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The current moment of covid-19 vaccination

Analysis of the official version and the fine print of vaccines.

The declaration of the global pandemic due to covid-19 made by the World Health Organization - WHO in March 2020 changed the world we knew until then. To stop the threat of contracting the new disease, regulations were designed, and restrictions were applied that, in different phases and intensities, created what was called the new normality that we have been experiencing for a little more than a year.

Governments, the media, and international institutions alerted the world to the seriousness of Covid-19. They spotlighted information about the daily advance of contagions, while the population fearful of contracting the disease was confined. Fear spread like wildfire from China to practically every corner of the world. At the same time, the pharmaceutical industry began the race to find a vaccine capable of responding to the supposed risk of death or the unknown consequences of the new disease.

In response to the pandemic problem, specific regulations were created to control the disease, with exceptional measures to deal with the health crisis. In this scenario, the "expert committees," with unknown members, took on assessing the information and calculating the risks that support the state measures. Thus, the official version emerged with a narrative that exalted the seriousness of the situation and unprecedented censorship that disqualified any critical view or questioning to justify the new normality brought by Covid-19.

In record time after the appearance of the virus in Wuhan (December 2020), without the proper controls to ensure its effectiveness and safety, vaccines were launched as the only answer to face Covid-19. In the face of a health

emergency, the control agencies allowed vaccines without the necessary clinical trials by resorting to Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).

In addition, in the context of the pandemic, a new global institutional framework was created to accelerate action and response to the crisis. In April 2020, the covid-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) was launched, directed by the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and WHO. The partnership involves UNICEF, the World Bank, governments, and private companies, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (WHO's main donor) with a dedicated seat as shown in the GAVI organization chart. Incubator), created in March 2021, to anticipate the emergence of new variants of Covid-19[1]. It involves researchers, biotech companies, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, regulators, and government authorities (European Commission, 6.04.2021).

In this context, the institutional framework responds to the health crisis with rapid and exceptional actions such as the application of practically experimental vaccines, approved by regulatory agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States; and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Europe. Thus, the script of the global vaccination campaign and the associated measures are replicated worldwide through the ministries and centers in charge of this purpose.

The United Nations Global Vaccination Plan (2011) is also relevant, which in times of pandemic is included in the agenda of the UN Security Council sessions, which in February of this year proposes the creation of an "Emergency Task Force to promote and coordinate the fight against the pandemic at the global level." At this point of attention comes the problem of the virus, and the answer would be this group that could be formed by the G20, with the objective of "bringing together all actors with power, scientific expertise and financial and production capabilities" (UN News, 2021).

Little by little, the alliance between global institutions, financial entities, the most powerful governments, and private companies or corporations is consolidating.

This alliance is reflected in the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA “We must get vaccinated” is the official slogan.

Vaccination is the way out, and it is promoted with phrases such as "I have already been vaccinated! “together we can make it", "your vaccine, my safety," "for you and me, for all of us."

The vaccine is the answer to the possible contagion of Covid-19 and the salvation from the risk of death. As a headline, we see the official argument repeated while thousands, millions of people go to vaccination centers in the hope of finding the desired solution to return to normality.

However, let's ask ourselves what the reasons why we

should be vaccinated are. The answer is confusing and difficult to find, even more so if we look for information on the reliability of vaccines.

Official information is characterized by headlines and phrases that accompany vaccination campaigns, with contradictory language that seems to hide the details that support the effectiveness and safety of vaccines. The security of vaccines is proclaimed, yet information about their content and access to the studies said to be underway is as shady as the membership of expert committees.

For an overview of the official CDC, FDA, and EMA arguments promoting vaccination, they are summarized as follows:

ˋ Stopping a pandemic requires the application of exceptional measures; to decrease the risk of dying, vaccination is the way out. Getting vaccinated will be an essential tool to help stop the pandemic because masks and distance are not enough.

1 Earlier, the European Commission had created the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) to improve Europe’s capacity and readiness to respond to cross-border health threats and emergencies (European Commission, 11.11.2020).

ˋ Vaccination will help prevent contagion. Covid-19 can be life-threatening. It is unknown "how it can affect you; you can infect your friends, family and others around you" (CDC,2021). Vaccination can prevent infection, but you should continue to wear a mask and use preventive measures.

ˋ Vaccination will allow you to regain your freedom.

With full vaccination, you will start doing more things, but you can only meet in enclosed spaces without a mask with other people who have complete immunization. In public places, you will still need to use a mask, gel, and frequent hand washing, keep your distance, avoid crowds and poorly ventilated spaces.

ˋ Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Experts are studying them, and application measures will be adjusted according to scientific evidence.

ˋ Vaccination is the safest way to help generate protection. Vaccines are in development, are being produced, are being evaluated, and experts continue to study how they can reduce the spread of the virus.

ˋ Experts and scientists are learning more about the vaccine and its effectiveness. None of the Covid-19 vaccines can make you sick with Covid-19.

ˋ The vaccines are safe and effective in prevention, but it helps keep the disease from being severe if you do get it.

ˋ It is possible to have natural immunity by getting infected and overcoming the disease. Although Covid-19 reinfections are rare in later months, the likelihood may increase over time.

ˋ The risk of severe disease and death dramatically outweighs any benefit of natural immunity. Vaccines will aid protection by creating immunity (antibodygenerating response) without having to suffer the illness.

ˋ Both natural and vaccine-produced immunity are being studied; the public will be kept informed as more evidence becomes available.

Reviewing these arguments for vaccination leaves more questions than answers about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines. The reasons to get vaccinated are a YES but NO that confuses more than informs: yes, they are safe, but there are no definitive studies on their effects; yes, you can return to normality, but you will not avoid health measures; yes, there is natural immunity, but you’d better get vaccinated to prevent getting the disease; yes, it avoids contagion, but it is not a guarantee because it could happen, and so on in practically all the sections.

The most disturbing thing is the insistence that the studies on vaccines are being carried out. It is implicitly accepted that human beings are being subjected to an experiment like laboratory animals. And if we have any doubts, we should ask ourselves what is being applied to us and the responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry that benefits from the succulent business of generating the global vaccination plan to solve the Covid-19 problem.

Vaccines: names, companies, and types

The exceptional measures in the global Vaccination Plan are regulatory and extend to the innovation of the contents and types of vaccines. The "urgency of the situation" justifies the approval of vaccines without using protocols and tests to verify their effects, which is even more severe when we see the content and type of Covid-19 vaccines, which are being applied.

Adenovirus Vector Viral

There are type 26 and type 5 [2], they contain a modified version of another virus (the vector), causing respiratory diseases like traditional influenza. They are used in vaccines as protein carriers to generate immunity in the respiratory system.

mRNA

Based on the modification of the natural RNA[3] sequence, introducing synthetic RNA fragments encapsulated in a nano lipid carrier compound to teach the cells to produce the spike protein present on the surface of the COVID-19 virus and thus trigger an immune response. This is a modification with material that takes longer to break down (nano lipid carrier). It is being used in humans for the first time. A study in mice (2017) showed its distribution to various tissues (brain, bone marrow, lung, liver, kidneys, etc.), with a very high inflammatory response. It can generate autoimmunity problems in the nervous system and other systems.

Proteins

Use specific parts of a virus to induce an immune response and create antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, including small innocuous fragments of the S protein that causes cells to recognize the presence of a foreign element and defend themselves.

Source: based on CDC; Acevedo, 2021; Milenio Digital, 2020; Redacción Médica, 2021.

__________________________ 2 Type 5 could increase the risk of acquiring HIV by altering the immune system (Milenio Digital, 2020 3 Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) is similar in structure to DNA; the cell uses it for different tasks such as sending messages to other cells (that is why it is called m for messenger).

According to the official version, the emergency demands "sacrifices and risk-taking," which is why experimental vaccines are approved. In this context,

governments exempt laboratories from liability for possible unwanted or unexpected effects caused by

Covid-19 vaccines.

In general, the contracts with the pharmaceutical companies imply that it will be the State (the population with its taxes) who will assume the indemnities for the possible consequences of vaccination, as a way of "compensating the high risks assumed by the manufacturers." In other words, it will be us, the citizens, who will pay for the effects of experimentation with vaccines which, in addition to not complying with the time and verification steps, include biotechnological and

genetic engineering innovations never used so far in human beings.

There are alliances between companies, pharmaceutical companies, and research centers involved in producing and distributing vaccines, which explains the diversity of names, types, and doses required. For example, the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine replica for Mexico and Argentina is distributed by the Mexican laboratory Liomont and the mAbxience laboratory of the Argentine group Insured, a subsidiary of Insured Pharma of Spain. This business network makes it more complex to identify responsibilities in the vaccine production and distribution chain.

Behind the companies that manufacture the vaccines used in Europe and the United States there are two investment funds, Blackrock and the Vanguard Group, owners of Pfizer-BioNtech, Moderna, AstraZeneca-Oxford, Janssen-Johnson & Johnson, and Novavax (pending authorization). If the capital of these corporations is

added up, they would be the third world power, only below the United States and China, which shows the magnitude of their economic power that will be increased by the succulent business of the Covid-19 vaccination.

This power extends to the political sphere, through revolving doors that open to connect ex-officials in the boards of directors of companies or financing electoral campaigns (Serrano, 2021).

* According to Acevedo, it could contain genetically modified chimpanzee virus and human fetal cells.

Source: based on CDC, EUcham4 y Acevedo, 2021. Consultations conductude in April 2021.

4 Non-governmental institution and private organization that represents the interests of national and international companies doing business in Europe

The best-known vaccines are the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen, and those popularly known as the Chinese (Sinopharm) and Russian (Sputnik V) vaccines. However, little is known about their content, differences, and doses of application.

In the following table, we can see that the doses vary, even though they are the same type of vaccine and the names change according to the country, which adds more complexity to the confusing panorama of the effectiveness of the vaccines and their possible effects

Country Vaccine

Argentina Sputnik V, Covishield, Sinopharm y AstraZeneca-Oxford

Spain Pfizer-BioNtech, Moderna y AstraZeneca-Oxford

United States Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Janssen de Johnson & Johnson

Colombia Sinovac, Pfizer y AstraZeneca-Oxford

Chile Sinovac (90% of vacciness) y Pfizer/ BioNTech

India Covishield, which is the same AstraZeneca – Oxford

Israel Pfizer/BioNTech (to a greater extent), Moderna, AstraZeneca- Oxford

México Pfizer CanSino CoronaVac AstraZeneca Sputnik V

Perú Sinopharm and Pfizer

Source: Own elaboration

Governments decide which vaccine to apply, depending on the opinion of the expert committees and the availability according to the laboratories' offer. Or the commissions they arrange.

As for the possible adverse effects of vaccines, official agencies differentiate between those caused at the site of application (irritation, pain, inflammation) and those affecting the whole organism, which would be: intense headache, abdominal and leg pain, as well as difficulty in breathing, a situation in which it is recommended to go immediately to a medical care center. Effects of the vaccines

Vaccination began at the end of December and the beginning of 2021 with different intensities and speeds. The first applications were carried out in India, Israel, United Kingdom, Moldova, Hungary, Ghana, and Chile; in February, it was extended to Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and from March onwards, it intensified worldwide. Although it is too early to identify the medium and longterm effects, there are already worrying signs of immediate damage following the application of the supposedly safe Covid-19 vaccines.

Let's look at official sources such as figures from the European Medicines Agency's database (Eudravigilance), which records reported cases of individuals with "suspected adverse reactions" caused by Covid-19 vaccines, as of April 30:

Individual cases reported Vaccine

200.581 (74% female) 161.895 (76% female)

20.127 (71% female)

1.575 (68% female) Astrazeneca-Oxford (CHADOX1 NCOV-19) Pfizer-Biontech (TOZINAMERAN) MRNA Moderna (CX-024414) Jansenn (AD26.COV2.S), less applied in Europe

Source: Covid-19 Vaccine consultation in Eudravigilance, April, 30 2021

On April 10, 2021, 6,662 deaths and 299,065 injuries were reported after injection of any of the four experimental vaccines applied in Europe (The Collective of One, 2021). In the twenty days to April 30, the number of reported cases increased by almost one hundred thousand people (385,178) [5] and it should be noted that only those cases that are reported are recorded.

As vaccination increases, adverse event reporting is increasing worldwide, particularly in the example countries of the vaccination campaigns.

In the United States, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System VAERS reported 50,861 adverse events with 2,249 deaths and 7,726 serious injuries presented in 15 weeks between December 14, 2020, to March 26, 2021.

In the UK, the drug regulatory agency MHRA recognizes 704 deaths in 8 weeks (January 24 and March 21) and 116,627 adverse reactions from Pfizer, and 377,480 from AstraZeneca.

In other countries, the mortality rate increased after vaccination, as in Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the second most vaccinated country. In Chile, with 45% of the population vaccinated, mortality increased (28%) from February to April, leading to new confinement.

Source: Dsalud, May 2021.

As different types of vaccines, doses and pharmaceuticals are involved, the effects vary and become known as the application progresses. The first vaccine for which adverse reactions were reported was AstraZeneca-Oxford, with cases of fatigue, myalgia, fever, arthralgia, and nausea (less frequent with the second dose) and thrombosis, with unusual clots in the blood. This caused some countries such as Denmark, Holland, and Norway (with 33 deaths) to cancel the application of this vaccine;. In contrast, countries such as Spain temporarily suspended it to verify its safety but resumed vaccination, extending it to those over 55 years of age (previously, it was over 65 years of age). Of course, all of this was supported by experts and the certifications of the corresponding agencies, such as the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Regardless of the type of vaccine and even though it is supposed to prevent contagion, in Spain, after vaccination, outbreaks of Covid-19 were reported in nursing homes, with an increase in the number of vaccinees who tested positive in PCR and cases of death after the first dose (Dsalud Magazine, March 2021).

Among the reported effects are cerebral thrombosis, blood disorders, vascular and coagulation problems, cardiac, respiratory disorders, cardiovascular disease, ear and eye problems due to inflammation, and immune and nervous system problems. There appear to be other serious side effects such as neurological diseases, transverse myelitis (a neurological disorder caused by inflammation), Guillain-Barre syndrome, Bell's palsy (facial paralysis), and Antibody Amplified Disease (ADE), which increases the chances of serious illness if infected with Covid-19 (Discovery Health, March and April 2021; Physicians for Truth, 2021).

If all of the above is worrying, reports show that women have more negative effects (as shown in the Eudravigilance

database). In the United States, women under 50 years of age are increasingly affected by the application of the Jansen vaccine, to the point that the CDC itself recommends that they be informed before vaccination about the risk of the formation of blood clots causing low platelet levels. The vaccines impact the increase of miscarriages of women with desired pregnancies and menstrual bleeding, in addition to the affectation of spermatozoa. This means that reproduction is being affected, and some sources indicate that the offspring of vaccinated persons could also be affected.

In Israel, with 56% of the population vaccinated, cases of severe pneumonia caused by Covid-19 have increased. The same is happening in Hungary, one of the most vaccinated countries in Europe and South America, Chile, a pioneer country in vaccination, with reports of re-infection after immunization.

Regarding the Chinese vaccine, the Chinese government recently admitted the resounding failure of its Sinovac vaccine due to its extremely low efficacy; as a solution, they are considering combining it with doses from other companies (Associated Press AP, 2001).

Although in some countries the administration of vaccines, such as AstraZeneca-Oxford or Pfizer, has been suspended, in others, specific batches are rejected due to manufacturing errors or distribution problems. Still, in general, they continue to be applied. The alternative of combining vaccines is beginning to be announced, despite the unknown consequences that could be triggered.

It is clear that as the number of vaccinated people increases, the harmful effects increase. This situation has raised alarm bells, for example, in France, where the drug evaluation center CTIAP requested the elimination of authorization to apply the four COVID-19 vaccines that are marketed and used in humans without performing the "quality test of the active substance and the finished product."

In the April 2 report, this center compares the risk of the vaccine application with the authorization to market vehicles without safety tests since "all manufacturing laboratories obtained future deadlines to submit their studies" (State Policy, April 23, 2021, emphasis added).

Since these are vaccines that have not been sufficiently tested before being applied in humans and some modify RNA, their effects are unpredictable. These vaccines could generate other strains, as seems to be happening in India and Israel, increasing the number of infections in vaccinated people. This means that generalized transmission could be extended to both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, as warned by physicians, immunologists, biologists, and various scientists whose voices are censored by the verifiers of the official truth.

Summing up, we are talking about a great human genetic experimentation that can cause alterations in the composition of the human body, with effects that can

affect not only the vaccinated but also the people around

them.

It is also worrying that outbreaks of new strains are beginning to appear, for example, with the increase of infections in India and Israel, where vaccination of newborns has begun (De Barrón, C., 2021). Let us

remember that new waves are announced, possibly associated with variant strains derived from mass vaccination.

Health passport for vaccinated persons

One of the slogans of vaccination is to regain the freedom to travel and restore normality. Thus, the green card, the sanitary passport, or the vaccination certificate are mentioned as the pass that motivates people to get vaccinated quickly. A question that arises, having come this far, is why the rush to vaccinate?

Israel, a country with accelerated vaccination (49% of the population as of last February) was a pioneer in implementing the Green Pass to deconfine the population immunized against Covid-19. Thus, it is announced that vaccinated people and those recovered from the virus (naturally immune) will be able to attend concerts, restaurants, and sporting events, with new normality that involves identifying the cardholders and their differentiation from the rest of the population. The population is deconfined and divided, limiting mobility according to vaccination.

In the same manner, in March, the European Commission presented the proposal to create a green digital certificate to "facilitate the safe free movement of citizens within the E.U. during the Covid-19 pandemic". This certificate will replace the PCR test and includes a Q.R. code with the person's identification, the place of vaccination, and digital signature to avoid forgery. However, this is not mandatory because it would affect free movement, "which is a fundamental right in the E.U." (E.C., 17.03.2021).

In other parts of the world, such as the United States, similar measures are announced that will lead to digital identification certifying that the person is vaccinated or naturally immunized against Covid-19, under the argument of avoiding PCR (whose reliability is also questioned, even by the creator of the test himself). However, there are objections, such as that of the governor of Florida, who decreed that the vaccine passport cannot be requested because it limits individual liberties and affects medical confidentiality (CNN, 20.04.2021).

It is surprising, to say the least, that if it is proven that those vaccinated transmit the disease and can even generate new strains and test positive in the PCR, how come they are the ones who are supposed to be able to travel freely with the health passport.

However, some extraordinary measures, such as the health passport or compulsory vaccination, may not have much chance as long as international rights prevail over local and national regulations. For example, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and similar declarations guarantee the right to information on the content and effects of vaccines, conscientious objection, freedom of movement and mobilization, as well as the confidentiality of medical information.

In this context, the courts are beginning to question and annul the exceptional measures justified by the pandemic: in Germany, a district judge declared it illegal to prohibit social contact; in the Netherlands, a court informed the government that the night curfew violates the right to free movement, in Portugal, the PCR test was invalidated, and in Spain, compulsory vaccination was prohibited, and in the Basque country the closure of hotel and catering establishments was annulled

(Dsalud, April 2021).

Conclusions

It is a fact that the Covid-19 vaccines are experimental, that there is not enough information about their effects, nor are the people who are vaccinated informed about the risks to which they are exposed by injecting themselves with substances whose content is unknown. We, therefore, conclude that humanity is being subjected to the largest experiment in history and the consequences are unpredictable.

We have enough evidence about the adverse effects caused by experimental vaccines in the short term, and we do not know what will happen in the medium and long term. And although the official version says that they are being studied, the population is not informed about the risks of vaccination. They only state that the risk is worth it, like advertising campaigns that sell supposed safety in the face of the fear of dying or getting sick.

This scenario was created in an environment of fear and under a health crisis whose solution requires exceptional measures, such as the approval of Covid-19 vaccines without complying with safety protocols. The defense against the virus is the massive application of the vaccine as the only solution to a problem that does not consider any other way. On the contrary, dissident voices are censored, critics are eliminated, and alternative complementary or natural medicine proposals are criminalized.

This is not unrelated to the interests of the corporations that get even richer with the succulent business of vaccination, with the financial power that governs the world behind governments and the media that support the official story. There are precedents of health crises that benefited the pharmaceutical industry (for example, influenza A H1N1) and experimental vaccinations in African countries. Still, despite being denounced at the time, they are repeated with the same script.

Meanwhile, the official discourse is sustained by the allusion to "expert committees" and "scientific studies" that are not visible or unknown, despite their significant role. The opacity of information is complemented by concealment strategies that, like acts of illusionism to enchant us, cover up the truth of what is happening with vaccines.

They inform us little of the risks, but they push to create a health passport that is not viable as long as universal rights such as the free movement of people prevail. They do not inform us about that either, nor about the legal actions that protect us from any pressure to be vaccinated, such as informed consent on possible effects, conscientious objection due to the content of genetic material, the right to request medical responsibility for possible effects, among others.

Although the panorama seems dark, some lights open the way to hope. Every day the number of researchers, doctors, and scientists who warn of the adverse effects caused by vaccines increases, with reports that alert the authorities and ask for the suspension of the authorizations for their application.

These alerts allow us to think that the truth of this historic moment for humanity will be deepened. The road seems long, there are many questions that we will have to answer as time goes by, and for that, we have to keep watching the board of this complex game in which the present will define our future.

It is time to bring out the strength of the heart, with all the power and the ability to practice unconditional love, even to accept the decision to be vaccinated of those we love. May it not be fear that guides us, but the truth of who we are.

Adriana Rodríguez Salazar. Social researcher, regional development specialist, master in international cooperation and Ph.D. in development studies.

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