Sir Charles Bell
Background
According to the National Institutes of Health, Bell's palsy is generally an idiopathic facial paralysis or weakness on one side of the face. It results from dysfunction of a facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) which directs the muscles on one side of the face that control eye blinking and closing and facial expressions such as smiling.
Symptoms appear suddenly over a 48 - 72-hour period and most often improve with or without treatment after a few weeks, with recovery of some or all facial function within six months. In some cases, residual muscle weakness lasts longer or may be permanent and some cases it can be recurrent.
While the exact cause(s) of Bell’s palsy are unknown, viral (e.g., herpes zoster virus) and immune disorders are frequently implicated as a cause for this disorder. According to the National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD), Bell’s palsy strikes between 25 and 35 people per 100,000 of population (0.025%-0.035%). The NIH tells us that those between 15- to 45 years old are most at risk and that risk factors for Bell’s palsy include pregnancy, preeclampsia, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and upper respiratory ailments.
Bell’s palsy is not included in CDC’s list of Diseases and Conditions.
Bell’s Palsy and VAERS
A search of VAERS over all years for Bell’s palsy returned 1,511 reports. Of those 1,511 reports 241 were associated with other vaccines: 139 were associated with Varzos (Herpes zoster), 49 with Flu4 (seasonal Flu), 23 with Garadsil (Human Papilloma Virus), 15 with either a Hepatitis A or Hepatitis B vaccine, and 15 with a variety of other vaccinations. Therefore, 1,270 reports of Bell’s palsy were associated with COVID-19 inoculants.
Bell’s Palsy and Children
Of those 1,270 COVID-19 associated Bell’s palsy reports 101 (7.95%) were for children between the ages of 5-17. (Note: OpenVAERS returns 102 reports but one of them is a duplicate)
OpenVAERS contains 44,293 total Adverse Event Reports pertaining to children ages 5-17 who received one or more inoculations with one of the SARS-CoV-2 “vaccines”. Those 101 reports of Bell’s palsy associated with those inoculations represents 0.22% of all reports in children.
Of those 101 reports 69 concern those children who were diagnosed with Bell’s palsy less than 20 days after receiving either the first of second dose; 26 reports were generated from those who were diagnosed between 21 and 229 (a substantial outlier) days post inoculation. The days to onset of Bell’s palsy is unknown for 6 children.
Of the 69 children diagnosed with Bell’s palsy less than 20 days following inoculation 37 (53.6%) were diagnosed within 72 hours of being inoculated. Thirteen cases (18.8%) occurred on the day of an inoculation.
Because no one is collecting data on the non-vaccine related prevalence of Bell’s palsy in children in the United States it is impossible to compare it to the prevalence of vaccine related Bell’s palsy. CDC further complicates a precise understanding of the prevalence of Bell’s palsy as a function of the number of children vaccinated by reporting only the number of doses given per age group and not the number of children per age group.
Bell’s palsy occurs so rarely among children 5-17 years old that not even the National Organization of Rare Diseases tracks the data.
However, we do know this - of all of the reports of vaccine related Bell’s palsy 84% were submitted following a SARS-CoV-2 inoculant. The remaining 16% resulted from other vaccinations.
But what about ...?
Since VAERS became widely talked about with respect to the SARS-CoV-2 inoculants CDC, FDA, Pfizer et.al, and the media have insisted that the risk of adverse events was small and out weighed by the benefit to children and others. They have also asserted that because “anyone” can submit a report to VAERS that those reports are not particularly accurate. Finally, they have insisted at every turn that VAERS reports are not a measure of causality.
Last things first. I agree and so does any person who has spent 30 seconds understanding VAERS, that it is most certainly not a data base that demonstrates cause and effect. It is a warning system. Period.
Second,VAERS is not accurate because anyone can file a report, including those with no medical training. However, not everyone can diagnose Bell’s palsy and each of the reports of Bell’s palsy in VAERS has been submitted by someone with medical training OR they are reporting the diagnoses made by a physician.
Third, the risk of adverse events is outweighed by the benefit of the inoculant is a myth put to lie by CDC itself. The Epoch Times reports that":
”Vaccinated and unvaccinated children aged 5–11 years were about as likely to test positive for COVID-19 in the last several weeks of data released by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The rate of COVID-19 cases detected in children aged 5–11 was about 122 per 100,000 for the unvaccinated and over 131 per 100,000 in the vaccinated during the week ending Feb. 19. In the prior week, the rate was 248 and 244 for the unvaccinated and vaccinated respectively.”
In short, the SARS-COV-2 inoculant appears to be of no benefit to children. But it is most certainly a cause for concern for myo/pericarditis, Bell’s palsy, and death among children who without being inoculated had virtually no risk of dying or suffering a potentially debilitating illness as a result of contracting COVID-19.
A Final Word
As I and others have constantly cautioned — VAERS is underreported by a factor of 31 (Rose) - 100 (Lazarus)— estimates never disputed by the CDC or FDA. This means that the true number of cases of Bell’s palsy following a mRNA inoculation in children between the ages of 5 and 17 is somewhere between 3,131 and 10,100.
13People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”16And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them. Mark 10:13-16
40“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ 41“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. Matthew 25:40-41
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26 March 2022