A Warning To The Commander-in-Chief of The United States Armed Forces — On The Danger of Indiscriminate COVID-19 Vaccination in Naturally Immune And Recently Infected Service Members.
Dear President Biden,
I write here, as a physician and immunologist, in defense of our brave men and women in uniform— member of the United States military.
Specifically, I write here to publicly inform you that the subset of our troops who are already naturally immune to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, or who have been recently infected, are at risk of potentially deadly harm from indiscriminate COVID-19 vaccination.
I respectfully ask that you carefully consider my analysis here and discuss it with your national security advisor, joint chiefs of staff and the secretaries of the US Army, Navy and Air Force.
Since January 2021, and before, I have been raising alarms with the leadership of FDA, CDC and the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers about the potential for harm from indiscriminate COVID-19 vaccination in persons with natural immunity to COVID-19, or with recent SARS-CoV-2 infections. You may follow my writings at noorchashm.medium.com
To begin, it is very highly likely, from a clinical and immunological perspective, that the vast majority of naturally immune people are equally, if not better, protected from COVID-19 infection than those vaccinated. Data from Israel is already confirming this basic immunological reality. So, indiscriminate vaccination of the already immune is truly an unnecessary medical treatment in the vast majority of naturally immune persons. Because the majority of such persons do not benefit, or only marginally benefit, from vaccination, they are only, or predominantly, exposed to the risks of harm associated with this medical treatment. Everything from vaccine induced blood clots, febrile neurological disasters, to anaphylaxis, to myocarditis, etc. The fact that these complications may only occur in a “minority subset” of vaccinated people does not justify indiscriminate vaccination of those persons, who do NOT benefit from it — and especially our brave men and women in uniform.
But more importantly, indiscriminate vaccination of the recently or concurrently infected is prognosticated to do harm. We already know from experience described by the British that the previously infected experience a higher rate of adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccination. We also know that CDC itself recommends against vaccinating persons with known or recent COVID-19 infections, because the agency knows that so doing poses a risk of harm to recently infected people — of course, paradoxically, CDC does not recommend identifying who is infected at the time of vaccination, nor is it clear where the agency came up with the “3-month” number. I am quite certain that this is a serious error of negligence on the part of CDC’s public health experts — I shall hope that it is not a deliberate one, though it is hard to imagine they are unaware of the problem.
I have been concerned for some time that indiscriminately vaccinating persons with recent SARS-CoV-2 infections might produce severe adverse reactions and deaths — and have written many public letters of concern about it. In fact, there have been a few prominent examples of this hazard to young persons, reported in the mainstream American press: Dr. J. Barton Williams of TN, Mr. Christopher Sarmiento of NM, Ms. Brandy Parker-McFadden of TN….to name a few, whose stories have been told in the press, were young people all of whom were COVID-19 infected prior to their vaccination. It is extremely unlikely that their vaccine complications are isolated events.
So, here is my analysis in defense of our brave men and women in uniform: IF, we know that a) it is unnecessary and only risky to indiscriminately vaccinate the already naturally immune, b) it is highly likely harmful to indiscriminately vaccinate the recently infected, and c) a large proportion of our troops are either recently infected or already naturally immune — THEN, does it not logically follow that indiscriminate COVID-19 vaccination of our troops imposes a totally avoidable risk of harm to some of these men and women in harm’s way? And, again, that it’s likely to only be a “minority subset” of such service-members being harmed by indiscriminate vaccination does NOT justify the mindlessness being exercised by the United States military’s present approach to blanket vaccination of our troops. Is it not the responsibility of the commanders, and the commander-in-chief especially, to maximally mitigate against ANY and ALL risks of injury and harm to our troops? I shall hope that it is.
Mr. President, I write here as an American physician and immunologist with a full understanding of medical practice, immunology and the the anatomy of systemic medical harm in America. I am NOT a partisan on this issue — though recently only the megaphones from the right side of the political spectrum seem interested in what I am pointing to. But for the record, in the 2020 election, I was a vocal supporter of the Biden-Harris ticket, as a recent McCain Republican.
I am hoping that you will personally read my writing here, and see why I am pointing to this highly probable and predictable risk of iatrogenic harm I have identified for you. This hazard of our own making is totally avoidable — and it is not only a hazard to the lives of a minority subset of our brave service members. It also affects the American population overall — and especially the most socioeconomically vulnerable amongst us.
Mr. President, by using our federal resources to activate a #ScreenB4Vaccine initiative, you can protect those of our troops in potential deadly harm’s way from indiscriminate vaccination — AND you can also extend this maximal protection to the American people as a whole. YES, WE CAN!
I write in defense of US public health and of those “minority subsets” of people in harm’s way — in the name of Dr. Amy Josephine Reed of Yardley, PA.
With respect,
Hooman Noorchashm MD, PhD
noorchashm@gmail.com.
