The information on the safety and efficacy of the vaccines and the harm from COVID is there if you you seek it instead of following the anti-vaxxer chain of articles.
Who exactly are americasfrontline doctors? For starters they are a radical minority of doctors not representative of physicians overall.
More on them and what mainstream genuine health experts have to say about the topic:
Who exactly are americasfrontline doctors? For starters they are a radical minority of doctors not representative of physicians overall.
More on them and what mainstream genuine health experts have to say about the topic:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90536"For anyone considering the Pfizer vaccine, know that you are getting an EXPERIMENTAL vaccine," James Todaro, MD, a member of America's Frontline Doctors, wrote on Twitter. Todaro, a former practicing ophthalmologist who is now a blockchain investor, stated that Americans should "think twice if you are under 50 yrs old with an [infection fatality rate] under 0.02%."
These claims were not backed by data and neither member provided examples of vaccine mandates. Gold and Todaro did not respond to requests for comment from MedPage Today.
Physicians and medical experts were outraged by these sentiments, stating that clinicians who have actually treated COVID patients on the frontlines would never support these claims.
"For the record, nearly all the frontline doctors I've worked with and spoken to who've actually taken care of critically ill COVID-19 patients and seen how horrible this virus can be have been eagerly getting in line and grateful to roll up their sleeves," Craig Spencer, MD, MPH, an emergency physician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University in New York City, wrote on Twitter.
Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, a vaccine researcher from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, emphasized that no American is being forced to take a vaccine, and criticized the credentials of any clinician who would oppose immunization.
"No real frontline doctor objects to this vaccine," Hotez wrote on Twitter. "Only the antivax, 'health freedom' movement linked to right wing extremism."
Angela Rasmussen, PhD, a virologist at Georgetown University, stated that there is no such thing as "forcing" anyone to get vaccinated.
"This would be funny if it's not the same pathetic, cynical, thirsty, self-serving grifting that intentionally sown doubt in public health expertise and resulted in 300,000 dead Americans," Rasmussen wrote on Twitter.
America's Frontline Doctors launched a petition to "prevent people from being intimidated or pressured into taking experimental vaccines," which has more than 34,000 signatures. The organization also published a white paper claiming to debunk COVID-19 "myths," which includes information about the "censorship" on the benefits of hydroxychloroquine and potential dangers of the vaccine (the group actively discourages use of a vaccine even for groups at high-risk of severe COVID-19, instead recommending "early or prophylactic treatment with established medications").