S’pore doctors publish open letter calling for delay to Covid-19 jabs for 200,000 schoolboys

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S’pore doctors publish open letter calling for delay to Covid-19 jabs for schoolboys

Cheryl Tan

 

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SINGAPORE - Some doctors and cardiologists here have written an open letter appealing to the Expert Committee on Covid-19 Vaccination to halt the vaccination exercise for some 200,000 schoolboys, following the death of a 13-year-old in the United States after he received the vaccination.

The US media last Thursday (June 24) reported that the boy, from Saginaw county in Michigan, died three days after getting his second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, supposedly from heart failure. It is unclear which vaccine he received.

The Saginaw County Health Department said the US Centres For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was investigating if there was a link between the vaccination and the boy's death.

The open letter, which was published on Facebook last Saturday by a cardiologist, Dr Kho Kwang Po, was addressed to Professor Benjamin Ong, chairman of the expert committee. It calls for a short delay in Singapore's vaccination exercise until the CDC and organisations elsewhere have produced more robust and convincing data on the case.

"This is very important as our mRNA (vaccination) programme for boys is massive... one of the most aggressive programmes in the world," Dr Kho wrote in his Facebook post.

This comes amid parental concerns and worries about mRNA vaccines, including the Pfizer and Moderna ones, after data on myocarditis among healthy young males was published here, he noted.

 

 

 

As at June 11, four of the six cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the lining outside the heart) among people vaccinated here involved men between 18 and 30 years old.

All four reported symptoms of heart inflammation within a few days of receiving their second dose of the vaccines, and have since recovered.

The letter said: "Could we take a more sensible and prudent posture? Can we give the CDC (and other organisations) more time to investigate and provide us with high-quality data on the possibly fatal effects of mRNA vaccines in youths?"

The letter was signed by Dr Kho, Dr Wong Wui Min, a cardiologist and heart specialist at W.M. Wong Cardiac and Medical Clinic in Gleneagles Hospital, Dr A.M. Chia, Dr L.W. Ping, and Dr I.W. Yang, "on behalf of many concerned paediatricians, primary care physicians, specialists, surgeons and GPs".

 

The Straits Times has contacted Dr Kho for comment.

The Ministry of Health, when asked if it would consider the suggestions in the letter, said only that there was no change in the vaccination plans.

Covid-19 vaccination in Singapore is currently voluntary, though the Government has strongly urged people to get vaccinated if they are eligible.

The expert committee previously said that while further studies and investigations are ongoing, the currently available data suggests that there may be a very small risk of myocarditis and pericarditis after the second dose of an mRNA vaccine.

Most cases are mild, and the patients recover without the need for significant intervention and do not suffer any long-term effects, it noted.

Severe cases may result in damage to the heart muscles, although that is very rare, it added.

 

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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/local-doctors-publish-open-letter-calling-for-halt-to-covid-19-jabs-for-200000-boys

 

 

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[Bigbird]

Have your kids gone for vaccination yet?????

 

I heard the schools are constantly monitoring students who have not vaccinated and they keep reminding the parents to send their kids for vaccination. 

 

Pressure all the way..  

 

KPI check!!!!   

 

Xia xuay chan mandate!!!!

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28 minutes ago, Bigbird said:

Have your kids gone for vaccination yet?????

 

I heard the schools are constantly monitoring students who have not vaccinated and they keep reminding the parents to send their kids for vaccination. 

 

Pressure all the way..  

 

KPI check!!!!   

 

Xia xuay chan mandate!!!!

Yup...ish rike pressure students to go for unnecessary supplimentary courses...

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govt mandated random castration.

 

a whole new meaning of being ball-less.

Edited June 27, 2021 by socrates469bc