HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021_10_20 KGould_COVIDFrom:Kincaid Gould
To:aunthank@co.clallam.wa.us; aberry@co.clallam.wa.us; Board of Health; Heidi Eisenhour; Kate Dean; GregBrotherton
Subject:BOH Questions
Date:Wednesday, October 20, 2021 2:42:16 PM
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Hello,
I am writing to express my disappointment with Dr. Berry’s inability/unwillingness to respondto any of my questions and concerns surrounding masks and COVID-19 vaccines. I have sentDr. Berry several emails and have not received a single response. I will concede that at onemeeting (the last BOH meeting, I believe), Dr. Berry nodded her head in agreement afterCommissioner Brotherton said that RRR (Relative Risk Reduction) is a statistic that is used tomeasure all vaccines. That, however, is the extent to which my questions have been addressed(though to be fair, that wasn’t even the crux of my argument and the response did nothing toaddress my concerns). If Dr. Berry simply does not have the time to respond to thecommunity’s questions—though I would be surprised if this was the case, seeing as she wasable to be interviewed in an amateur video that was released the other day—then maybe itwould be prudent for her to focus on being the Health Officer for only one county. (I don’tunderstand why she’s in charge of two counties; wouldn’t it be more sensible to have twodifferent Health Officers for Clallam and Jefferson counties?) If she does have the time, on theother hand, I believe it would be much more beneficial to have a public Q&A whereconcerned (i.e., ‘stupid,’ ‘antivax,’ ‘antiscience’) citizens can actually have their questionsanswered. Resistance to this request has left me stymied. With the Board of Health havingpassed a resolution calling misinformation a ‘public health crisis,’ such a proposal wouldappear to be a golden opportunity to dispel all of that misinformation floating around in ourcommunity.
Dr. Berry, below are a list of questions that I will be asking you at the BOH meeting thisThursday, 10/21/2021. I hope you will take the time to read this email in advance and that youwill be able to answer all of these questions in full at the meeting.
1. I sent you an article published in the Lancet a couple of weeks ago. That article used Pfizer'sdata to show that the Number Needed to Vaccinate was 119. Assuming that this data isaccurate, does that mean that 119 people would need to be vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccineto prevent 1 additional case of COVID-19?
2. At the last BOH meeting, you said that we don't have to read scientific studies because that'swhat you do. I sent you over a dozen studies with evidence showing that masks are ineffective.In fact, many studies that suggest masking as a way to combat COVID-19 merely say thatmasking 'could' have a benefit, despite their own evidence disputing such claims. Did you readthose studies I sent you, and if so, have they in any way affected your view on masking?
3. There are several different vaccines being distributed in the US right now. These vaccinesdo not all appear to be equally safe or effective. If these vaccines have been rigorouslymonitored for safety and efficacy, one would think that by now data would have emergedshowing which is the safest and most effective. If this is the case, which is the safest and mosteffective? If you are mandating vaccination and encouraging vaccine mandates, you should betelling us which single vaccine to take, not telling us 'oh, just take any of them, they're allgreat.' Saying that they are all equally safe and effective when they're clearly not signals thatyou don't have the safety data to justify mandates.
4. JCPH only publishes statistics on the percentage of fully vaccinated and not fullyvaccinated individuals for COVID-19 cases (and the data since August 4th of this year untilOctober 15th indicate that, of the population eligible for vaccination, over 51% of COVID-19cases have been in fully vaccinated individuals).* Why doesn't JCPH provide the samestatistics for COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths?
5. Can you cite any data that shows that these COVID-19 vaccines will have no side effectswithin 10 years after injection? 5 years? 1 year?
6. Is Comirnaty available in Jefferson County?
See you on Thursday,
Sincerely,
Kincaid Gould
-------*Remember that data table I sent you a couple of weeks ago? Here’s the update with lastweek’s data:
Date # OfCases
(Total)
% CasesAmongNot FullyVaccinated
# Of CasesAmongNot FullyVaccinated
Change in #of Cases(Not FullyVaccinated)
% CasesAmongFullyVaccinated
# Of CasesAmongFullyVaccinated
Change in #of Cases(FullyVaccinated)
08/04/2021 525 92.1%484 -7.9%41 -
08/09/2021 554 89.3%495 11 10.7%59 18
08/16/2021 597 86.1%514 19 13.9%83 24
08/23/2021 640 83.4%534 20 16.6%106 23
08/30/2021 685 81.9%561 27 18.1%124 18
09/07/2021 805 77.5%624 63 22.5%181 57
09/13/2021 871 77.76%677 53 22.24%194 13
09/20/2021 932 76.67%715 38 23.33%217 23
09/27/2021 977 75.9%742 27 24.1%235 18
10/01/2021 1005 74.21%746 4 25.79%259 24
10/08/2021 1041 74.05%771 25 25.95%270 11
10/15/2021 1064 73.90%786 15 26.10%278 8
Date # OfNewCases
# Of New CasesAmong NotFully Vaccinated
% Of New CasesAmong NotFully Vaccinated
# Of New CasesAmong FullyVaccinated
% Of New CasesAmong FullyVaccinated
08/04/2021 -----
08/09/2021 29 11 37.9%18 62.1%
08/16/2021 43 19 44.2%24 55.8%
08/23/2021 43 20 46.5%23 53.5%
08/30/2021 45 27 60.0%18 40.0%
09/07/2021 120 63 52.5%57 47.5%
09/13/2021 66 53 80.3%13 19.7%
09/20/2021 61 38 62.3%23 37.7%
09/27/2021 45 27 60.0%18 40.0%
10/01/2021 28 4 14.3%24 85.7%
10/08/2021 36 25 69.4%11 30.6%
10/15/2021 23 15 65.2%8 34.8%
TOTAL 539 302 56.0%237 44.0%
If you subtract the kids aged 0-11 from the data table (all of which should be cases among the‘not fully vaccinated,’ and all of which are ineligible for vaccination), more than half of caseshave been in fully vaccinated individuals. (There have been 75 cases in children aged 0-11
since August 18th, so the number is very likely greater over the period since August 4th.)
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