• Basic Facts

    Participants having received both COVID-19 vaccine inoculations are still becoming infected with COVID-19 virus.

    Participants having received both vaccine inoculations can still become infected and spread the virus.

    Participants having received vaccines are being hospitalized and dying.

  • Mutations

    Renowned virologists, including a Nobel laureate who discovered the HIV virus had warned that introducing a vaccine in the midst of a pandemic will result in immune escape resulting in increased mutations and variants. This is now the case. It has been stated that vaccinated patients presenting to the hospital with COVID-19 infection likely have been infected with a variant strain.

  • Adverse Reactions

    There are no tests to confirm or refute whether a patient who may have had an adverse event was due to the vaccination. Therefore, most adverse events are being labeled coincidental and unrelated.

  • Comparison to Other Vaccines

    All other mandated vaccines have decades long clinical data demonstrating safety. The clinical data available on the COVID vaccines is 7 months in duration and the normal extremely stringent protocol for following subjects is non-existent. It is shameful for anyone to insinuate that the follow-up of subjects in this clinical trial is in line with any clinical trial ever performed with human subjects.

  • Long-Term Effects

    There is fear amongst the medical community regarding the possible long term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection. There is seemingly no concern about the long-term effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. After months of lax clinical trials, It is constantly stated there are no long-term adverse effects. The claim that there are no long-term effects flies in the face of all logic.

  • Government Double Standard

    As of May 11th, 2021, it was stated by Drs Fauci, Walensky and Marks of the NIAID, FDA and CDC respectively during a Senate hearing that 40% of their employees have not been vaccinated.

  • Flu Exemptions

    For influenza, a person granted an exemption from receiving the flu shot is permitted to wear a surgical mask during patient encounters during the flu season. No such exemptions are provided for those who do not wish to be part of this Phase 3 study of investigational vaccine.

  • Pregnancy

    An extremely important aspect of medication classification is the FDA Pregnancy Categories. Category A through Category D and Category X. Category A is safe in pregnancy and Category X shows significant fetal abnormalities and/or positive evidence of human fetal risk and the risks involved in use of the drug in pregnant women clearly outweigh potential benefits. Penn Medicine initially was adamant that this vaccine is completely safe in pregnancy and many pregnant employees received the vaccine. However, recently the policy has changed and now it's not required during pregnancy, but the employee needs to be vaccinated before returning to work.

  • Infants and Infertility

    Will the antibodies against the spike protein encoded by the mRNA and/or the spike protein itself be transmitted into the mother's milk and what are the short and long-term effects on the breastfeeding infant? There are reports of miscarriages and deaths of breastfeeding infants.

    No studies have been performed to determine whether this experimental vaccine results in infertility.

  • Unknown Contents

    No studies have been done to assess cancer risk from exposure to this vaccine or any of its other ingredients.

    A component found within the ingredients of the COVID vaccines is SM-102. The OSHA HCS listing is as follows: This product is for research use - Not for human or veterinary diagnostic or therapeutic use. It is the responsibility of the purchaser to determine suitability for other applications. GHS08 Health Hazard lists 1) Carcinogen. 2H351 Suspected of causing cancer. 2) Reproductive. 2H361 Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child. 3) STOT RE 1H372 Causes damage to the central nervous system, the kidneys, the liver and the respiratory system through prolonged or repeated exposure. There are no other medications currently on the market that contain this ingredient.

  • Discrediting Dissenting Opinions

    The 2008 Nobel laureate Dr. Luc Montagnier who discovered the HIV virus in 1983 and renowned virologist and vaccine developer Dr Geert Vander Bossche state that these new vaccines are extremely effective to prevent disease but not treat infection. They are to be used for prophylaxis but should not be used under high infectious pressure. Being very specific and with strong binding affinity this outcompetes the natural immunity which has low affinity and broad spectrum. These virologists emphatically state that introducing a vaccine during a pandemic will result in immune escape. Their contention was that such a scenario would result in a high number of mutations and variants. Many in the science community did all they could to discredit these two doctors. This is in fact what happened.

  • Poor Study Methods

    The data reported that assigned 95% effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine had 43,548 trial participants. However, their calculation of effectiveness is based on ONLY a total of 170 participants. These 170 participants were the first to develop symptoms of COVID and test positive for SARS-CoV-2. 162 of them were placebo recipients and 8 were vaccine recipients. This is where the “95% effective” calculation comes from. However, the rest of the participants were not tested for infection, nor were they tested for the development of antibodies, which is the endpoint typically used to measure vaccine effectiveness. Since we now know that there are many asymptomatic COVID positive people following vaccination, had they tested all of the 43,548 participants, the efficacy would certainly be much lower.

  • Conflict of Interest

    The announcement on the front page of the Lancaster newspaper of the mandatory requirement to receive an experimental vaccine as terms of employment at Penn Medicine along with the fact that Penn Medicine had developed the vaccine and therefore they were confident it was safe and subsequently could compel their employees to receive this vaccine is certainly biased and would seem to be a conflict of interest.

  • Natural Immunity

    Penn Medicine providers are instructed to not give lab slips to assess for natural (N) antibodies but rather insist on administering COVID vaccine. However, The Lancet vol 397:10283 demonstrates that natural immunity confers 84% lower risk of infection with J&J vaccine only 66.3% effective.

  • One Size Fits All

    Penn Medicine providers are persuaded not to give any medical exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine since the constant mantra is that the vaccine is safe in every person, at every age and every condition or disease process.

  • mRNA Developed as Cancer Treatment

    Initially when these vaccines were introduced, the pharmaceutical companies published press releases stating that mRNA is not new science and that, in fact, it has been around for decades in the research for cancer treatment. These press releases went on to say that while the cancer research was promising in the laboratory, in clinical trials it was not effective. Protocols used for cancer such as chemotherapy and radiation would never be considered for a healthy population.

  • Delivery System Components

    An article published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a division of the National Institutes of Health, said other risks of COVID-19 vaccine include the bio-distribution and persistence of the induced immunogen expression; possible development of auto-reactive antibodies; and toxic effects of any non-native nucleotides and delivery system components. We are concerned about this as well.

  • Diluted Antibody Responses

    Some people considering the vaccine are on a variety of medications for oncological, autoimmune, or chronic inflammatory disorders. These medications may include a combination of Rituximab, Methotrexate, Prednisone, Dexamethasone, Hydroxychloroquine, TNF blockers, IL-blockers, JAK blockers, etc. No research studies are available that speak to the percentage of efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine for people on these immune modifying or immune blocking medications and is it possible that people with these conditions will have a diluted antibody response to the vaccine.

  • Constutional Freedoms

    The Constitution of the United States does not end at the door of your institution. Citizens of United States still have the right to refuse being injected with annything and not be coerced to do so at great expense of money and their livelihood.

Situation

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1) All Penn Medicine/LGH employees were informed on May 19th, 2021 via e-mail and a front page newspaper article that unless they receive an experimental genetic mRNA immunomodulator which produces a spike protein homologous to the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein resulting in an immune reaction against that protein for a viral infection with a 99.82% survivability that they would lose their job in 3 months.  This vaccine has been in clinical trials for 7 months and long-term side-effects are not known.  Package inserts from the manufacturer state informed consent is required.

 2) There are students that have entered into a contract with Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences in which they have started working for Lancaster General Hospital in high school and have proceeded on to nursing school following which they owe Lancaster General Hospital one year of employment as an RN for which they receive 75% tuition break.  This agreement states that if for any reason they are terminated, these young teenagers are now forced with the decision to either receive this experimental medication which may have long-term adverse reactions or face having to repay that 75% tuition reimbursement in 3 months.  It was stated nowhere in this contract that they would give up their informed consent or be required to take part of a phase 3 clinical trial for a vaccination which the CDC VAERS database has recorded fatalities after receiving the vaccination.

Context

SARS-CoV-2 is a viral pathogen purportedly originating from a marketplace in Wuhan, China transmitted from bat soup to humans which has resulted in a global pandemic.  Overall survivability of those infected with the virus is 99.82%.  By all accounts, herd immunity is being reached through a combination of natural immunity and vaccination and restrictions are being lifted.

Conflict

Loyal employees of Penn Medicine/Lancaster General Hospital who have valiantly performed their required tasks throughout a fear paralyzing pandemic and now have legitimate questions about the immediate and long-term effects of an experimental vaccine, are being forced to leave the jobs in which they take great pride unless they are inoculated with an experimental medication against a pandemic which by all accounts is reaching herd immunity. The hallmark and foundation of medicine and research is that of informed consent. Informed consent must be obtained without duress or coercion. The option of consenting to receiving an experimental medication or be forced to leave a job that you enjoy and have performed well is unconscionable. While certain aspects of this mandate seem to have conflict of interest implications, that will be left to judicial courts, but as to the court of public opinion, Penn Medicine and Lancaster General Hospital undoubtedly will suffer great harm.

Liability/Confidence

The CDC and Penn Medicine initially and accurately enforced standard protocol to enter a COVID patient room would require an N95 mask. The N95 mask is the only mask that will filter out greater than 95% of a virus the size of COVID-19. Overnight and with no scientific supporting data, Penn Medicine changed their policy that only surgical masks were required and in fact you were instructed to not use N95 unless the patient was on high-flow oxygen, a ventilator, or receiving a nebulizer treatment. Two days after that change in protocol, one of our members fell ill with a particularly severe case of COVID respiratory infection. She was not allowed to use workman’s compensation because she was told she was wearing the appropriate PPE, which two days earlier would NOT have been appropriate. As of April 2021, once again the protocol for entering the room of a patient infected with COVID-19 is mandatory use of the N95 mask. The stated reason? We have an adequate supply of N95 masks. Many other hospitals allowed their nurses to use sick days when they were required to quarantine as a result of potential exposure. Penn Medicine, however, required their nurses to use their vacation days. Many in our group fully understand that receiving this vaccine can result in significant morbidity and very rarely mortality. Repeatedly in town meetings, it has been made clear that Penn Medicine/LGH is not willing to take liability regarding any adverse reactions caused by this experimental vaccine. The manufacturers are also granted immunity. Being part of a Phase 3 clinical trial, some insurances will not pay for adverse reactions that may result from this experimental medication. These types of capricious changes from the CDC and Penn Medicine have clearly made most of the staff at the hospital question the judgment and have undermined their credibility. Will Penn Medicine sign a detailed legal document for those mandated to receive this vaccine that they will accept all responsibility for adverse outcomes as a result of this experimental vaccine?

Conclusion:

Due to the above concerns and many others, we as a group do not wish to be a part of the phase 3 clinical study of the COVID-19 vaccine and respectfully decline being a participant.