{"id":188316,"date":"2021-07-12T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=188316"},"modified":"2021-07-12T10:01:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T09:01:07","slug":"the-failure-of-vaccine-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/07\/the-failure-of-vaccine-passports\/","title":{"rendered":"The Failure of \u201cVaccine Passports\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

With vaccine effectiveness down to just 60%, the case for \u201cvaccine passports\u201d implodes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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5 Jul 2021 – <\/em>SPR and some other independent expert groups warned very early on<\/a> that \u201cvaccine passports\u201d \u2013 promoted by Bill Gates and his ID2020 alliance<\/a> \u2013 are doomed to fail (from a medical perspective), simply because covid vaccines cannot achieve sterilizing immunity (i.e. prevent infection and infectiousness), especially not against new coronavirus variants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New data from Israel now confirms that the effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against infection and even against mild symptoms caused by the Indian variant has already dropped to just 64%<\/a>, while effectiveness against severe disease remains above 90%. The effectiveness of DNA adenovector vaccines like AstraZeneca is likely already below 60% (against infections).<\/p>\n

In a particularly impressive case, a vaccinated Israeli caught the Indian variant in London, infected another vaccinated person in Israel, who infected another vaccinated person, who infected about 80 students<\/a> at a high school party. In all likelihood, most of these transmissions occurred pre-symptomatically<\/a>, i.e. without people knowing they were infected and infectious.<\/p>\n

As the above map shows, many US states have already banned \u201cvaccine passports\u201d, though people may still require them for international travel. In the UK, the situation remains somewhat uncertain, whereas the EU and several Asian countries remain determined<\/a> to implement their \u201cvaccine passport\u201d schemes. Israel phased out its \u201cgreen pass\u201d in June, but there are talks of \u201creactivating\u201d<\/a> it.<\/p>\n

After face masks, lockdowns and \u201ccontact tracing apps\u201d (inserted into three billion<\/a> mobile phones by Google and Apple), \u201cvaccine passports\u201d are yet another major \u201cfailure\u201d in the international response to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the goal should be to achieve vaccine protection against severe disease in the high-risk group, avoid vaccine casualties<\/a> in the low-risk group, and make progress in the research and use of effective and affordable early treatment options<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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