Kirsten Dulak Fick, 47, Huntington Beach, CA. Physician Assistant against Covid-19 vaccines.
Normally, a pre-requisite for appearing on SAV is contracting Covid-19. I can't find any evidence that Kirsten has had Covid however, she is a Physician Assistant who is sharing a lot of inaccurate Covid information on her Facebook page. I think that secures her spot on SAV.
Let's see what Kirsten has to say:
This is actually a completely reasonable post! Everyone SHOULD do their part! That was way back in March of 2020.
Well, that didn't last long...
She quickly descended into Facebook's web of misinformation.
Debunked!! Sources: FactCheck.org, USA Today, and PolitiFact.com.
It must have been the HCQ...except there has being NO evidence that Hydroxychloroquine helps patients recover from Covid.
Fact checked: FactCheck.org, Reuters.com, USA Today, and The New York Times.
I could see how this video would scare any parent...however would you guess that this is just more misinformation and the child is NOT a victim of the Covid vaccine as the post claims? The original story was that it was a reaction to the DTaP vaccine. The child was later was diagnosed with Myelitis. In their GoFundMe the child's mother said, “The CDC has not officially confirmed” if Transverse Myelitis or Acute Flaccid Myelitis” is the cause of Nash’s condition."
The REAL story is here on Reuters.
No. Matthew McConaughey DIDN'T come out swinging against vaccine mandates for his kids. Turns out, this is just another post full of misinformation. McConaughey clarified his comments on vaccinating in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter: “When asked my opinion on the subject of children and vaccination mandates I stated, ‘I couldn’t mandate it for kids just yet.’ What was not clear is that I was referring specifically to the 5-11 year old mandate,” the actor wrote in his story. “What is NOT true, and insinuated with the clickbait headlines since, is that I am against vaccinating children at all. This is false. In fact, our eldest 13-year-old son Levi is fully vaccinated for COVID-19.”
Yes, children CAN survive Covid without harm. However, it can also be deadly or have long lasting and devastating effects. That's not from me though, that's from Johns Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic.
What is this post?!?
Look what happens when you click it! So, I am just going to stop there.
Yeah...BUT she didn't end up in the hospital and she's alive! There was one good thing in that article. It was a quote from Dr. Kris Bungay, a Manhattan primary care physician: “The vaccine does not necessarily prevent you from getting COVID. It prevents you from being hospitalized or dying from it.” True!!
Yes, it's true that 68 year old Jeanie Evans died of "anaphylaxis due to COVID-19 vaccination" after receiving a dose of the Moderna vaccine.
The link Kirsten shared conveniently leaves out some key facts such as: "Evans had a history of medical problems and allergies, including hypertension, environmental allergies, allergic disorder, and reactive airway disease. The autopsy report said Evans had previously experienced an anaphylactic reaction to Albuterol, a drug used to treat or prevent bronchospasm in patients with asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and other lung diseases." (Source here)
This video was removed from YouTube but I found an article from Politifact dated April 13th, that fact checked Carlson's claims on his segment titled, “Maybe (the COVID-19 vaccine) doesn't work, and they're simply not telling you that.” Kirsten says that this is "Very good insight in regards to the COVID vaccines. Please take time to watch." No thanks, I'll pass. Thankfully, Politifact does a great job breaking down his claims, debunking them, and citing NUMEROUS, CREDIBLE sources.
In this article she shared, "Dr. Richard Fleming explains that there is an enormous amount of deception surrounding COVID19, treatments, and the so-called vaccines. Dr. Fleming, who is a PhD in physics as well as a medical doctor and even has a law degree, argues that there is much evidence suggesting that the SARS-Cov-2 virus was created in a laboratory through U.S. taxpayer-funded "gain of function" research by scientists in America and Wuhan, China. He even names names. He also explains a great deal about the mRNA technology at the core of the COVID vaccines, which he warned is experimental and is not even approved by the FDA."
Turns out Dr. Fleming committed health care fraud and mail fraud and is a convicted felon. He's also been de-barred by the US Food and Drug Administration. So, I wouldn't take anything he has to say as fact.
Link to FBI case here and article here
Fact check!! "Being injected with an approved COVID-19 vaccine does not mean you are participating in a clinical trial. " Source: Reuters.com
Well, that's part of the story but "conveniently" the most important part was omitted: "The percentage is correct but extremely important context is missing. All of the 1.2 million people in the study from December 2020 to October 2021 were fully vaccinated. Unvaccinated people were not part of the results. Of the 36 people who died, 28 had four or more comorbidities."
(Link to the full story is here)
She didn't believe the CDC's number of Covid deaths.
She's actually right about this...kind of. The patient who died was initially counted as a Covid victim because he was Covid positive at the time of his death and the "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance doesn't direct caregivers to list all deaths as COVID-19 deaths simply because the disease was detected in the decedent. Instead, it instructs caregivers to list various factors contributing to death in appropriate sections of death certificates. In other words, it does not state that anyone who suffers an unnatural death such as a traffic accident should be listed as a COVID-19-caused death if they also happen to test positive, even if the disease didn't cause to their death." Later, his cause of death was updated and he was no longer listed as a Covid death. There are mistakes that happen but that doesn't mean it's a conspiracy! (Source here)
She says "Stop the COVID vaccines!!"
In the shared article it says, "Limitations of the study include that it was observational, which limits the ability to determine causality between vaccination and myocarditis or pericarditis."
Additionally, Reuters fact checked this claim and says, "Recent research about myocarditis, a severe inflammation in the heart that has been linked to both COVID-19 infections and rarely to COVID-19 vaccination with mRNA vaccines, has led to heated debate online.
Evidence so far on myocarditis associated with COVID-19 vaccination suggests that the incidence of cases remains low overall. Moreover, when it does occur, primarily in young males, studies show cases are usually mild and resolved quickly.
Experts continue to assure the overall risks of COVID-19 infection far outweigh the risks associated to developing myocarditis after a COVID-19 vaccination, even in young men."
So, if I'm reading that right it seems like you're more likely to have myocarditis from getting Covid than the vaccine!
This one is from a few days ago and guess what...DEBUNKED!! Just another scare tactic.
"But v-safe collects data on any health event, vaccine-related or not, and the 7.7% — even if taken at face value — was for any kind of medical attention, not just hospitalizations, up to a year after vaccination. It’s inaccurate to say the analysis identified that many hospitalizations after vaccination and misleading to suggest that every event reported was caused by a vaccine. Importantly, a published analysis of v-safe data that shows less than 1% of participants reported receiving medical care in the first week after getting a vaccine."
You can read the full breakdown of why this article is false on FactCheck.org and on Reuters.
Do you think that Kirsten will think before sharing from now on? We'll see. Think before you post, people! Just because someone shares something on Facebook doesn't mean it's true! Do your due diligence. Do some research, especially if you're a medical professional! Medical professionals should be held to a higher standard as patients look to them to be advocates for safe, well-researched, professional health advice.
Well folks, the holidays are upon us. Many people across the US will be traveling and gathering indoors for Thanksgiving. Please, spread love, not Covid. Protect yourself, your family, and friends. I know some readers have been asking about boosters. First, we recommend that you talk to your doctor. They should be your primary source of information. You can also read the updated CDC guidelines here.
SAV Admin Note: Reminder, kids are off limits. Do not share any pictures of Kirsten's minor family members. Period. Readers, if you see that happening please report the commenter immediately. If you have questions on how to do that, see this forum post. Also, we have lot of new members. I recommend that you check out the posts that are pinned to the top of the forum regarding the very FEW rules we have.