Did Spain halt Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination due to 46 nursing home deaths after receiving the first shot of the vaccine?
Find out what’s going on, and what the FACTS really are!
Claim : Spain Halts Pfizer Vaccination After 46 Nursing Home Deaths!
Websites like The COVID Blog, Humans Are Free and Health Impact News claim that Spain halted their Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination program after 46 nursing home deaths from the first shot!
Here were the key takeaways from their articles :
The Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary) nursing home is reeling due to mass deaths after mRNA inoculations.
All residents and workers at the facility received the first dose of Pfizer mRNA in early January, according to Spain mainstream media outlet ABC de Sevilla. Most residents became extremely ill shortly after the shots. It is believed many came down with COVID-19, despite being “vaccinated against it.”
The Andalusian Health Service reported that at least 46 residents have died since January. For perspective, Our Lady has a maximum capacity of 145 residents.
The situation remains dire, as at least 28 residents and 12 staff members were COVID-19 positive last week. Health officials halted all further mRNA shots as a result.
Chinese propaganda outlet, GlobalTimes, also chipped in on the controversy earlier this month, naturally attacking the Pfizer vaccine.
Concerns over the mRNA vaccine intensified following a Russia Today report on Monday that all 78 residents at a nursing home in Madrid, Spain had tested positive for COVID-19 after being given their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on January 13, and at least seven people have died.
A Chinese virologist advised elderly people, especially those with underlying conditions, not to take mRNA vaccine such as Pfizer’s, as it could induce their condition and worsen their health.
No, Spain Did NOT Halt Pfizer Vaccination After Nursing Home Deaths
Despite quoting a legitimate news report, both The COVID Blog and Humans Are Free fabricated many parts of their articles.
You can take a look at their source – a 4 February 2021 news report by ABC – a Spanish national daily newspaper.
Now, let’s examine their claims one by one, and show you why they both created a FALSE narrative out of this tragedy to support their anti-vaccination beliefs.
Fact #1 : They Died From COVID-19
All 46 residents of the Nuestra Señora del Rosario nursing home in Los Barrios died from COVID-19, not the vaccine.
The COVID-19 outbreak was first detected on 12 January 2021, and it quickly resulted in multiple deaths :
- 18 January : 8 deaths in total
- 28 January : 30 deaths in total
- 3 February : 46 deaths in total
The Spain Ministry of Health was forced to intervene after an inspection determined that that private nursing home was not capable of disinfecting and isolating the COVID-19 positive cases.
Fact #2 : They Only Recently Received A Single Dose
The residents of this nursing home received their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine early this year. They did not receive their second dose because of the outbreak.
We do not know the exact date, but since the outbreak happened before their second dose, it’s safe to say they were only 1-2 weeks post-vaccination.
As COVID-19 has an incubation period that could be as long as 14 days, it is likely the residents were infected before or just after receiving their vaccination.
That means they remained vulnerable to COVID-19, even though they had already received the first dose of the vaccine.
As these Israeli test results show, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine confers very little immunity in the first two weeks.
That’s because it takes time for the body to react to the antigens created by the vaccine, and build up the necessary antibodies to counter them.
The vaccine therefore only offers partial protection in the third week, and significant protection in the fourth week, and maximum protection after the second dose.
| After Vaccination | Single Dose | Two Doses |
| Week 1 | 2.82% infected | – |
| Week 2 | 2.96% infected | – |
| Week 3 | 0.746% infected | – |
| Week 4 | 0.044% infected | 0.037% infected |
| % of total infected | 99.44% | 0.56% |
More importantly, the results show that 99% of post-vaccination infections happen within 3 weeks of a single dose.
Only 1% of those infected with COVID-19 after vaccination were in their fourth week with a single dose, or just had their second dose.
Fact #3 : Vaccination Was Interrupted By Outbreak
Both The COVID Blog and Humans Are Free claimed that “health officials halted all further mRNA shots as a result” of the outbreak.
That is COMPLETELY FALSE. The ABC news report clearly stated that the second dose vaccination was “interrupted” by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Once that happened, the residents had to be isolated and the nursing home disinfected. The Health Ministry only intervened “a few weeks later” after the situation turned serious.
Fact #4 : Spain Has Almost Fully Vaccinated All Nursing Home Residents
As of 19 February 2021, the FED Care Home Association said that almost all nursing home residents in Spain have received both doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Spain’s Health Emergency Chief Fernando Simon also said that, for the first time since the pandemic began, “people over 65 who live in care homes have a lower rate of infection than those who live outside“, signalling that the vaccine was working.
That completely debunks the claim that Spain halted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination due to nursing home deaths.
In fact, Spain is one of the fastest to vaccinate their people with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine – 2.45% of the population – about 1.15 million people, as of 17 February 2021.
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