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BTW - I originally accidentally said she received the Pfizer vaccine in the subhead. The story is correct. She received the Moderna vaccine. I have corrected the subhead.

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My brother in law dropped dead at his job about a week to 10 days after his second Moderna jab! He had no current health problem but was a little over weight. Doctors say a blood clot hit his heart, but it was heart related. His daughter begged him not to get it. He's not on any list.

https://obituaries.jacksonvilleprogress.com/obituary/david-cooley-1082487490

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I'm so sorry! Did you post on social media anywhere? When people come out for their loved ones it can be very powerful, but I do understand if you want to keep it to yourself. I'm sure there is a lot of sharks waiting to attack as well.

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Great and devastating story. After reading your Twitter thread, I checked news outlets. They are not mentioning that she had a vaccine, only describing a "virus" and "a heart condition," as if it's perfectly normal for a healthy teenager to suddenly die from a heart condition.

How can parents get accurate information about the vaccine risks in this kind of climate? Absolutely criminal.

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I saw the same thing, all the stories I found didn't mention at all that she had been vaccinated.. disgusting to hide this when it could save lives

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Excellent reporting and writing, Alex. Where can I contribute funds so we get more of this outstanding work?

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I will let everyone know when I introduce a paid Substack option. For now I have not because I would like to be sure I am able to post at least once a week before doing so. I don't want readers to feel they are paying and not getting anything.

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Understood! I really enjoyed the longer-form version of Alex Berenson here.

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I certainly don't need something every week. I just want to help your being able to research and write

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Don't Feel that way Alex , I had sent you a check a few weeks ago now and I hope that you have got it.

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Common sense tells us our children and young adults our most valued citizens . They also are very unlikely to have a problem if they get Covid . To vaccinate them in order to protect the old, sick, fat people in this country is cowardly .

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It also won't work, since a "fully vaccinated" person can still contract and transmit the virus.

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Alex, as always great job. I only wish mainstream journalists had your curiosity, drive and skills to produce this level of reporting. Really good piece. Keep up the good work. Anything coming down the pike on the Wuhan conspiracy?

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THANK YOU for being one of the few journalists who have sought out the truth since this pandemic began!

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I work in a cardiac cath lab and have seen myocarditis and clotting issues from the vaccine firsthand. I should also state that covid causes the same problems directly. The issue is clearly the patient population that is presenting with these conditions are not normally cardiac patient types and have just received their second shots. The good news is that the numbers are tapering off as vaccination rates have maxed out. I will not be vaccinating my children as risk-benefit isn’t advantageous. The government has lied about the frequency of side effects, some deadly, and other long term effects to be determined. Unfortunately there are numerous sad stories of healthy people succumbing to these harmful effects. It’s important that we understand that a shot for everyone may not be what’s best for each individual. Respect each person’s decision. This should not be mandatory to attend school.

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19 years old? There is a huge danger related to the Moderna vaccine tell me what’s being done with respect to this poorly manufactured vaccine, that offers total protection from wrongful death and no Law Suits for damage and deaths? Scary people this is total BS!

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As a retired trial attorney, I would be looking into suing Northwestern for requiring the shot to attend college. There is nothing in legal doctrine that allows this, but then again, the judiciary has been so corrupted that the cause of action may be dismissed out of hand, which is what the Courts of Appeal are for. I predict that there will be many lawsuits for deaths and injuries to these young people, who do not need any so-called vaccination, as they are not at risk. In the corrupted blue states, it may be harder to get to a jury, but in the red states, elemental justice is still obtainable. There is so much medical information out there that an incredibly strong case can be made against these academic organizations to dictating such actions.

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Very sad situation to anyone who has lost a loved one during this truly rough time. The Misinformation being told is incredibly harmful to so many and the Mental health issues created are destroying lives Families. Lots of Critical care doctors are retiring because of the stress where I am we are losing 3 Critical care doctors and this is hurting me because I have been with them since 2008

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Glad to see this article posted on your new substack. I felt like it made sense to post it here yesterday when I first saw it posted on twitter yesterday.

Thanks for all of your hard work and objectivity over the past year and a half. You've been an extremely helpful source of information during the pandemic.

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2020/2021 shall be known as the years of “ coincidences” !

I am throughly disgusted with the physicians that aren’t seeing the blatantly OBVIOUS connection to the vaccines! I have lost faith and TRUST in these physicians. Even more disturbing is that they aren’t reporting to Vaers. I imagine most aren’t reporting because their superiors are telling them not to, or for fear of retribution. That makes the cdc , fda , and the vaccine manufacturers very happy , in my opinion.

Despite the low reporting rates , those “minuscule” numbers reported have blown prior years reports of other vaccines out of the water. The true numbers are much higher.

I would advise anyone having a vaccine reaction to have a loved one with you and record and get written documentation of everything regarding your treatment, or lack thereof . Take names.

The people who are losing loved ones to the vaccines, and those suffering injuries are being silenced and censored by social media like Facebook, and ignored by the lying mainstream media. But there’s too many “ coincidences “ out there now to silence them all, and there will be more to come.

The numbers of people worldwide on Facebook alone reporting their experiences was shocking. So shocking that Facebook deleted their groups and pages.

I personally know several people who suffered serious adverse events, some life changing. I currently know more people that had an adverse event from the vaccines than I know who had Covid. How disturbing is that?

My heart goes out to anyone who lost a loved one to these vaccines ( especially a child) . These were preventable deaths. There is NO proper INFORMED CONSENT being given.

If true informed consent were given, nobody in their right mind would take these vaccines. People need to be held accountable.

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I understand this is anecdotal, but chilling. My daughter is a college student and had coronavirus in March. Virginia has mandated that all students must be vaccinated before they can return to schools for the Fall semester. My daughter believes she does not need the vaccine right now, but has just taken the first dose because she does not want to be ostracized by the school and her (uninformed peers) or have me fight the issue in court. The pressure to fight back is overwhelmed by the social expectation to just do as we are told. (My wife and I have had the vaccine, but we never had symptoms of coronavirus, so I'm not anti-vax, just think it should be case-by-case, and exclude those under 25 who have already recovered.)

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I rec'd 2 doses of Pfizer in March. I have diabetes, not well controlled, but my most recent labs indicate that my kidney function has decreased. My kidneys were fine prior to the vaccine.

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COVID deniers often point to it's low mortality rate as an argument against preventative measures like masking and social distancing. Yet they are often the same folks that point to incidents like this that actually have a MUCH lower chance of occurring relative to death by COVID. Can't have it both ways. There have been deaths caused by Tylenol. Yet 99.999% of the 145 million people vaccinated population experienced no side affects let alone deaths as a result of the vaccine.

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Masking and social distancing are entirely unproven (and in some cases, disproven) to prevent the spread of any virus. The easiest way to not die from a vaccine is to not get it. Especially given that the vaccine has been stated not to prevent you from contracting or from spreading COVID-19. And, as someone else pointed out, young people have a virtually 0% chance of dying from COVID-19.

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Your figures are seemingly pulled out of a hat, as there are many thousands of deaths connected to the shot by the reporting system, which even physicians admit only reports around 1% of adverse reactions. Most of the jabbed people do have side effects, so again, where do you get your made up figures and comments. This is not a vaccine, but an experimental drug which has not undergone the lengthy and extreme testing normally required. In addition, Pfizer made $3.5 billion in profit on the experimental drug last year, with Moderna and Astro Seneca likely doing so as well. Based on your submission below, I would opine that you are a drug company employee, or a physician bought and paid for by the pharmaceutical industry.

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The point here is that these people wished they had known of potential serious side effects such as this. They could then make their own risk assessment. For many it would be easy, since a healthy 19 year old's odds of dying from Covid are statistically zero.

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Most side effects are never reported

WHAT IS A “Covid denier?”

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Ignorance is a very comfortable condition for you to operate as a pawn in a game that you know nothing about.

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You seemed to have failed math, the rate for cases like this are MUCH higher than covid. mRNA vaccines hospitalize and kill far more kids than covid did even during its peak, because kids are not susceptible to covid to begin with! The vaccine however is an experimental gene therapy that spreads spike proteins all throughout the body, which has lead to these proteins creating blood clots in the brain, heart etc. Its far more dangerous than covid.. smh your ignorance is getting innocent children killed

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Your argument does not apply to parents of children. Teens and younger have almost zero risk of death by covid. Why would you give them a vaccine with the same risk of serious cardiac inflammation and death? Yes, you can believe in vaccines for older and vulnerable population and still draw the line at children and young adults like I do. It's not all or nothing. Pfizer and Moderna don't want anyone to know that recovered covid gives lifelong immunity for 99.9999% of people! Just like the original SARS.

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My body my choice. I want freedom and liberty for me and you.

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Ah, great to see Team Apocalypse keepin' it classy, as always.

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Ignorance is a class in itself, you resemble that snark-face.

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Stop

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Very ironic that as stated in my post the same people that claim virtual zero probability of Covid death are the same ones pointing the finger at the supposed dangers of a vaccine that has had a much lower incidence rate of serious side effects let alone death when compared to Covid. Make up your minds, does virtually zero matter or not.

I won't even address the blatant mistruth about the inefficacy of social distancing and masking. Sounds very similar to claims about a recent election being rigged.

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According to CDC data...

314 children age 0-17 years of age died with/from Covid-19 between January 1, 2020 and June 9, 2021. 45,926 children in this age range died from something else in the same time period.

940 adolescents and young adults age 15-24 years of age died with/from Covid-19 between January 1, 2020 and June 9, 2021. 48,698 adolescents and young adults in this age range died from something else in the same time period.

Most of the children, adolescents, and young adults who died of C19 were reported to have underlying health conditions that put them at greater risk.

https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-by-Sex-and-Age/9bhg-hcku?fbclid=IwAR2ZuYssiFDMZnxvFXO2keQhoYzV95TJZXPa_XtmOt8supGZFkO2MFo9syo

According to the CDC, ~5% of C19 deaths list the virus as the only cause mentioned on the death certificate. The remaining ~95% of deaths had on average 4.0 additional conditions or causes of death. The average age of death was ~78 years.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm?fbclid=IwAR0nz36pTfb8BZPwtxJ49-s8lHV7lQ1eQSmk0r06QueL6Eem4pWSzJz9Ouc#Comorbidities

The use of any medical intervention, especially preventive interventions such as vaccines that are given to healthy people, requires a risk-benefit determination. Does the risk of the experimental "vaccine" outweigh the risk of the virus to the vaccine recipient? These determinations are made by age and risk cohort. Children, pregnant women and nursing mothers, cancer patients, people with chronic illnesses, the elderly, etc., are all separate cohorts. Their risk/benefit is not the same.

Additionally, the EUAs for all three "vaccines" currently used in the United States do not claim to prevent infection or transmission of the virus. They only claim to mitigate symptoms with infection. Your jab protects you...no one else. So, there is no reason to take the "vaccine" to protect others as you can still contract and transmit the virus.

Moreover, this virus is treatable. It has always been treatable with two drugs (HCQ and Ivermectin) on the WHO list of essential medicines with long and well understood safety profiles. You should ask yourself why the medical field, public health, and the media have suppressed this information. You should ask yourself why access to these medicines has been blocked in many areas of the country and the world.

This healthy young woman had a very low risk from the virus. She did not need the "vaccine" to protect herself or anyone else.

Public health, aided and abetted by the media, lied to her about her risk from the virus and lied to her about the safety of the experimental "vaccines".

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Fabulous comment

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Well stated.

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Well said! So much better than my post! Also with the NIH refusing to post an at home protocol, this prevents any medicaid patient from receiving at home drug treatment to prevent hospitalization. They are literally told by doctors to wait it out at home until they cannot breath then come to the ER. (I'm a nurse 2st hand experience). This is why so many C19 patients in hospitals are minorities. The patients with private doctors are getting home drug therapy by their physicians who are laying low. Researc has been hampered by the way research is funded in the USA. Research scientists have to get grants to fund their research AND their personal salaries. Universities provide no salary to thei researchers (only benefits such as healthcare and pension). Most medical researchers get funding from NIG or China so they cannot publish anything that contradicts what NIH or China wants. Lack of research on home drug therapy has been devastating for C19. See Dr Peter McCullough testimony on utube.

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Public health officials murdered her, let's not skirt the language

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at home precautions have not been talked about much. Ashwagandha, 1000 mg, Glutathione 500 mg twice a day and Budesonide once a day along with Zinc Acetate and D3 should help from having serious problems with C19 with what they are calling the variant. Beefs the bodies immune system to respond to spikes of bad proteins (blood clotting) N-Acetyl Cysteine is helpful just as HCQ. Don't take my word.But I have been advised bu people close to the problem advocators. By the way ivermectin can be found at your local Farm Suppy.

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Nope, looking at the recent data myself, it's very likely more people under 30 will die from a vaccine than coronavirus if current trends hold true as we roll out to students. Alex, do you agree...looking deeper into the data that we see coming in?

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One has zero to do with the other.

Science isn’t your strong suit, is it?

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This is according to the CDC. So obviously you don’t understand science, do you?

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Wow, you seem a little unhinged and angry. Eat a Snickers bar - you'll feel better and be more coherent.

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Read my reply above. Different age groups have different risks and must be treated based on that science

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You are clueless. Your ignorance must be a great comfort for your to wallow in your deluded script which has been fed to you by people who care less about you than their poodles. When you wake up, it'll be too late. Pitiful.

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This is so very sad. But the worst is the coverup by news media. It baffles me why?

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My Father in law received the AstraZeneca vaccine two weeks ago (second dose),he was taken to hospital 6 days ago with numbness in his left arm and tingling in his finger tips, they kept him over night for tests as he had almost no pulse in his arm, they found a blood clot near his elbow, after further tests they then found another clot near his shoulder then another at the top of his forearm, he had surgery to break up and remove them, the really worrying thing is that he has low platelets so they are struggling to find a medication for him to take that would prevent blood clots without putting him at even greater risk, after looking at the guide on people with low platelet count taking the vaccine it’s quite clear they require specialist treatment and should be monitored, he told them about his condition before the first vaccine but didn’t receive any letter, phone call or advice on what could happen, there is a clear disconnect between what the protocol is for certain patients and the people actually giving the vaccine, there is clear advice on people with certain ailments (such as high blood pressure) but they are not being given it at the vaccination sites, they are just given the jab and sent on their way, my Father in law is now at home recovering and seems fine but with such a strange situation of clotting while having naturally thin blood it’s still very worrying, I’m not anti vax at all, I have two young children who are 9 and 5, the 5 year old has just recently had her mmr vaccine but they will not be getting this covid vaccine as they have already had the virus over the Easter holidays and even a numb nuts like me can see the correlation between people who have had covid suffering side effects once vaccinated, they talk about hesitancy but they bring it on themselves, if you suffered from really high blood pressure and where being invited to take the vaccine you would surely check on side effects for your own condition, then you read all the things that could happen and what to look out for that could be dangerous but they provide none of this personal care when you go for a vaccine only a generic leaflet which lists the side effect for everyone.

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