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A Question of Protection: The future of Covid-19 vaccinations for Grenada

This story was posted 7 months ago
12 July 2020
in Health, PRESS RELEASE
2 min. read
Roslyn A Douglas
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Vaccinations are important. They help prevent and control the spread of infectious communicable diseases and illnesses.

However, numerous news reports have made it clear that once Covid-19 surfaced and spread rapidly around planet earth, causing over 12 million cases and over 500,000 deaths worldwide, the race to develop a vaccine took off. Millions and millions of dollars are being invested into developing a vaccine to control the spread of Covid-19, even while the virus mutates. Notwithstanding, part of the process for verifying the effectiveness of vaccinations is to encourage humans to enroll in clinical trials. These facts raise 2 questions:

  1. What measures have been put in place to protect Grenadians from becoming ‘guinea pigs’ in an ill-intentioned scientists or individuals’ clinical trial?
  2. What reassurances will nationals be given regarding the source of the Covid-19 vaccination supplied to our region — considering our genetic makeup may be different from those tested?

As part of an ongoing online series entitled, “Covid-19 & Those Most at Risk,” Central Health-Grenada interviewed public health practitioner, E Francis Martin (Dr), MD, MPH, on the aforementioned concerns.

Whereas Dr Martin acknowledged that the vaccination protocol and schedule used in Grenada is guided by the technical support of PAHO/WHO, he made it very clear that currently there is an absence of legislation that deals with the protection of human sampling. “There is a concern for the region, in a sense that our small islands, we don’t have strong legislation that speaks to the use of human sampling or use of human subjects for research purposes. So, I will make a blanket statement to say that because we have weak legislation for human sampling, a company can request to use the Caribbean as human subjects. It would be left up to the national governments and the public health and ministries to make a final decision on it,” said Dr Martin

When asked by the Founder of Central Health-Grenada, Roslyn A Douglas, MA, DTM, whether Grenadians should have concerns about the source of the vaccine, Dr Martin legitimised the question, stating that medications that work well for persons with one genetic makeup may not work well for another. “It is true that if your genetic sequencing puts you in a different gene pool, a vaccine that works in “A-area geographically,’ may not necessarily work in “B geographical area.”

To watch the entire 10 minute interview segment visit Central Health-Grenada’s YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbWJK9HPhB4&feature=youtu.be

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  1. James S says:
    7 months ago

    In reasonably healthy individuals, the human immune system does an excellent job to “prevent and control the spread of infectious communicable diseases and illnesses”, thus making vaccinations unnecessary. The exception to this rule is found in countries with widespread malnutrition and/ or poor public sanitation and hygiene practices.

    What Grenada and the world should be concerned about is preventing the spread of pharmaceutical poisoning leading to hundreds of chronic and often irreversible diseases. The use of pharmaceutical drugs is now the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States, but instead of working to improve safety, the 360 billion dollar pharma industry is doubling down with even more dangerous concoctions. God help the world if mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations ever come. According to several industry insiders this new type of m-RNA vaccine will literally alter the DNA of the recipient, with a high chance of side effects, permanent disability, and death.

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  2. Rhondel WIlson says:
    7 months ago

    Well the first sentence is incorrect.

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  3. Catherine Roberts - Pascall says:
    7 months ago

    No to any vaccine!!!!!
    Go to the developed world and see how people from African Ancestry are given second class quality health care, even if you are a professional.
    Give us better health care
    better education
    better opportunities
    better housing
    reparation/ l\rather all our money back,
    stop creating house slaves

    VACCINE WILL NOT HELP OR SOLVE THE PROBLEM WE DID NOT CREATE!
    VACCINE US FOR CORONA VIRUS
    VACCINE US FOR EBOLA,
    H1NI
    SARS
    ZICA
    MALARIA
    DENGUE
    CHIC V
    And then what else?
    Experiment with the flu vaccine
    with the birth control injection

    NO VACCINES IN GRENADA
    THESE MEDICAL DOCTORS NEED TO GO AND SPEND 6 MONTHS IN THE LABS WHERE THESE VACCINES ARE MADE AND TAKE THE VACCINE FIRST

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