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Is the COVID-19 vaccine really useless against the Delta variant of COVID-19?

Let’s take a look at this new claim, and find out what the FACTS really are!

 

Claim : COVID-19 Vaccine Is Useless Against Delta Variant!

Captain Wong Ang Peng from the MAECC is at it again, crying wolf about the COVID-19 vaccines to promote ivermectin.

He managed to get The Malaysian Insight to post his letter, which has gone viral on WhatsApp after it was actively shared by ivermectin proponents and antivaxxers.

It is a very long letter, so just SKIP to the next section for the facts…

Delta variant demolishes vaccine claim of less severe Covid for inoculated

Wong Ang Peng

A flurry of new scientific information challenges the presumption of efficacy and demolishes the Covid-19 vaccines’ claims that they are a guard against severe infection.

THE Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is now a serious global concern. The spate of scientific reports on Delta variant surfacing over the last few weeks showing those fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are no better off, or even disadvantaged, is cause for policymakers to rethink.

This flurry of new scientific information challenges the presumption of efficacy and demolishes the vaccines’ claims that they are a guard against severe infection.

Like in many parts of the world, the Delta is now the dominant variant in Malaysia. It is highly infectious and virulent.

The Health Ministry has randomly sequenced 265 Covid-19 samples from August 16-29 in various parts of the country, all of which turned out to be of the Delta variant.

Health Ministry data since August 12 have shown a rising infection rate among the fully vaccinated (14 days after the second dose), from 12.5% to 33.7% on September 5.

The infection breakthrough is a paradox that policymakers have difficulty rationalising.

From August 12 to September 4 there has been a consistent number of fully vaccinated cases admitted into the intensive care units for categories 4 and 5 infection. Cases average 33.9 a day, demolishing the claim that vaccines can prevent severity of Covid-19 infection, a claim that is based on the relative risk reduction in the vaccines’ original clinical trials.

The single-digit difference among the 20,000-odd subjects, if calculated via absolute risk reduction, is insignificant. Furthermore, the claim is linked to the original coronavirus strain and not the mutated Delta variant.

Besides not being protected against severe Covid-19, the fully vaccinated are more prone to infection and carry much higher viral loads than the unvaccinated.

Recent published studies on SARS-CoV-2 and the Delta variant all pointed to breakthrough infection in Israel (Gazit et al, 2021); Britain (Technical Briefing 20 on SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, August 6, 2021); Japan (Liu et al, 2021); and Vietnam (Chau et al, 2021)

Infection breakthrough, also known as vaccine escape, is now self-evident. Swedish virologist Dr Geert Vanden Bossche first spoke on vaccine escape and cautioned against introducing vaccination in the middle of a pandemic.

Establishment scientists who pooh-poohed Bossche’s idea have now humble pie to eat.

Of the four recent studies, the findings of Gazit et al and Chau et al are most incriminating to the diminished usefulness of the Covid vaccines against the Delta variant.

Gazit and colleagues concluded that the vaccinated had 13.06 times increased risk for breakthrough infection with the Delta variant compared to those previously infected, who were 5.96 times at increased risk for breakthrough infection, and 7.13 times increased risk for symptomatic disease.

Chau and colleagues in the Oxford-Vietnam study concluded that breakthrough Delta variant infections of the vaccinated had 251 times higher viral loads compared to those infected with the old strain before the vaccine was administered. Infected vaccinated cases also took longer to become PCR negative and had lower levels of vaccine induced-neutralising antibodies compared to the uninfected.

With regard to immunity, the Gazit et al study found that “natural immunity confers longer lasting and stronger protection against infection, symptomatic disease and hospitalisation caused by the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, compared to the BNT162b2 two-dose vaccine-induced immunity”.

Earlier studies conducted in Israel and more than a dozen other studies comparing mRNA vaccine-induced antibodies and antibodies developed through natural infection have shown natural immunity to be far superior. As such, relying on the vaccines as the sole strategy to attain herd immunity is a fallacy that has no scientific basis.

There is now clear evidence that the vaccines may not be as effective as presumed.

Countries that are highly vaccinated are also reporting the most deaths per million (ourworldindata.org). Israel, one of the highest vaccinated nations, is an interesting case study. Despite having inoculated 63% of its 9.3 million population, it has the world’s fastest surging infection rate with a daily average of 6,225 cases in August, and the world’s highest cases per million with 1,115 cases per million on September 2. The fully vaccinated are now also infected.

Meanwhile the push for universal vaccination continues. There is no doubt that vaccines have their benefits, especially the attenuated virus protein version developed using the old technology.

Our health officials must carefully weigh the risks over benefits, monitor medium and long-term adverse reactions, and avoid corporate interest-driven decisions.

They must not rely only on reports channelled through establishment healthcare agencies but be open to fringe reports and alternative views. Above all, draw lessons from the Israeli conundrum.

The entire armament repertory must be employed to fight this Delta variant and the Covid war.

Unite the people, including those with dissenting views. It is not too late to incorporate ivermectin as an additional weapon. – September 7, 2021.

* Captain Dr Wong Ang Peng is a researcher with an interest in economics, politics, and health issues. He has a burning desire to do anything within his means to promote national harmony. Captain Wong is also a member of the National Patriots Association.

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Truth : COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Against Delta Variant!

Captain Wong Ang Peng is part of MAECC – a pseudoscientific group that is actively promoting ivermectin as an alternative to COVID-19 vaccines.

Let’s go through his claims, and find out what the FACTS really are…

Fact #1 : KKM Did Not Randomly Sequence COVID-19 Samples

Captain Wong Ang Peng claimed that the Malaysia Health Ministry (KKM) randomly sequenced 265 COVID-19 samples – all of which turned out to be of the Delta variant.

That’s not true.

First of all, the samples were not randomly selected, they were selected as suspected variants to be confirmed through genome sequencing.

Secondly, the research was not conducted by KKM itself but the Institute of Medical Research (IMR), the UITM Integrative Pharmacogenomimcs Institute (iPROMISE), and the UNIMAS Institute of Health and Community Medicine.

Read more : Delta variant of COVID-19 can infect in seconds!

Fact Check : COVID-19 Vaccines Useless Against Delta Variant?

Fact #2 : New COVID-19 Cases Are NOT Necessarily Of Delta Variant

It is very misleading and wrong for him to claim that the 265 samples were randomly selected, because it suggests that all new COVID-19 cases are of the Delta variant.

That is simply NOT true.

Very little genomic testing is being conducted in Malaysia – just over 1,200 cases, which is less than 0.065% of all detected cases.

There is simply not enough data to draw any strong conclusion, much less suggest that all new COVID-19 cases are of the Delta variant.

VOC VOI COVID-19 Malaysia 2021-09-01

Fact #3 : Percentage Of Breakthrough Infections Is Misleading

The use of percentage to judge the effectiveness of a vaccine is misleading, because :

  • in a population with 0% vaccination, there will be ZERO breakthrough infections – does that mean that the vaccine is 100% efficacious?
  • in a population with 100% vaccination, there can only be breakthrough infections – does that mean that the vaccine is 100% useless?

As the vaccination rate increases, the percentage of breakthrough cases versus infections of the unvaccinated will undoubtedly increase.

However, the number of hospitalisations and deaths will drop, and over time, so will the number of new cases.

Fact #4 : Vaccines Protect Against Hospitalisation + Death

COVID-19 vaccines vary in efficacy from just 50% to 95%, which means there will ALWAYS be some breakthrough infections.

There will be more breakthrough case with less efficacious vaccines, and fewer breakthrough cases with more efficacious vaccines, but they ALL offer excellent protection against severe COVID-19 and death!

People who are fully-vaccinated can get infected, but will either be asymptomatic or suffer only a mild disease.

Even so, you are strongly advised to maintain COVID-19 precautions, at least until herd immunity is achieved.

COVID-19 Vaccine Protection Against
Symptomatic
Infection 		Severe
Disease		 Death
Pfizer Comirnaty 95.0% 100% 100%
Gamaleya Sputnik V 91.6% 100% 100%
Moderna mRNA-1273 94.1% 100% 100%
AstraZeneca AZD1222 62% ~ 90% 100% 100%
Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV 79% ~ 86% 90% 100%
Sinovac Biotech 50.65% 83.7% 100%
J&J Janssen COVID-19 66.0% 85% 100%
CanSino Biologics 65.7% 90.98% 100%

Fact #5 : Vaccines Still Protect Against Delta Variant

It has been known since June 2021 that the Delta variant causes more breakthrough infections.

However, it is false and misleading to claim that the breakthrough infection rates are rising because the COVID-19 vaccine does not work against the Delta variant.

Take a look at the table below, which I compiled of the latest 7 days with full data from KKM. It shows that even with just under 50% of the adult population in Malaysia fully-vaccinated :

  • less than 28% of all new cases were fully vaccinated.
  • less than 25% of new cases requiring hospitalisation were fully vaccinated
  • just over 20% of new cases had severe COVID-19 requiring an ICU bed were fully vaccinated

What this means is unvaccinated people are 3X more likely to require hospitalisation, and 4X more likely to develop severe COVID-19.

This shows that the COVID-19 vaccine you received still offers great protection against moderate and severe disease, even with the Delta variant.

Read more : Why Delta variant causes MORE breakthrough infections!

Date Fully
Vaccinated
Population*		 New
Cases
 Moderate
Disease
 Severe
Disease
29/8 44.5% 23.9% 23.4% 14.6%
30/8 45.9% 23.9% 21.5% 18.9%
31/8 47.2% 26.4% 21.4% 32.8%
1/9 48.7% 28.9% 19.4% 18.8%
2/9 50.2% 29.2% 30.4% 13.5%
3/9 51.6% 30.4% 26.8% 25.1%
4/9 53.0% 32.1% 29.9% 18.3%
Average 48.7% 27.8% 24.7% 20.3%

* Data taken from 15 days prior : 14 days for full efficacy + 1 day to account for discrepancy in reporting time

Fact #6 : Delta Variant Not Caused By “Vaccine Escape”

Captain Ang falsely claimed that the Delta variant was caused by “vaccine escape” – the virus mutated to evade the vaccine, like antibiotic resistance – an idea propagated by Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche.

When it comes to the Delta variant, that would be IMPOSSIBLE because it was detected in India in October 2020 –  months before the first COVID-19 vaccinations started!

Fact #7 : Natural Immunity Is Risky

It is true that getting infected by COVID-19 imparts strong natural immunity for at least 6-8 months. However, there are a few caveats :

  • not everyone develops natural immunity – 1% to 10% will not develop neutralising antibodies.
  • its protection is not guaranteed – 10% to 20% can get reinfected within 7 months
  • immunity is greatly reduced in the elderly – up to 50% of people over 65 years in age can be reinfected.

There is also that pesky problem with natural immunity – you have to get infected with COVID-19, which has an average mortality risk of 2.2% – 22 people out of every thousand infected people will die.

Recommending that people develop natural immunity is as asinine as asking people NOT to wear seatbelts so that they will develop stronger bones after fracturing them in car accidents… if they survive them!

COVID-19 ventilator

Fact #8 : Attenuated Virus Protein Vaccine Does Not Exist

In order not to appear as an antivaxxer, Captain Ang proffered a red herring – he’s in favour of the attenuated virus protein vaccine.

Only trouble is – there is NO SUCH THING as an attenuated virus protein vaccine!

He probably mixed it up with the live attenuated virus vaccine, which is a vaccine that uses a weakened virus (not a protein) to trigger immunity.

While such a live attenuated virus vaccine can elicit a strong immune response, it cannot be used in people with compromised immune system because it can trigger the very disease it seeks to protect you from

In any case, there is no approved live attenuated virus vaccine for COVID-19, so he was basically suggesting that none of the current COVID-19 vaccines are good, and that is simply FALSE.

All approved COVID-19 vaccines have been proven through clinical trials to be safe and effective.

 

Fact #9 : Ivermectin Has Not Been Proven To Work Against COVID-19

Ivermectin has been shown to work against COVID-19 in vitro studies (labs studies), but does NOT improve clinical outcomes or prevent transmission.

That is why the WHO and practically the vast majority of health authorities around the world do NOT advocate using ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19.

In fact, the FLCCC cheerleader himself – Dr. Pierre Kory – was INFECTED WITH COVID-19 despite taking ivermectin as prophylaxis!

Dr. Kory also admitted that ivermectin is failing to prevent infections from “new variants”, and that the FLCCC Alliance members are “demoralized and frightened“.

Read more : Dr. Pierre Kory Gets COVID-19, Despite Taking Ivermectin!

 

Now that you know the truth, please SHARE this fact check with your family and friends, so they won’t fooled by fake news about COVID-19 vaccines and ivermectin!

 

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