Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier on Wednesday called for unvaccinated people to get Covid-19 despite CDC guidance that says otherwise.
During a segment about Covid-19 safety rules, Fox News host Bill Hemmer falsely claimed that the “virus is dying out.”
“When the virus mutates and gets stronger, we might be in trouble,” Hemmer shrugged. “But when the virus mutates and gets weaker, that’s a great sign because the virus is dying out.”
The Fox News host pointed to reports from South Africa which say the Omicron variant of Covid-19 produces milder symptoms.
Saphier, a certified radiologist, praised the “large amount of natural immunity in our country.”
“We should be able to move forward and allow for the fact that this virus is causing very mild illness in people who are vaccinated and younger populations and including those people who have become boosted,” Saphier argued. “There will always be people who are vulnerable to this virus, just like every year we see people vulnerable to flu and other causes of pneumonia.”
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There is wisdom in this doctor’s comments. There is considerable academic evidence that naturally acquired immunity far exceeds vaccine mediated immunity. Those best served by the vaccine are the elderly, the obese (40+% of Americans), the chronically ill, and the immunosupressed. Many have been exposed to the virus, and have had only mild symptoms or no symptoms. Vaccination should be a choice for young and healthy individuals. Vaccine mandates should apply only to the at risk population.
Michael,
Your facts are misinformation, and not true documented statistics.
You did not even consider how Covid is consider how Covid is spread and contracted.
Start by actually reading the article, before you try to comprehend it.
This “doctor” is a RADIOLOGIST, not a virologist, or and epidemeologist.
Going against our CDC recommendations, and the true experts in this field, is reserved for the extremist GOP, or simply the plain ol’ stupid or ignorant. It is because of people like you, Michael, and Fox News Media, that we have so much misinformation and unvaccinated out there-during a PANDEMIC that has taken over 800,000 lives in the US! Educate yourself, through solid, reliable sources, that do not have a politically motivated agenda.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.html
Michael -I’ll also remind you of the 800,000 deaths in the US.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.html
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/vaccinate-with-confidence.html
Michael —
Over 800,000 Americans are dead, in the past six months mostly people like you, the unvaccinated willfully ignorant who follow MAGAt media. By the time Spring comes there will be several hundred thousand more dead, again people who shared your views. I hope you survive, and learn.
— Stephan
Rupert Murdoch has been intent on destroying truth and freedom in the public media from the beginning, so once simply cannot trust anything that comes from his Fox News. There were one or two genuine journalists there who spoke out against Fox lies, but they are gone. Fox News pulls out people with no qualifications or on the take to promote its false, dangerous lies about how viruses work and how Covid-19 works, and to present heavily doctored ‘statistics’ that anyone with half a brain can quickly uncover as false.It is imperative that people take responsibility for becoming informed and making decisions. Neither Fox News nor the government can be trusted any more.
Tosca,
To be responsible, not just for yourself, but for others too,,, I’d trust our governments statistics and guidelines,, rather than FOX News.
Our government receives its data from our medical field and scientists, for the safety of the public -not out of thin air for a political party benefit.
I choose not to be vaccinated because I do not trust any vaccine that has been rushed out without adequate testing, and that will weaken or destroy my natural immunity. I am 73, and trust that immunity more than I do any drug company or government. However, to encourage people to get Covid-19 is simply irresponsible. For heaven’s sake, these people should be strongly advocating good self-care to boost natural immunity, and common sense, calm practices like avoiding crowds and wearing masks in public.
Tosca,
First of all, the Covid vaccination has been presently approved NOW, with the exact same time testing period -that it takes any drug to be tested and approved. Furthermore, world statistics don’t agree with you.
Second, you DO have a right to not take a Covid vaccination – you DON’T have a right to get others sick, in the midst of a pandemic that has killed 800,000 people.
So stay home. Test yourself weekly. Wear a mask if must leave your home.
Because Tosca, others rights are just as important as “yours.”
Tosca —
I feel nothing but pity for you. Over 800,000 Americans are dead at this point, and for the last six months they are overwhelmingly unvaccinated people just like you. I hope you survive but your chances are not good.