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The health minister’s representative in the House of Commons has confirmed that COVID-19 vaccines were approved without evidence they prevent transmission.
Mr. Naqvi, who serves as parliamentary secretary to Health Minister Mark Holland, was providing a response to formal questions from Tory MP Colin Carrie filed in an order paper.
Mr. Naqvi elaborated that in February and March 2021, a few months after vaccines were first authorized, preliminary data from the ongoing clinical trials “showed a lower prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in asymptomatic participants in the short term.”
Controversy around the issue of vaccines not being tested to stop transmission erupted in October 2022 when Dutch Member of the European Parliament Rob Roos reported that a Pfizer executive had testified in a hearing that studies on transmission had not been performed initially. The executive said such trials had not been required to bring products to market.
Mr. Carrie sought to confirm the matter with the Canadian government and find out what evidence it had. He also asked why, in the event of the absence of evidence about prevention of transmission, there was “public messaging suggesting that herd immunity was achievable through mass vaccination.”
Throughout the pandemic, government officials said that the only way to get through the pandemic was for everyone to be vaccinated.
“We need all of us to get vaccinated, as quickly as possible, so we can get back to normal,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in May 2021 during the initial vaccine rollout.
All of the COVID-19 vaccines were approved in record time through an irregular process that allowed manufacturers to skip testing steps to bring their products to market. Health Canada allowed for rolling submissions of clinical trial data to come in as the vaccines were not only already in use, but also being mandated.
After winning the September election, the Liberal government imposed vaccine mandates in October 2021 on the public service, on federally regulated sectors, and for travel by plane, train, and some marine vessels.
In his response to Mr. Carrie, Mr. Naqvi said that by December 2021 and in the context of the circulating Delta variant, “evidence was emerging that vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 decreases with time after the primary series and there may be some decrease in protection against severe illness, especially in older individuals.”
“Decreasing protection against infection could contribute to increased transmission, since infected individuals may be a source of infection for others,” said Mr. Naqvi. It was therefore determined to recommend a booster dose, he added.
Natural Immunity
Mr. Carrie also asked the government about this issue: “Why was naturally-acquired immunity not considered an appropriate form of immunity against SARS-CoV-2?”
Mr. Naqvi responded that natural immunity “can protect against infection in the short term, but less is known about the long term.” He added that a prior infection might not provide immunity against a new circulating strain of the virus. Mr. Naqvi also claimed, citing unspecified studies, that reinfection is more likely to happen in those who are unvaccinated.
Mr. Naqvi also said that COVID-19 vaccines provide “enhanced” protection against symptomatic disease.
“Protection against infection wanes over time for those who are vaccinated as well,” said Mr. Naqvi. “However, protection is more sustained against severe COVID-19 illness.”
The MP also claimed that there are no known safety risks with receiving a vaccine after a recent SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Dr. Bernard Massie, a virologist and former National Research Council acting director general of the Human Health Therapeutic Research Center, says that the concept of hybrid immunity is nothing more than “marketing.”
“The notion of hybrid immunity has never been validated by serious scientific studies,” he told The Epoch Times.
Dr. Oldfield called the assertion that reinfection is more prevalent in the unvaccinated “totally fictitious.”
He noted that if mRNA vaccines were effective, there would be no need for repeated boosters. Dr. Oldfield added that such a process can lead to immune tolerance where the antibody response against the generated spike protein by the mRNA vaccine effectively shuts down.
Mr. Carrie represents the Ontario riding of Oshawa and served as parliamentary secretary to the health minister from 2008 to 2013 under the Stephen Harper government.
Regarding his questions related to COVID-19 and immunity, he said he was interested in finding out what evidence the government had.
“It just seems that there wasn’t a lot of it and they were telling the public something different,” he said. “And that is problematic for me.”
Mr. Carrie, who worked as a chiropractor before entering politics, remarked that for three years it “seems like we forgot all about” natural immunity.
“We’ve known since 2000 years, once you get an infection, the immunity you have can be lifetime.”
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