Idaho regional health department becomes first to ban COVID vaccine
A regional health department in Idaho last month became the first public health body to ban the COVID-19 vaccine, The Associated Press reported Friday.
Southwest District Health oversees six counties along the Idaho-Oregon border. Demand for the mRNA shots in the district has waned, with only 64 given this year. On October 22nd, the Southwest District Health Board banned the injections in a 4-3 vote after hearing hundreds of public comments against the shots.
‘All risk and no benefit’
Those included testimony from Dr. Ryan Cole, a renowned pathologist, who presented evidence that the vaccines are “all risk and no benefit.” Among the evidence was data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that 7.7% of those who took the shots required urgent hospitalization. Out of those, 25% could not manage normal activities.
“Idaho taxpayer money is being wasted on a dangerous genetic injection with all risk and zero benefit covering a variant that is essentially extinct, so we're spending money on something that doesn't exist anymore, that hasn't been tested on human beings,” Dr. Cole told the board. “Let's act in the interest of the patient above fear money, or threat.”
‘Five to 15 years of worry’
He was followed by Dr. Peter McCullough, one of the country’s top cardiologists who has been advising against the COVID-19 vaccine since they were rolled out.
“The vaccines are very long-acting, and so what we've learned is it may take several years to build up enough spike protein from the long-acting vaccines in order to manifest a problem,” he said. “So initially, as Dr Cole said, the CDC reported 7.7% of people had problems with the vaccine early. I mean serious — they had to go to the ER or be hospitalized. That's a huge unacceptable side effect rate. But our agencies pushed on and now we're finding years later people are manifesting problems."
Dr. McCullough noted how he and Dr. Cole testified before Congress earlier this year that there is a period of “five to 15 years of worry” after someone takes the COVID-19 vaccines.
The Southwest District Health’s board received over 290 public comments in favor of the ban. Those who opposed it included the department’s medical director, Dr. Perry Jansen.
