MOH rejects call by People’s Power Party to temporarily suspend Covid-19 vaccination – The Straits Times

Covid-19 infection can also cause complications related to the heart and brain.

MOH said people need to draw the right conclusions and follow the scientific evidence.

Several examples given by the PPP were either not written by the authors they cited, or their work had been debunked, said the MOH.

For example, the PPP cited Dr Peter McCullough, who claimed that the risks of myocarditis outweigh the benefits of vaccination.

MOH said his article, A Systematic Review Of Autopsy Findings In Deaths After Covid-19 Vaccination, was removed by Preprints With The Lancet.

The reason given was the studys conclusions are not supported by the study methodology.

The Lancet journal said preprints are early-stage research papers that have not been peer-reviewed.

Regarding the claim made by Dr Geert Vanden Bosshe, a virologist from Belgium, that mass vaccinations expedited the evolution of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, MOH said that viruses naturally mutate as they replicate, and that there is no evidence that the mRNA vaccines contributed to evolution.

Three others mentioned by the PPP Dr Robert Malone, Dr Aseem Malhotra and Professor Angus Dalgleish did not author the articles which the PPP had quoted them as saying.

In mid-May, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung warned that Singapore was facing an upsurge in Covid-19, which he expected to peak towards the end of June.

At that time, about 250 people were hospitalised for Covid-19 each day.

This has since gone up to an average of 371 a day, an MOH spokesman told The Straits Times, although the number requiring intensive care remains low.

More people are also being diagnosed with Covid-19. There were 24,800 cases in the week of May 19-25, up from 21,900the previous week.

Looking back at the pandemic, which raged globally for more than two years from 2020, the ministry said: The high level of vaccine protection in our society averted many Covid-related deaths, protected our healthcare system from being overwhelmed, and allowed us to preserve lives and livelihoods.

The normalcy in our daily lives today is in large part due to the protection that Covid-19 vaccines provide.

On May 18, the MOH said that about 80 per cent of people here who have completed their initial or additional vaccine doses have not received a dose within the past year.

The recommendation is for people who are 60 years and older, or who are medically vulnerable, to be vaccinated annually.

The Covid-19 vaccine remains free for all eligible residents at 250 Healthier SG clinics and at five joint testing and vaccination centres, and selected polyclinics.

Urging people, especially those at higher risk of severe illness if infected, to stay up to date with their Covid-19 vaccines, the spokesman said the ministry is closely tracking the KP.1 and KP.2 wave, and is ready to implement additional measures to preserve our healthcare capacity if necessary.

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