Posted on 04/26/2026 6:41:09 PM PDT by Libloather
One of the most pressing issues facing the scientific and medical communities is the catastrophic loss of the public’s trust in accepting their advice and/or recommendations. And it’s overwhelmingly due to their own actions and statements.
There are books' worth of examples worth of examples. Such as the early part of the pandemic when they flip-flopped on masks, from claiming that they didn’t work to stating that getting 80% of the public to wear them would end the pandemic in a matter of weeks, to their claims that the lab leak was a racist conspiracy theory, and all the way to absurdities such as predicting the Super Bowl in Florida would be a "superspreader event."
Or the mass panic when states like Mississippi and Texas ended their mask mandates, or when the mandate on airplanes was lifted…and nothing happened afterward.
But certainly nothing may have damaged their trust more than the steadfast assertions that the COVID vaccines were able to stop infection and transmission. And one study and analysis from a heavily credentialed group of experts on the vaccines shows how committed they were to misleading people in order to suit their political and ideological aims.
COVID vaccines did not prevent over 100 million cases in the United States
An analysis conducted by extremely experienced academics published at the Commonwealth Fund exemplifies this practice. Claiming that COVID vaccines were miraculous treatments that prevented millions of cases and millions of deaths. But first, it’s important to define what the "Commonwealth Fund is" and how organizations like this serve a very specific purpose.
Directly from their website they describe their mission as to "promote a high-performing, equitable health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including people of color, people with low income...
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I worked on a hospital for with vid pts..never had the vaxx...never got the vid...most people I know took the vaxx and got the vid anyway..sometimes more than once.
Skwor wrote: “Try again, clearly stated are number of deaths relative to time frames of unvaccinated and vacinated and compering the 2 pretty much makes the 3+ million a ridiculous assertion for deaths prevented, but hey I get it, actually thinking is hard.”
You should put down the anti-vaxxer rhetoric, do some real research and do some hard thinking. The article is nothing but arm waving.
Skwor wrote: “LOL, right and the fact it was timed so perfectly to support covid clot shots and also provide “credibility” to calling it a vaccine should just be ignored, nothin..to see here..HAHAHAH what a dupe.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and major dictionaries have updated their definitions of “vaccine” and “vaccination” several times to reflect scientific progress and improve clarity.
The CDC has notably revised its wording twice in recent years to be more precise about how vaccines work:
2015: The purpose of vaccination was changed from “an intention to prevent” to “one which seeks to produce immunity”.
2021: The CDC shifted the focus from “producing immunity” to “stimulating an immune response”.
Old definition: “A product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease”.
Current definition: “A preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases”.
The agency stated the 2021 change was made to avoid the misconception that vaccines are 100% effective, which has never been true for any vaccine. Using “immunity” could be misinterpreted as “total protection,” whereas “immune response” is more scientifically accurate.
Cumulative monthly death totals by country
2020 cumulative COVID-19 deaths on Jan 12 and first day of remaining months
2021 (first-half) monthly cumulative COVID-19 deaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_deaths
Exclude the first five months of 2020 (due to small Fibonacci numbers and all but first two months of 2021(vaccination common to most needy by March 2021).
Vaccine had about 94% effectiveness rate.
522K-105K x .9 = 360K
“About 500,000 American deaths could have been prevented for years.”
What evidence do you have for that?
“From March 1, 2020, through the end of 2020, there were 522,368 excess deaths in the United States”
About 10% of the way down:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States
It’s probably about 150,000 less than I first claimed (~500,000) because of the Fibonacci ramp up and less than 100% effectiveness (94%).
I don’t think I advocated for Fibonacci ramp-up vaccination until early April.
That 522K leaves out early 2021, when the vaccine was made available to the elderly and health care workers. Take-up was rapid in early 2021.
“the clot shot” was never made available in the USA.
The most significant side effect of the American vaccines was myocarditis - inflammation of the heart muscle.
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