Spain’s public health expert noted that “one theory believes that the increased mortality has to do with the capacity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus infection.” However, he said that “the excess deaths in 2021 and 2022 will be, above all, due to an increase in strokes, myocardial infarction, pulmonary thromboembolism and coronavirus infection itself.”
https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/11/20/excess-deaths-balearic-islands-skyrocket/
From Geert: “Given the complex immune status of highly C-19 vaccinated populations, it is difficult to predict the impact of an outbreak of avian flu in humans. We can certainly not rule out that not only mink and ferrets but even C-19 vaccinees could act as an asymptomatic reservoir for the virus (because of strong activation of MHC-unrestricted cytotoxic lymphocytes that equally kill influenza-infected target host cells). But what the science tells us for sure is that those who got the annual flu jab are more susceptible to getting infected due to antibody-dependent enhancement of disease. I have, therefore, been strongly advising the unvaccinated to not fall into the trap of following nonsensical recommendations from health officials to get the annual flu shot. Of course, the unvaccinated could get infected but as their cell-based innate immunity is optimally trained by now (thanks to all the pre-Omicron and Omicron-derived descendants) they will only experience mild symptoms. That certainly applies to all the unvaccinated who keep in good shape.”
“The worst flu outbreak in more than a decade has left nearly every state with high or very high levels of flu activity, underscoring how pandemic precautions may have left us more vulnerable to seasonal respiratory diseases.”
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/05/flu-outbreak-decade-hospltalizations
"The bird populations haven't seen viruses like this before," Webby says, "so in terms of their immune response, they're all immunologically naïve to this" influenza virus. “Right now, it's like a kid in a candy store racing around," infecting bird populations, he says.
Geert Vanden Bossche received his DVM from the University of Ghent, Belgium, and his PhD degree in Virology from the University of Hohenheim, Germany. He held adjunct faculty appointments at universities in Belgium and Germany. After his career in Academia, Geert joined several vaccine companies (GSK Biologicals, Novartis Vaccines, Solvay Biologicals) to serve various roles in vaccine R&D as well as in late vaccine development.
Geert then moved on to join the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Discovery team in Seattle (USA) as Senior Program Officer; he then worked with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) in Geneva as Senior Ebola Program Manager. At GAVI he tracked efforts to develop an Ebola vaccine. He also represented GAVI in fora with other partners, including WHO, to review progress on the fight against Ebola and to build plans for global pandemic preparedness.
Back in 2015, Geert scrutinized and questioned the safety of the Ebola vaccine that was used in ring vaccination trials conducted by WHO in Guinea. His critical scientific analysis and report on the data published by WHO in the Lancet in 2015 was sent to all international health and regulatory authorities involved in the Ebola vaccination program. After working for GAVI, Geert joined the German Center for Infection Research in Cologne as Head of the Vaccine Development Office. He is at present primarily serving as a Biotech / Vaccine consultant while also conducting his own research on Natural Killer cell-based vaccines.
Email: info@voiceforscienceandsolidarity.org
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