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Letter to the editor: Response to a Letter to the Editor seen at MooseJawToday.com – October 21, 2021

A letter to the editor from Leon W Retief
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When writing about COVID vaccines, Bob Jacobson is clearly out of his depth.  

Of 57 vaccine trials in the US, the median follow-up period was 1 ½ months, it does not have to be three years as stated by Jacobson.

Testing did not begin one year ago, phase 3 trials (testing) for BioNTech and Pfizer were completed in November 2020, and all vaccines have been followed very closely since. I am personally acquainted with a researcher in the UK who is closely following a cohort of 23 million vaccinated people, so there is no shortage of follow-up studies.

The various vaccines offer a very significant measure of protection, but newspaper reports make it abundantly clear that breakthrough infections are possible, as is the case with every vaccine and vaccinated people should therefore be aware of risks posed by the unvaccinated. This not some deep, hidden knowledge and anyone who reads newspapers should know that.

Jacobson informs us that Saskatchewan Health tells us that masks are “only spit blockers” and Jacobson seems to regard that as a problem. On the contrary, viral particles are not carried as naked virions but in particles of spit – and that is blocked by masks. Asserting that masks are therefore useless is a sign of profound ignorance.

Jacobson also informs us that the vaccine is in fact a “body modification.” It does of course lead to the production of antibodies but that is the sum total of our bodily modification,” I’d appreciate being enlightened by Jacobson about any other “modifications” he has in mind, as well as how mRNA, which is rapidly broken down and which does not penetrate into the nucleus where DNA is situated.

Fortunately the actual characteristics of a vaccine do not depend on the definition given in non-medical dictionaries, and whatever Webster’s dictionary described it as, is irrelevant. Vaccines are there to elicit antibodies, not to conform to dictionary definitions.

Jacobson ends by conjuring up visions of Kristallnacht, NWO and a mysterious reference to an unnamed politician who apparently benefited from… what? We are left in the dark about his/her identity.

Are we really supposed to take that seriously?

Leon W Retief

Bob Jacobson's letter can be viewed here.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.  

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