Why is Burioni scrambling Astrazeneca
Astrazeneca? "A company that made many billions of profits in 2020 remains silent and does not deign to reassure people who have trusted in its work and based on this trust have been injected with a vaccine". The post by virologist Roberto Burioni published on Medical Facts
The pharmaceutical company is silent about the efficacy and safety of its Covid-19 vaccine, in fact generating even more fear and uncertainty in people.
It was at the end of 2018, when a newspaper came out reporting on the front page the results of (inaccurate) analyzes carried out by antivaccinists on vaccines, which they said showed that one of the preparations used to vaccinate newborns (the hexavalent vaccine) was seriously contaminated. Understandably, I started receiving hundreds of emails from desperate parents and was struck by the absolute silence of the pharmaceutical company that had been accused of marketing a dangerous product. A brief controversy began, which I also gave an account of on these pages .
THE NEWS ABOUT THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE
These days I am reliving those moments: we read disturbing news about the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca, people are worried and the multinational remains in a religious silence, indeed, to be precise, when Germany has blocked his vaccine, released this reassuring and convincing statement: "The safety of our vaccine has been extensively studied in Phase 3 trials and the expert-reviewed data confirms that the vaccine is generally well tolerated." Not bad, I would say.
VACCINE DOSSIER
Now it is good to clarify one thing: vaccines, like all drugs and many other things, are a matter of trust. I drive my car because I trust the engineers who designed the brakes, and I am convinced that, in times of need, they would allow me to stop. When I no longer trust the brakes, I don't get into the car. So when concerns about the functioning of the brakes of the car I own spread, I would immediately expect a full and reassuring explanation from the manufacturer, able to make me understand what problems there have been, why there have been and why not. I have to worry and not scrap my car.
THE SILENCE OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL HOUSE
For the AstraZeneca vaccine, in a situation of great fear and uncertainty of the people, none of this has happened. A company that has over 76 thousand employees and that has made many billions (billions, not millions) of profits in 2020 remains silent and does not deign to reassure the people who have trusted in its work and based on this trust they have have a vaccine injected. Total silence.
I DO NOT APPROVE THE SILENCE OF ASTRAZENECA
This is a legitimate choice, but one that I don't approve of. Evidently, right now AstraZeneca's priorities (which I do not know and cannot understand, as they are witnessing the total and final destruction of their worldwide reputation) are different from those of public health, and I personally have no tools to allow you to force them to speak and reassure people.
THE CONCLUSIONS OF BURIONI
But one thing I can do: as long as they remain silent, I will remain silent too. I will no longer talk, either in public or in private, about their vaccine. I don't see why, when they decide not to put my face on it, I should put mine on. To each his own responsibilities.
(Article published in Medicalfacts)
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/perche-burioni-strapazza-astrazeneca/ on Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:58:16 +0000.