Fact check: Vaccinations are no longer necessary
Denmark's health authorities will be stopping vaccinations on March 15th, the first country to do so.
On May 15th 2022, Denmark is suspending vaccinations, the first country to do so. They are doing this because Omicron is mild and highly contagious, and provides the protection of natural immunity.
Denmark is a country with an extremely efficient and data-driven public health system. Because of this many great studies have been written using Denmark’s data.
Dr John Campbell has been one of my favourite sources of scientific information for the entire pandemic - he examines the latest data and studies and is very reserved in his conclusions; here is his video telling why they are doing this.
Some points from his video:
He says, “Denmark were the first country to remove restrictions, on February 1, realising that you can’t stop the spread of Omicron, especially BA2 and its subvariants, and the vast importance of naturally acquired immunity… not good for pharmaceutical company profits, but good for us… …we want natural immunity, we want longevity, we want safely induced immunity.”
The virus was no longer considered a threat on February 1. Dr Tyler Kraus said Let the new wave run through the population… with Omicron it is impossible to stop the infection even with severe restrictions. Dr Campbell is very pleased to see that a national medical leader has the sheer guts to reflect the accurate science.
Denmark is the first country to suspend Covid 19 Vaccination Programs, from the 15th of May. They may start again after summer. “I feel the sooner other countries follow this lead the better,” Dr Campbell says, “I think Denmark has got it right, they’re allowing natural infection, they’re protecting those that need to be protected, but they’re also saying, basically we’ve vaccinated enough for now.”
The Danish health authority rationale for suspending the vaccination program: the infection is under control, and they have high levels of vaccination in Denmark. Dr Campbell makes the point that there have been very high levels of infection and natural immunity as well.
Bolette Soborg, the Chief Physician of Denmark says: We plan to reopen the vaccination program in the autumn. This will be preceded by a thorough professional assessment of who and when to vaccinate and with which vaccines.
This information will be added to my fact check on Omicron: Fact check: Omicron is no worse than a mild flu.