COVID-19 vaccines pose a 112,000% greater risk of brain clots and strokes than flu vaccines and a 20,700% greater risk of those symptoms than all other vaccines combined, according to a peer-reviewed study that calls for a global moratorium on the vaccines.
The study, published last week in the International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science, found reports of 5,137 cases of cerebral thromboembolism after COVID-19 shots over 36 months. This compares to 52 reported cases following flu vaccination and 282 cases for all vaccines over the past 34 years.
According to the study, this represents an "alarming breach in the safety signal threshold concerning cerebral thrombosis adverse events" following COVID-19 vaccination.
The study's authors — independent researcher Claire Rogers, obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. James A. Thorp, independent researcher Kirstin Cosgrove and cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough — used data from the U.S. government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), for their analysis.
Comment: Considering how under-used the VAERS database has been reported to be, the likelihood is that the numbers of vaccine injured is even higher.
The data also indicated 9,821 reports of atrial fibrillation — an irregular heart rhythm that is "the most common identifiable cause of cerebral arterial thromboembolism" — following COVID-19 vaccination in 41 months, compared to 797 cases reported in 34 years for all other vaccines combined.
Rogers told The Defender the findings confirm anecdotal evidence of an increased incidence of stroke seen during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rogers said:
"Cerebral thrombosis case reports in VAERS substantially increased after the COVID vaccines. Not only have clinicians witnessed this in the hospital setting, but the average citizen has seen increased reports of stroke in celebrities, athletes and young people."
McCullough told The Defender the study employed a "reasonable vaccine safety research strategy" by comparing "a new vaccine to the routine influenza vaccination as a 'safe' standard." He said the results showed "horrific outcomes" following COVID-19 vaccination.
These outcomes led the study's authors to call for an immediate global moratorium on the use of COVID-19 vaccines "to mitigate further risk with an absolute contraindication in women of reproductive age."
"Our study joins the growing chorus of analyses calling for all COVID-19 vaccines to be removed from the market," McCullough said. The withdrawal "should be the first priority" for the next administration.
Spike protein implicated in increased stroke risk
According to the study, the spike protein found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 vaccines is likely a significant contributor to brain clots and strokes.
"Early in the COVID pandemic, it became evident that there was a thrombogenic effect of the Sars-CoV-2 virus and it is now believed that the spike proteins [are] one of the major contributors to this thrombogenic effect," the study said.
According to the study, the original strain of the virus led to "a variety of severe thromboembolic events." However over time, "natural evolution may have resulted in less virulent strains."
This original risk was replaced by an increase in the incidence of microclots, "affecting the smaller vessels in the circulatory system." The study noted that it is "widely understood that cumulative exposure to the spike protein" leads to an increased risk of such clots in patients.
According to Rogers, "One mechanism by which the spike protein is thought to contribute to this pathogenesis is by triggering endothelial dysfunction" — a condition that exists when coronary arteries are constricted even though there isn't a physical blockage.
The study did not compare the different COVID-19 vaccine types — the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines, and the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) and AstraZeneca adenovirus-based vaccines. Rogers noted, though, that the adenovirus vaccines were withdrawn in the U.S. and Europe following reports of blood clots.
Noting that VAERS "is regulated, owned, and maintained" by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the study addressed the relative advantages and disadvantages of using this database for such an analysis.
"Despite the bias of the CDC/FDA and their attempts to hide, conceal, and 'throttle' the deaths and injuries caused by the COVID-19 vaccines, there remains an unprecedented breach of the safety signal using their own criteria," the study said.
This safety signal is evident even though the "relative underreporting factor ... in VAERS is thought to be in the range of 30-100."
A 2011 Harvard study found that less than 1% of all adverse events are reported to VAERS.
Calls intensify for a moratorium on COVID shots
Karl Jablonowski, Ph.D., senior research scientist at Children's Health Defense, told The Defender that despite "the limitations of using VAERS data to infer risk," he was "startled" by the study's results. He said the study adds to the growing number of voices calling for a moratorium on the administration of the COVID-19 vaccines.
"While one study does not justify a moratorium, a cacophony of studies does," Jablonowski said.
According to the study, "There are now 3,580 studies published in peer-reviewed medical journals documenting injuries, disabilities, and deaths after COVID-19 vaccines," strengthening calls for their withdrawal.
Last month, Idaho's Southwest District Health said it would stop offering COVID-19 vaccines, following testimony by members of the local community and by experts including McCullough and Thorp.
This followed last month's release of a Slovak government report calling mRNA shots "dangerous" and calling for their ban. Also last month, a town council in Western Australia called for a ban on mRNA products.
In January, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo called for a "halt in the use of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines" over safety concerns.
Psychotherapist Joseph Sansone, Ph.D., author of the "Ban the Jab" resolution adopted by 10 Florida counties, supported the study's call for a moratorium on the COVID-19 vaccines.
He said:
"COVID-19 and mRNA nanoparticle injections are biological and technological weapons of mass destruction. It is time for the medical community to tell the truth and admit they were lied to like everybody else. These injections harm those injected and those not injected, via the shedding of this technology.
"All mRNA nanoparticle injections need to be prohibited immediately and there needs to be a thorough investigation into the criminals behind this attack on humanity."
Organizations including the World Council for Health, Doctors for COVID Ethics and the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons have also called for a moratorium on the COVID-19 vaccines.
"COVID vaccine uptake by the public is at an all-time low," Rogers said. "The need is no longer there for production of these products."
Jablonowski said:
"A global moratorium on the COVID-19 vaccines would be a major step forward for humanity, not just in human health but for our humility.
"We would have to admit that we were fooled into taking a dangerous product and that our governments, scientists and pharmaceutical companies were all too willing to fool us. Our brighter future starts when we come to these terms."
Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., based in Athens, Greece, is a senior reporter for The Defender and part of the rotation of hosts for CHD.TV's "Good Morning CHD."
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