Switzerland’s public health officials are not exactly denying people the right to get COVID vaccines, but they recommend against it. And if you do want to get it, you will have to pay out of your own pocket instead of getting it through the government-funded health service.

Even if you are at “high risk,” they pretty much say there is no point anymore. If you can convince your doctor to give you one you may still get one, of course. And if you can get him to say you require it, then the government will grudgingly pay the freight. Grudgingly. If you doctor says it is medically necessary.

Both England and Denmark have placed some restrictions on COVID vaccination, but Switzerland seems to have gone the farthest in discouraging people from getting another COVID jab. In those countries, the limits are based on age, mostly.

This is, of course, a rather different policy than what the CDC is pushing–here in the US they are still trying to inject everybody multiple times, including infants. This is a truly insane policy, and unless the science changes when you cross an ocean, clearly not based upon science or a “scientific consensus.” The US is wildly out of step, as we are on current gender transition policies.

VACCINE WARS | SWITZERLAND SAYS NO, WHILE THE US TACKLES INFANTS https://t.co/5kLYSyoKtG

— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) April 10, 2023

Their recommendations are pretty darn clear and based on multiple factors. The first of which is that everybody has had COVID and the current variants are very mild.

Is vaccination recommended in spring/summer 2023?

In principle, no Covid-2023 vaccination is recommended in spring/summer 19. Almost all people in Switzerland are vaccinated and/or have had Covid-19. Your immune system has dealt accordingly with the coronavirus. In spring/summer 2023, the virus is likely to circulate less. The current virus variants also cause rather mild disease courses.

As you can see, unlike the US until about 5 minutes ago the Swiss are very up-front about natural immunity. Not too long ago you could get kicked off of social media and be labeled a spreader of misinformation if you asserted that natural immunity was a thing. Suddenly basic epidemiology is back in style. Who could have guessed?

What applies to particularly vulnerable persons?

Even particularly vulnerable people are currently not recommended to receive a Covid-19 vaccination. However, you can receive a vaccination after individual clarification with your doctor. The vaccination can be useful in individual cases, because it improves the protection against serious illness for several months. This applies regardless of the total number of vaccinations you have already received.

Basically, if you fit some very fine category or are able to beg your doctor for a jab then you can get one, but the Swiss government doesn’t recommend it. And if you do get it, don’t expect it to do much for very long.

The Swiss also recommend that you keep at least 6 months between COVID jabs, while the CDC recommends 2 months. This makes you wonder why the heck the CDC is so damn vaccine happy.

European countries have been moving away from COVID vaccinations for quite a while now, and seem to be getting stronger in their recommendations against getting the jab.

One of the reasons given for the change in recommendations was the seroprevalence of COVID antibodies in the population–basically, everybody has had the disease or has been vaccinated, and probably both. The Swiss keep their data current on this.

Surprisingly that isn’t the case in the US, where the latest data provided by the CDC is over a year old. The latest data they provide on seroprevalence at the CDC website is from February 2022. I wonder why. Seems very odd. Almost like they are hiding something. 

Dr. John Campbell did a video discussing the differences between the Swiss and US approach to COVID vaccination. Early on in the pandemic the WHO and CDC praised Campbell for his lucid analysis, but soured on him when he diverged from their spin on things.

What’s great about Campbell is how he breaks things down into digestible chunks, letting you know what he thinks without beating you over the head with opinions. He goes through the documents without straying into speculation or accusation. He raises questions where appropriate without going into motives. Sort of a Joe Friday approach.

Bottom line: the CDC is very much the outlier in the OECD these days. Everybody else is pulling back from prior policies, while the US is full speed ahead despite the evidence.