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Do we need a Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccination?

Munhee Jeon1, Jongsung Oh2 and Ki-Yeob Jeon3*

1Department of Surgery, Presbyterian Medical Center-Jesus Hospital, Jeonju, 54987, the Republic of Korea
2Department of Orthopedics, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, JBNU, 54907, the Republic of Korea
3Hopkins Jeonil Internal Medicine Clinic, Song-cheon-Joong-ang-Ro 154, 54836, the Republic of Korea

*Address for Correspondence: Ki-Yeob Jeon, Hopkins Jeonil Internal Medicine Clinic, Jeonju, 54836, the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Tel: +82-107-701-5621; E-mail: kjeon@hanmail.net

Submitted: 26 February 2021; Approved: 03 March 2021; Published: 03 March 2021

Citation this article: Jeon M, Jongsung Oh, Jeon KY. Do we need a Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccination? American J Epidemiol Public Health. 2021 March 04;5(1): 032-035. doi: 10.37871/ajeph.id46

Copyright: © 2021 Jeon M, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Keywords: COVID-19 vaccine; Hydroxychloroquine; Ivermectin; Health passport; Protective immunity

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Survey showed about 39% of persons would not get a COVID-19 vaccine because of various reasons: of skeptical about the Warp Speed of the vaccine manufacture; of possible health risks such as allergy; of not wanting to have a COVID-19 vaccination; or of scientific-based decisions [1]. Compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations can be a hot issue in this sense not only in the civilian society-nearly 30% of healthcare workers and most of NBA players turned down the COVID-19 vaccinations-but also in the government spheres, and even in the military areas-about one-third of U.S. soldiers opted out of the COVID-19 vaccinations [2].

European Parliament passed the Resolution 2361 on January 2021 regarding the ethical, legal and practical aspects of COVID-19 vaccines and decided that the COVID-19 vaccination should neither be mandatory as booked in the Clause 7.3.1. of the Resolution 2361 nor be discriminatory against for not having been COVID-19 vaccinated as recorded in the Clause 7.3.2 [3]. Even in a notable democratic liberal state-New York, employers should prove “significant difficulty or expense” to overcome or deny an employee’s religious observance [4].

There are strong waves to enforce COVID-19 vaccinations and digital health passports in using public facilities including hotels, sports centers, libraries, markets, schools, mass transporting systems, and in crossing international borders [5]. But antipathy to compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations and digital health passports, and also anti-coerced COVID-19 vaccination movements are strong enough to hold many demonstrations worldwide, and in this sense, at least several things must be addressed before the implementation of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations and COVID-19 vaccine passport: first, upholding human rights and protecting privacy data; second, guaranteeing of absence of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by COVID-19 vaccinations and/or by digital health passports; third, establishing a system to compensate and support victims of COVID-19 vaccinations-disabilities, disastrous injuries such as Monsterism which occurred in 0.02% of the vaccines [6], Bell’s palsy, transverse myelitis, miscarriages or pre-term births, thrombocytopenia, heart attacks, or cerebral strokes [7], financial losses, PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)s, and deaths; fourth, protecting and not discriminating against COVID-19 non-vaccinees of religious belief or of physical conditions; fifth, providing non-pharmacologic & pharmacologic prevention and treatment methods in every COVID-19-damaged country to replace or minimize the mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations and supporting the preexisting human immunities which are existing even before the COVID-19 vaccinations as reported in Singapore (51.4%) [7], Germany (81%) [8], and South Korea (60%) [9]; sixth, clarifying the constituents of COVID-19 vaccines is necessary because there were reports that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg commented that the COVID-19 vaccines might change human DNA and RNA [10], that Anthony Fauci challenged that vaccines using replication-defective adenovirus vectors might increase HIV infection [11], that some COVID-19 vaccines might cause infertility in women [12], and that cadmium, which would be a core-portion of a semi-conductor quantum dot which can be connected to 5G Wi-Fi, was found in a vaccine and COVID-19 vaccines also need to be tested to see if they have any metals, which are unnecessary for the function of a typical vaccine [13]; and seventh, doing animal tests to explore the long-term effects, pathophysiologic effects, genetic effects of the COVID-19 vaccines and to find treatment methods for sequelae of the COVID-19 vaccinations because, of note, all Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccines did not have long-term animal studies and were permitted for Emergency Use only.

In summary, a survey showed about 39% of persons would not get a COVID-19 vaccine. As there are strong waves to enforce COVID-19 vaccinations and digital health passports so do strong anti-coerced COVID-19 vaccination movements. Lots of controversies regarding the compulsory COVID-19 vaccines and related things were summarized in table 1 into four different spheres. There is a better alternate to COVID-19 vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19, which is Corona prevention cocktail and/or Ivermectin. Relative risk reduction, Absolute risk reduction, and Number needed to treat of current four Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccines were introduced in table 2.

Table 1: A summary of four Aspects of COVID-19 vaccines.
Pros (Vaccine effectiveness) Cons (Vaccine Adverse Events Reports)
1) Pfizer vaccine- 95% [14].
2) Moderna vaccine - 94.1% [15].
3) Johnson & Johnson-90% (1st dose), 100% (2nd dose) [16].
4) AstraZeneca-70.4% (58.9% against asymptomatic infection) [17].
5) Rates of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination-stable;
all-cause mortality following COVID-19 vaccination-lower than that of the background [18]. 		1) The 2nd dose of vaccine would increase 3.46-fold of adverse event than the 1st dose of 1.3 deaths/100,000/6 weeks [19].
2) People of the countries of lower than 4.49 (or 1.3 x 3.46) deaths/100,000/6 weeks (or 30 out of 58 countries or 44.8% of 5.8 billion people) has a lower risk of death associated with COVID-19 disease than that of COVID-19 vaccinations [19]
3) Even before COVID-19 vaccinations, 51.4~81% people have protective immunity against COVID-19 as seen in Singapore (51.4%) [7], Germany (81%) [8], and Republic of Korea (South Korea, 60%) [9]
4) There are 3- to 30-fold of other adverse events as bad as deaths [19]
5) COVID-19 vaccine makers are immune from legal, ethical, or financial liabilities [12]. No actual compensation system. We should be informed citizens to fight against COVID-19.
Challenges against the compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations Proposals for the prevention of transmission and death of COVID-19
1) The effectiveness of Pfizer vaccine was suggested to be 19% or 29%-too small to get an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for COVID-19 vaccines of 50% effectiveness [20].
2) Vaccine trials did not answer whether the vaccine can prevent the transmission of severe form of COVID-19 or the COVID-19 death [20].
3) A November 2020 survey showed that 39% would opt out a COIVD-19 vaccine [1].
4) Real Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of COVID-19 would be akin to 0.1% and when the CFR is low there is little need for a vaccine [21].
5) COVID-19 vaccines could be useless for endlessly modifying strains [22]. 		1) Adopt the newly introduced COVID-19 diagnostic criteria of the WHO [23].
2) Adopt non-pharmacological & pharmacological measures focused on the COVID-19 vulnerable instead of total lock-down [24].
3) Adopt Corona treatment cocktail  ([Vit C 12 g/d + Vit D 10,000 IU/d + Zinc 100 mg/d + HCQ 400 mg/d] for 5 days + Azithromycin 500 mg/d for 3 days) [24] or/and ivermectin 200 μg/Kg on day 1 (and day 7) [25].
4) Adopt Corona prevention cocktail ([Vit C 3 g/d + Vit D, 5,000 IU/d + Zinc 50 mg/d] everyday + HCQ,  [400 mg/week]) for long-term [24] or Ivermectin for short-tern
5) Adopt Exo-CD24 for treatment of cytokine storm cases of COVID-19 [26].
Table 2: Relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction, and number needed to treat of the current four Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccines and an alternative prevention of Corona prevention cocktail & Ivermectin.

A method for the prevention of COVID-19

 A better alternate
COVID-19 Vaccines

 RRR (Relative Risk Reduction)

 ARR
(Absolute Risk Reduction),

 NNT (Number Needed to Treat)

 Corona prevention cocktail
&
Ivermectin
BNT162b2 Pfizer

 (162-8)/162
= 95.1% [14]

154/21,270
= 0.72%

138.1 persons

Vit C + Vit D, [r = -   0.44 between COVID-19 occurrence and Vit D concentration, p = 0.05] [27] + Zinc [indirect evidence of zinc deficiency persons have poorer outcomes] [28] + HCQ, [36% prevention in post-exposure conditions, p < 0.006]) [24,29] and/or Ivermectin [two-dose of 300 μg/Kg made 73% prevention of COVID-19 infection, p = 0.00] [30]

mRNA-1273 Moderna

 (185-11)/185
= 94.1% [15]

174/15,210
= 1.14%

87.4 persons

Ad26.COV2.S
Johnson & Johnson

 Neutralizing antibody were detected in 90% on day 29, 100% by day 57, and remained at least day 71 [16].

ChAdOx1 nCoV-19
AstraZeneca

 (30-3)/30
= 90% [17]
(1st dose of 2.2 x 1010 & 2nd dose of 5 x 1010 viral particles, aged 18-55 years)

27/1367
= 1.97%

50.6 persons

Control groups were injected with meningococcal vaccines or saline [17].

Complications

 Deaths (1st dose: 1.3 deaths/100,000/6 weeks; 2nd dose: 4.49 deaths/100,000/6 weeks) [19], Bell’s palsy, transverse myelitis, miscarriages or pre-term births, thrombocytopenia, heart attacks, or cerebral strokes, PTSD, Monsterism [6].

Vit D toxicity,
Zinc toxicity,
HCQ side effects,
Ivermectin side effects,
Compensation or Reimbursement

 No and Impossible [12].

Maybe impossible.

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