Zuckerberg: "We don't know the long term side effects."
Mark Zuckerberg's July 16, 2020 words of caution about Moderna's mRNA vaccine.
I recently saw a video of Mark Zuckerberg that was apparently recorded at a virtual Q&A meeting for Facebook staff that was streamed live on July 16, 2020.
In the video he states:
I do just want to make sure that I share some caution on this because we just don’t know the long-term side effects of basically modifying people’s DNA and RNA to directly code in a person’s DNA and RNA.
Basically the ability to produce those antibodies and whether that causes other mutations or other risks downstream. So there’s work on both paths of vaccine development.
Based on the fragmentary reporting I have found, it seems that Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone subsequently explained that the July 2020 discussion happened shortly after Moderna released its initial-stage trial results for its mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Note that Zuckerberg’s words of caution were based on perfectly rational considerations. Indeed, though I was not aware of his statement at this time, I entirely shared his view of the matter and frequently used the exact same phrasing to express such caution to my friends and family.
As anyone who is even superficially acquainted with the history of science and technology knows, new and experimental technologies, including medical technologies, often have unforeseen side effects.
In the following video, we see Dr. Stefan Oelrich, President of Bayer Pharmaceuticals in March 2022 expressing his surprise that so many people were willing “to take gene or cell therapy and inject it” into their bodies.
Dr. Oelrich apparently believed that most people in 2020 were still capable of thinking for themselves, and he seems encouraged to discover that this is not the case.
..."We don't know the long term side effects."...which makes it the perfect drug. It fits in with 95% of all other drugs on the market.
Zuckerberg's comments were accurate and reasonable. I made a similar (written) statement in a required legal disclosure to my arbitration clients in FINRA cases for which I was the Chair.. In the disclosure I notified my clients that we did not know the long term side effects and I was PERSONALLY aware of someone who died directly as a result of the injection. Therefore, I recommended we hold a conference to determine if we should go forward in virtual mode or switch to in-person mode, which required participants receive the injection. My required disclosure was CENSORED by FINRA and all my cases were removed, ending my securities arbitration career. The FINRA censorship and mandate exposed securities customers, brokers, attorneys, and arbitrators to a dangerous medical procedure with unknown side effects. In order to have their cases heard or to work on cases, one had to risk injury or death. A Federal District Court (in Texas) dismissed my case, refusing to protect my rights and redress harms. The court instead chose to accept the perjury of FINRA executives. It was such unethical behavior and corrupt courts that caused so many people to abandon caution. Those who participated in the scam should not be forgiven. They stepped well over the Nuremberg red line.