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Subject The Observations and Thoughts of Vinay Prasad Raise Major Concerns
Date May 8, 2024 6:15 PM
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Post : The Observations and Thoughts of Vinay Prasad Raise Major Concerns
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Posted : May 8, 2024 at 12:14 pm
Author : Vincent Iannelli, MD
Tags : febrile seizures, Global Vaccine Data Network, Godwin's Law, Helen Petousis-Harris, holocaust, safety signals, Vinay Prasad
Categories : Vaccine Fact Check

Why do the observations and thoughts of Vinay Prasad raise major concerns?

[link removed] Vinay Prasad has been described as a “a useful idiot for antivax propagandists,” as he pushes COVID misinformation ( [link removed] ) that is used by anti-vaccine folks to affirm their beliefs against vaccines.

This time, it is because of the way he misrepresents ( [link removed] ) a large COVID vaccine safety study.

The Observations and Thoughts of Vinay Prasad Raise Major Concerns

A complete misrepresentation ( [link removed] ) that prompted one of the authors to correct all of his false statements!

[link removed] Vinay Prasad is even more dangerous than most because he actually does sound like he knows what he is talking about.

Now why don't all researchers do this, instead of relying on fact checkers to defend their work from anti-vaccine influencers ( [link removed] ) ?

[link removed] Vinay Prasad often claims that young, healthy people didn't need a COVID vaccine.

Speaking of big errors...

> "Second, this analysis does not stratify by demographic group. The increased risk of myocarditis you will see is ACROSS ALL AGES AND GENDERS. That is a big error, when we know it is a problem that plagues young men."
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> Vinay Prasad on COVID19 vaccines linked to myocarditis, pericarditis, ITP, Guillain Barre Syndrome, Bell's Palsy, ADEM, PE, Febrile seizures & more

Dr. Petousis-Harris had a ready answer for this "error" too.

[link removed] Vinay Prasad missed that the COVID vaccine safety study he was criticizing was age and sex stratified.

> So why are folks like Vinay Prasad criticizing this study?
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> "In this study including more than 99 million people vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, the risk up to 42 days after vaccination was generally similar to the background risk for the majority of outcomes; however, a few potential safety signals were identified."
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> COVID-19 vaccines and adverse events of special interest: A multinational Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) cohort study of 99 million vaccinated individuals

Because this very large study confirmed that COVID vaccines are safe ( [link removed] ) , with few, very rare severe side effects.

Other Thoughts on Vinay Prasad

Has Vinay Prasad been wrong before?

* Vinay Prasad’s Nazi analogy is imbecilic, ignorant, and dangerous ( [link removed] )

* Quoth Dr. Prasad: “It would not be difficult” to do an impossible VAERS study ( [link removed] )

* Dr. Vinay Prasad embraces antivax “do not comply” messaging ( [link removed] )

* Dunking on a 7′ hoop, or: Refuting Dr. Vinay Prasad’s attack on medical skepticism ( [link removed] )

* Dr. Vinay Prasad whines about the “misinformation police.” Hilarity ensues. ( [link removed] )

* Dr. Vinay Prasad goes full Godwin over COVID-19 public health measures ( [link removed] )

* “Can colleges mandate Ozempic?” Clever or clueless analogy? You be the judge! ( [link removed] )

* Undermining the childhood vaccine schedule with EBM fundamentalism ( [link removed] )

* John Ioannidis and Vinay Prasad team up to lecture social media about “obsessive criticism” ( [link removed] )

* Dr. Vinay Prasad: “Public Health’s (Mis)Truth Problem” ( [link removed] )

* Dr. Vinay Prasad: It’s “Good” That Parents Who Want To Vaccinate Their Kids Against COVID Get Reported To Child Protective Services ( [link removed] )

Not surprisingly, he has...

[link removed] It is telling that Vinay Prasad never mentions that the paper was mostly talking about febrile seizures ( [link removed] ) , which are rarely harmful for children. Nor does he say that febrile seizures are more common after a natural COVID infection...

His MO seems to be to minimize how serious COVID is to most people, especially children and young adults, and like most folks who are anti-vaccine ( [link removed] ) , overstate the side effects of life-saving vaccines.

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Jennifer Gunter ( [link removed] ) responded to Vinay Prasad's How Democracy Ends Holocaust analog ( [link removed] ) y.

And like other anti-vaccine folks, he just had to bring up Hitler and the Holocaust ( [link removed] ) ...

More on COVID Vaccine Safety

* Did Over 80 Percent of Pregnant Women in the Pfizer Vaccine Trial Have a Miscarriage? ( [link removed] )

* How Many People Have Died After Listening to Bad Advice About COVID? ( [link removed] )

* More Questions to Help You Become a Vaccine Skeptic ( [link removed] )

( [link removed] ) Why There is Still So Much COVID-19 Confusion ( [link removed] )

* Controversial oncologist Dr. Vinay Prasad disavowed by dean over antisemitic blog post ( [link removed] )

* Did Vinay Prasad need to mention the Nazis to make a point on the U.S. pandemic response? ( [link removed] )

* Op-Ed: COVID-19 Has Unleashed Vile Antisemitism ( [link removed] )

* COVID-19 vaccines and adverse events of special interest: A multinational Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) cohort study of 99 million vaccinated individuals ( [link removed] )

* The Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) ( [link removed] )

* Vaccine Victory: How COVID-19 shots slash all-cause mortality and outshine misinformation ( [link removed] )

* Do COVID vaccines prevent long COVID: Beyond the 3-months mark? ( [link removed] )

* Provocative headlines on a post-COVID vaccination syndrome ( [link removed] )

* Vaccine safety signals – What are they and what to do when you find one ( [link removed] )

* Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and transverse myelitis following COVID-19 vaccination – A self-controlled case series analysis ( [link removed] )

* Study Largely Confirms Known, Rare COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects ( [link removed] )

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