2. This does not mean to say that some people have not made a repugnant fortune thanks to the pandemic, both withi and wiyhout the pharmaceutical industry.
3. The initial closedowns in March 2020 were probably inevitable, and were probably too late: tens of thousands more people than in the year before died in Spain in March and April, and thousands more from August to December.
4. The initial kneejerk reactions in most countries therefore proved to be justified, all the more so because of the precedent of the deadly Ebola coronavirus outbreak.
5. The medical profession soon discovered why so many - especially elderly - people died at the ICU / ventilator stage, and treatment has steadily improved, particularly in countries with good facilities.
6. The belief that seeking herd immunity was a good strategy came at a very heavy cost in deaths in, for instance, Sweden.
| Country |
Cases |
Deaths |
Date |
Population |
Cases/100,000 |
|
| Deaths/100.000 |
| Iceland |
18,333 |
35 |
4/12/2021 |
366,425 |
5,003 |
10 |
| Norway |
275,746 |
1,093 |
4/12/2021 |
5,379,000 |
5,126 |
20 |
| Finland |
191,226 |
1,360 |
4/12/2021 |
5,531,000 |
3,457 |
25 |
| Denmark |
509,111 |
2,946 |
6/12/2021 |
5,831,000 |
8,731 |
51 |
| Sweden |
1,212,145
|
15,170
|
2/12/2021
|
10,350,000
|
11,712
|
147 |
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea
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|
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7. The greater the proportion of vaccinated people, the smaller the probability of new variants appearing.
8. It seems clear that the clinical trials of the Phizer vaccine, at least, revealed deaths, and that this fact was hidden.
9. In my experience, while accepting that the risks of the vaccine are smaller than those of the Covid-19 virus, no information is given to the patient at the vaccination centre.
10. The booster jab increases many times the level of antibodies.
12. It is clear that the medical profession is extremely tired. If large-scale sickness leaves are granted, the situation will get much worse (given, also, the shortage of nurses in the Catalan health system.
14. Claims that more vaccinated people are getting hospitalized, ICU'ed or dying, than the unvaccinated, fail to take into account that in most groups the number of unvaccinated people is much, much smaller.
Look at the 50-59 age group. Only 6.2% have NOT been vaccinated. Yet in this group, they account for 63.8% of hospitalized people, 58.3% of those in ICUs, and 58.3% of the deaths. The unvaccinated are grossly overrepresented in each case. If you look at the totals for each ailment, the same occurs. Only in the "Deaths" is the overrepresentation slender.
15. I am in no way convinced that there is a link between the pandemic - or health in general, once basic safety measures are in placd - and the 5-G network.
16. Similarly, a great deal of noise has been made about a claim that vaccines contain graphene oxide. Without denying the chance that there may have been a particular batch of vaccine with a manfacturing defect, I am not convinced about this claim, which independent analysts could easily have been confirmed.
17. There is a serious issue regarding private and public health, and fundamental rights. In order to save (thousands of) lives, what restrictions are justifiable in the population as a whole, or in particular professions or segments?
17. This issue acquires greater importance given that the Òmicron variants, first feared as a threat, is beginning to be seen as an opportunity. Inasmuch as it leads to very few hospitalizations, letting it free (as Israel may do) may greatly accelerate the atattainment of herd immunity, worldwide.
18. At the same time, the reduced effectiveness of vaccines against this variant reinforces the view that passports and restrictions in general make less sense.
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"Although Sweden started its COVID-19 vaccination campaign later than
other countries, as of November 2021, its vaccine coverage is similar to
that of the U.S. and the U.K. There is no evidence that the low number
of COVID-19 cases in Sweden is due to herd immunity rather than
vaccination, which scientific evidence has shown to reduce COVID-19
transmission. There is no evidence supporting the claim that COVID-19
vaccines lead to more dangerous variants. The evidence from clinical
trials and the monitoring of vaccination campaigns show that COVID-19
vaccines are effective at reducing COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths."
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