Family doctor and occupational health specialist Jean Karl Soler returned to Facebook to reveal the latest COVID-19 information. He opens his post by stating that as another week goes by, no significant excess deaths across Europe were recorded. This allegedly shows how COVID-19 is a seasonal virus, with the emergence of variants being associated not with increased mortality but increasing case numbers. Soler goes on to stated that new variants are simply a sign of a virus adapting to a new host and is not unusual. New influenza variants are recorded every year, with COVID-19 variants being less deadly than the original strain.

Soler points out how the pandemic’s mortality rate is comparable to that of influenza, with the only exceptions being the elderly and those with ‘significant co-morbidity.’ Soler highlighted how, out of those younger than 70 years of age who get COVID-19, only 5 out of 10,000 will die. 

More prominently however, he points out how lockdowns do not save lives and masks are useless in the open. He stated that some lockdown measures in fact increase daily numbers. ‘Lockdowns, travel restrictions, border closures and contact tracing are useless with an endemic virus, as the WHO found in their review of the evidence in preparing their epidemic and pandemic guidelines in 2019.’ 

With widespread vaccination, these measures need to go ‘forever’, says Soler. As for masks, Soler states that they cause carbon dioxide retention and have significant harmful effects with no demonstrable benefits. He encouraged those over 65-70 who have not had COVID-19 to take their vaccine. 

He stated that social distancing is a reasonable precaution but there is no need to be afraid of people who are not sick as they cannot transmit COVID-19 without symptoms. He concluded that if one is already immune to COVID-19, they do not need vaccination. The vaccines are still only approved for emergency use, Soler states. 

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