Add a bio, trivia, and more. Unfortunately, Dr. Vanden Bossches open letter has gone viral and is being spread on antivaccine social media everywhere as slam dunk evidence that COVID-19 vaccines will cause a global catastrophe by selecting for the evolution of highly transmissible and deadly variants of COVID-19 that will escape immunity due to vaccines. Zowel bij de experten, bij de politiek als binnen de media zouden er dan logischerwijs evaluaties moeten volgen van hoe en waarom men zo fout was. Zijn pleidooi werd vooral opgevangen en verspreid in de vaccin-kritische beweging. Exactly. Last Monday, I provided international health organizations, including the WHO, with my analysis of the current pandemic as based on scientifically informed insights in the immune biology of Covid-19. Dat klopt niet, de onbestaande functie werd vermeld bij enkele publicaties. Hence, it also offers unprecedented advantages in terms of safety, convenience and cost-effectiveness. Het vaccin is God niet. Indien zijn theorie klopt maar er was geen wetenschapper die daarvoor publiekelijk gewaarschuwd had zou dat door de media-experten nog kunnen zijn weggezet als schuld van de ongevaccineerden of als bewijs hoe ernstig het virus toch wel is en hoe belangrijk het was dat we al die maatregelen namen. Agnes van den Bossche (c.1435 - c.1504), Flemish painter. Er zijn overigens niet veel mutaties nodig voor een bacterie om resistent te worden tegen een antibioticum. Geert Vanden Bossche is a scientist who published an open letter warning of global catastrophe due to deadly variants of COVID-19 selected for by mass vaccination. There you have it, the lone scientific maverick who is the only one willing to speak out about against a horror being perpetrated by conventional medicine and science that they dont want you to know about or discuss, a horror thats so urgent that he must speak now. This is why in case of bacterial disease it is critical to not only chose the right type of antibiotic (based on the results from an antibiogram) but to also take the antibiotic for long enough (according to the prescription). (Vanden Bossche did not respond to a detailed list of questions sent by Snopes on March 23, 2021.). He also states that hes worked with GAVI: The Vaccine Alliance and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, although searching the websites, I could find no reference to him other than a report written by him and others to GAVI about progress on an Ebola vaccine. Dr. Vanden Bossche is using an eerily similar argument about COVID-19 vaccines and SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, to the one used by Wakefield about MMR vaccine and measles. I noted then that there was no evidence that mass vaccination with MMR had produced variants of the measles vaccine resistant to the immunity produced by the vaccine, just as I note now that there is as yet no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 variants are resistant to the immunity produced by current COVID-19 vaccines. When this happens, the immune system has to rely on more specialized effectors of our immune system (i.e., antigen-specific Abs and T cells) to fight the pathogen. Aangezien het geen debat betreft maar een reactie op een reactie in de vorm van een monoloog is het als leek moeilijk in te schatten wie er wetenschappelijk gelijk heeft. So, as we grow up, we increasingly mount pathogen-specific immunity, including highly specific Abs. Basically, Dr. Vanden Bossches open letter is a mess that directly channels Andrew Wakefield. Sure, we dont yet have a firm grasp of how much the vaccine decreases transmission, but there is good emerging evidence that it does significantly decrease transmission. [1] In 2018 he was elected president of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL). While there is no doubt that current vaccines will become less effective over time due to genetic drift, this is not something that vaccine science is unaware of or unprepared for. Follow More from Medium Mehek Kapoor in. Geert Vanden Bossche - PhD, DVM - Independent | LinkedIn Dr. Vanden Bossche received his DVM from the University of Ghent, Belgium, and his PhD degree in Virology from the University of. (He bases this on the observation that in those infected with COVID-19 asymptomatically, S-specific Ab levels decline faster than in those with symptomatic infections.) CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Een verhaal over een gepimpt cv, rooftijdschriften en nepconferenties. He has a long list of companies and organizations he's worked with on vaccine discovery and preclinical research, including GSK, Novartis, Solvay Biologicals, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dat is verre van zeker op dit moment. In the first two letters alone, he uses some variation of the phrase "it is reasonable to assume" at least seven times. Geert Vanden Bossche Contribute to IMDb. Let me try to explain this by means of a more easily understood phenomenon: Antimicrobial resistance. Vanden Bossche describes himself on LinkedIn as the inventor of a new type of vaccine that "harnesses the power of the immune system by unlocking the untapped potential of self-centered [NK] cells capable of recognising these unconventional antigens. What Ill do instead is to point out that Dr. Vanden Bossche, whether he realizes it or not, is supporting the conventional argument with respect to COVID-19 vaccination. While Vanden Bossche's ideas may be rooted in actual scientific concepts, his argument quite explicitly relies on sweeping assumptions. Ook de theorie achter zijn betoog klopt niet: een vaccin onderdrukt het aangeboren immuunsysteem niet, en onvolledig gevaccineerde mensen helpen een virus niet om te veranderen. Telkens is men middenin de uitbraak beginnen te vaccineren om die onder controle te krijgen. There is always concern that a virus or bacteria can mutate to a form such that the antibodies produced by a vaccine against it no longer bind to it, so that the vaccine-induced immune response no longer kills or neutralizes the pathogen. In verschillende video's op YouTube waarschuwt de Belgische wetenschapper Geert Vanden Bossche voor een ramp nog groter dan de coronacrisis zelf. While one can barely make any incorrect scientific statements without being criticized by peers, it seems like the elite of scientists who are currently advising our world leaders prefer to stay silent. Such claims are generally an offshoot of another favorite antivaccine claim, namely that the diseases being vaccinated against are so innocuous that vaccinating against them is overkill and allowing infection and natural herd immunity to occur is better, a trope that has also been resurrected about COVID-19, a disease thats killed well north of 500K people in just the US in a little over a year. The current monkeypox outbreak is a result of the Covid vaccinations that are connected to Covid reinfections and the related reactivation of cytotoxic t-cells, claims Dr. Vanden Bossche. Deze website maakt gebruik van cookies. Bij sommige besmettingen kunnen NK-cellen wl specifieker te werk gaan, stipt immunoloog Herman Favoreel (Universiteit Gent) aan. "Hoe zou dat ook moeten werken? Zijn pleidooi werd vooral opgevangen en verspreid in de vaccin-kritische beweging. Vanden Bossche beweerde enkele weken geleden dat binnen enkele weken de besmettingen zouden toenemen in de landen waar reeds massaal is gevaccineerd. So-called leaky vaccines are vaccines that prevent disease, but do not appreciably slow transmission of the pathogen. Transformation is rapidly becoming the key to survive as an organsisation. As a scientist I do not usually appeal to any platform of this kind to make a stand on vaccine-related topics. Bioavailability of two ibuprofen oral paste formulations is fasted and non fasted ponies. Some of you might have seen it already published elsewhere (although this is an edited/abridged version of the original post). Is Vanden Bossche fout met zijn theorie of is hij een kiezel in de schoen van de media en experten die het debat domineren omtrent de covid aanpak. Daarna werkte hij als Senior Program Officer voor de Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation en als Senior Ebola Program Manager voor de Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). ", The notion that lockdowns have weakened our innate immune system is equally without basis. Wij staken ons licht op bij verschillende vakgenoten en hun oordeel over zijn stelling is eensluidend: Technische nonsens. Vanden Bossche presented his ideas to the public in a series of open letters or powerpoint presentations on his personal website. Vanden Bossche had drie jaar lang een start-up die een NK-vaccin wilde ontwikkelen. Check out pictures, bibliography, biography and community discussions about Geert Vanden Bossche So, why then should there be a major concern using these vaccines to fight Covid-19? Door verder te surfen gaat u akkoord met. Dat zijn cellen die bij ons immuunsysteem horen. 70 ID:bdLlFOqq0 >>1 3 . Moreover, as Nirenberg points out, there is an increasing body of evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine is not leaky. Antibiotica werken rechtstreeks in op de bacterie. The ongoing phase 3 trial of an adenovirus-vectored spike-based vaccine (Johnson & Johnson, NCT04505722) in South Africa, where the 501Y.V2 (B.1.351) strain with the Glu484Lys substitution is rapidly replacing pre-existing variants,11 might provide an opportunity to examine this question. Integendeel: die strategie helpt net om een epidemie onder controle te krijgen. However, Bigtree, Coleman and others dont point out any of the red flags. As I go through Dr. Vanden Bossches open letter, Ill point out the similarities, while also noting differences when they occur. Dit om een bepaalde sfeer te scheppen. Covid-19 vaccine mandates for children: what is the science behind this? Een vaccin zet je immuunsysteem aan het werk, dat op zijn beurt het virus te lijf zal gaan. De community ruimte is een vrije online ruimte (blog) waar vrijwilligers en organisaties hun opinies kunnen publiceren. #LikeMe is een Belgische muzikale jeugdserie die wordt uitgezonden sinds 2019. and to induce herd immunity (which is exactly the opposite of what current Covid-19 vaccines do as those increasingly turn vaccine recipients into asymptomatic carriers who are shedding virus). Theres abundant evidence that Vanden Bossche has a not-so-hidden agenda. 39. Laat ons een sereen, publiek debat voeren over de vragen die van belang zijn in plaats van te twitteren. Mass vaccination will only work if the vaccine prevents or decreases transmission; i.e., if it is not leaky (although he doesnt use the term). Bedrijven krijgen massaal phishingmails die van sociale secretariaten zoals Acerta lijken te komen, oplichters bellen Neen, Zelenski wordt niet gevolgd door een geheime dubbelganger, wel door zijn bodyguard, CHECK - Waarom sommige mensen hun eID-kaart in de microgolfoven steken. We'll try to work on further translations and regular updates. Hes selling his idea of a vaccine designed to activate natural killer cells. #COVID19 #openthedebate, Geert Vanden Bossche (@GVDBossche) March 7, 2021. At birth, our innate immune system is unexperienced but well-established. Paradoxically, the only intervention that could offer a perspective to end this pandemic (other than to let it run its disastrous course) is VACCINATION. 60 ID:Ofxf3u990 ? As stated, I am not against vaccination. Relatiedeskundige Rika Ponnet beantwoordt de vraag van de week: "Moeder-dochterrelaties zijn meest complexe relaties Dan toch geen Europees verbod op benzine- en dieselwagens? Hij was daarbij kritisch over de veiligheid van een ebolavaccin. But only ongoing clinical trials will show whether vaccinated individuals recognise SARS-CoV-2 variants differently, and whether mutations decrease vaccine protection in some vaccinated individuals. As we explain below, this scenario is speculative, scientifically flawed, logically inconsistent, and belied by actual data. Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine. NK cells are part of the cellular arm of our innate immune system and, alike [sic] natural Abs, they are capable of recognizing and attacking a broad and diversified spectrum of pathogenic agents. "It is," Vanden Bossche asserted in one of his letters, "reasonable to assume that vaccination of young and healthy people will inevitably lead to long-lived suppression of their variant-nonspecific, innate immune defense." Vanden Bossche's scientific argument in broad terms is that the current COVID-19 vaccines, through a mechanism analogous to antibiotic resistance, will create mutant variants of the virus that escape the protection of those vaccines. Duitsland blokkeert goedkeuring, Auto rijdt binnen in huis in Mol, bestuurder pleegt vluchtmisdrijf. There are 10+ professionals named "Geert Van Den Bossche", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Dat laatste standpunt wordt ook door een klein deel van de wetenschappelijke experts gehuldigd. Men draagt een verantwoordelijkheid. Is het levensgevaarlijk om massaal te vaccineren tijdens een epidemie, zoals Vanden Bossche zegt? De standpunten vermeld in deze community reflecteren niet noodzakelijk de redactionele lijn van DeWereldMorgen.be. Your membership is the foundation of our sustainability and resilience. First of all, note how Dr. Vanden Bossche is conflating vaccine-induced immunity with natural immunity. Well, similar to the rules applying to classical antimicrobial antibiotics, it is paramount that our self-made antiviral antbiotcs [sic] are made available in sufficient concentration and are tailored at the specific features of our enemy. Over the last several months, Ive listed a number of examples of this phenomenon of antivaxxers recycling hoary tropes to apply them to COVID-19 vaccines; for example, claims that vaccines kill, cause infertility, cancer, autoimmune disorders, and Alzheimers disease, and are loaded with toxins, among several others, such as the claim that they alter your DNA.