced immunity and its “demonizing” of those who choose not to get the vaccine make the agency “the most slow, reactionary, political CDC in American history.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Dr. Marty Makary, a\u00a0professor<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and editor-in chief of\u00a0MedPage Today<\/a><\/strong>, is pushing back against the growing drumbeat for mass\u00a0vaccinations<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0COVID<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n In an\u00a0interview with U.S. New & World Reports<\/a><\/strong>, Makary said mandating vaccines for “every living, walking American” is not well-supported by science. Makary also expressed concerns about the two-dose vaccine regimen for adolescents.<\/p>\n Makary’s interview this week took place as more public and private employers join the vaccine mandate chorus — the\u00a0federal government is requiring the jab<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for federal employees, hundreds of colleges\u00a0are requiring proof of vaccination<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for students, the\u00a0U.S. Department of Defense<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is gearing up to require COVID vaccines for military members, New York is\u00a0mandating<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0the vaccine for indoor businesses and some of\u00a0America’s largest employers<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are requiring employees get vaccinated or risk losing their jobs.<\/p>\n Makary told U.S. News & World Report that as a physician, he believes “you win more bees with honey than with fire — referring to patients who don’t follow what “we ask them to do.”<\/p>\n Makary believes people “who choose not to get vaccinated are making a poor health decision at their own individual risk.” But he doesn’t believe the unvaccinated pose a public health threat to those who are already immune to the virus.<\/p>\n Makary said:<\/p>\n “Would we be so stern toward people making similar or worse health choices to smoke, drink alcohol or not wear a helmet when riding a bike? Over 85,000 Americans\u00a0die annually from alcohol<\/a><\/strong>, yet we don’t have the same public health fervor or requirements to save those lives. Let’s encourage vaccination rather than activate the personal liberty culture wars that result in people becoming more entrenched in their opposition.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Makary said that vaccinating everyone — including eventually every newborn — in order to control the pandemic is based on the false assumption that the risk of dying from\u00a0COVID<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is equally distributed among the population — but it’s not, he said.<\/p>\n “We have always known that it’s very hard for the virus to hurt someone who is young and healthy,” Makary said. “And that’s still the case.”<\/p>\n Makary suggested taking a similar approach to what is used with the\u00a0flu shot<\/a><\/strong>, which is often mandated for healthcare workers. Makary said while vaccine requirements for healthcare workers make sense, we would never extend those requirements outside of healthcare.<\/p>\n “We’d simply state to the public: Those who avoid the flu shot do so at their own risk,” Makary said.<\/p>\n No scientific support for requiring the vaccine for those with natural immunity<\/strong><\/p>\n Makary said there is no scientific support for requiring the vaccine in people who have\u00a0natural immunity<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0— that is, immunity from prior COVID infection. There is zero clinical outcome data to support arguing dogmatically that natural immune individuals “must get vaccinated.”<\/p>\n Makary explained:<\/p>\n “During every month of this pandemic, I’ve had debates with other public researchers about the effectiveness and durability of natural immunity. I’ve been told that natural immunity could fall off a cliff, rendering people susceptible to infection. But here we are now, over a year and a half into the clinical experience of observing patients who were infected, and natural immunity is effective and going strong. And that’s because with natural immunity, the body develops antibodies to the entire surface of the virus, not just a spike protein constructed from a vaccine.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n A recent\u00a0Israeli study<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0affirmed the superiority of natural immunity. Health Ministry data on the wave of COVID outbreaks which began in May 2021, found a 6.72 times greater level of protection among those with natural immunity compared to those with vaccinated immunity.<\/p>\n In June, a\u00a0Cleveland Clinic study<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0found vaccinating people with natural immunity did not add to their level of protection.<\/p>\n The clinic studied 52,238 employees. Of those, 49,659 never had the virus and 2,579 had COVID and recovered. Of the 2,579 who previously were infected, 1,359 remained unvaccinated, compared with 22,777 who were vaccinated.<\/p>\n Not one of the 1,359 previously infected subjects who remained unvaccinated had a SARS-CoV-2 infection over the duration of the study.<\/p>\n As\u00a0The Defender reported<\/a><\/strong>, a\u00a0December 2020 study<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by Singapore researchers found neutralizing antibodies (one prong of the immune response) remained present in high concentrations for 17 years or more in individuals who recovered from the original SARS-CoV.<\/p>\n More recently, the\u00a0World Health Organization<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0National Institutes of Health<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(NIH)\u00a0 each published evidence of durable immune responses to natural infection with SARS-CoV-2.<\/p>\n In March 2020, the NIH’s\u00a0Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0shared his view (in an\u00a0email<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0[p. 22] to Ezekiel Emanuel) that “their [sic] would be substantial immunity post infection.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yet despite these recent findings, health authorities are largely\u00a0ignoring<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0the scientific evidence of natural immunity’s stellar track record. In fact, as the American Institute of Economic Research\u00a0reported<\/a><\/strong>, it appears in order to promote the COVID vaccine agenda, key organizations are not only “downplaying” natural immunity but may be seeking to “erase” it altogether.<\/p>\n Makary said<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0instead of talking about the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, we should be talking about the immune and non-immune.<\/p>\n “Immunity can be proven with a simple antibody test,” Makary said, and “vaccine passports<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and proof-of-vaccine documents should recognize it.”<\/p>\n Makary said there’s very strong population immunity in most parts of the U.S. and these areas are resistant to the\u00a0delta variant<\/a><\/strong>. Roughly\u00a0a third to half<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of Americans who are unvaccinated have natural immunity, based on an analysis of California residents.<\/p>\n According to a\u00a0study<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0conducted by the state of California in March, 38% of Californians and 45% of Los Angeles residents had natural immunity.<\/p>\n “We’re potentially talking about a large portion of the U.S. population who may be immune to COVID and not know it,” Makary said. “They should be tested to find out, and we should concentrate our vaccination efforts on people who are not immune.”<\/p>\n No strong case for vaccinating kids, Makary says<\/strong><\/p>\n When it comes to\u00a0vaccinating healthy kids<\/a><\/strong>, Makary says there is not a strong case for vaccinating young people up to age 25.<\/p>\n Makary explained:<\/p>\n “When it comes to\u00a0vaccinating healthy kids<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0— and you could argue young people up to 25 — there is a case for vaccination but it’s not strong. The COVID-19 death risk is clustered among kids with a comorbid condition, like obesity.<\/p>\n “Of the more than\u00a0330 COVID-19 deaths in kids<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0under age 25, there’s good preliminary data suggesting that most or nearly all appear to be in kids with a pre-existing condition. For kids with concurrent medical conditions, the case for vaccination is compelling. But for healthy kids?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Makary said<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0he’s concerned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hasn’t considered whether one- or two-dose shots would be sufficient or safer for young people.<\/p>\n “The agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has vigorously recommended the two-dose vaccine regimen for all children ages 12 and up, regardless of whether kids already have immunity. I take issue with that,” Makary said.<\/p>\n Makary said the data CDC based its recommendation on — the\u00a0Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(VAERS) — is\u00a0incomplete at best<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0because it isn’t fact-checked by authorities and may not be fully capturing the extent of vaccine complications from the second dose in young people.<\/p>\n As The Defender reported,\u00a0Simone Scott<\/a><\/strong>, 19, and\u00a0Jacob Clynick<\/a><\/strong>, 13, died shortly after receiving their second COVID vaccine doses after developing heart\u00a0inflammation<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Makary said he wished the CDC would tell the public more about their deaths, and the 19 others youths under the age of 25 who,\u00a0according to CDC data<\/a><\/strong>, have died after receiving a COVID vaccine.<\/p>\n “Since the clinical trials were not powered sufficiently to detect rare events like these, I want to know more about those deaths before making blanket recommendations,”\u00a0Makary said<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n He added:<\/p>\n “Researching these events is important when issuing broad guidance about vaccinating healthy kids, including students, who already have an infinitesimally small risk of dying from COVID-19.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Makary perplexed by vitriol directed at those reluctant to get vaccinated<\/strong><\/p>\n Makary believes that for some, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the biggest driver of\u00a0hesitancy<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in those not willing to get vaccinated as the agency has failed to fully approve COVID vaccines due to stability testing.<\/p>\n Makary didn’t refrain from attacking the CDC either. 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