What could go wrong?:
WOW: Lancet study proves the shot does not prevent transmission.
— Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) November 14, 2021
“fully vaccinated individuals with breakthrough infections have peak viral load similar to unvaccinated cases and can efficiently transmit infection in household settings, including to fully vaccinated” pic.twitter.com/FfzZWmjM1r
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I am aware of a young woman age 35 who had a previous case of confirmed COVID illness two months before she received her vaccine. Eight hours after her first Pfizer dose she became severely ill with headache, cough, fever, facial swelling and red rash, vomiting, diarrhea, shaking, inability to ambulate without assistance, strange visual and auditory hallucinations, swollen tongue, and dyspnea, which she partially recovered from after another ten hours. She was left with extreme fatigue being unable to get out of bed without assistance and unable to function properly for three more days after she was able to get out of bed. In the midst of her worst illness, her frantic husband contacted the official Government of Manitoba Health Links number. He was informed that her reaction did not fit the description of known reactions to the vaccine and therefore she must have acquired the virus before the vaccine and became symptomatic with COVID after the vaccine. He was advised that they must both self isolate for fourteen days and get a PCR test at the earliest opportunity. He was also advised that he not take her hospital or call an ambulance since she was likely highly infective and would endanger medical personnel and other patients. When she recovered enough to walk, she visited her family doctor who refused to take a report of an adverse reaction because the doctor considered this reaction to be within the normal parameters of vaccine response. Also due to the fact that any illness that occurs between day 1-14 is by government policy classified as COVID, she was included in the provincial statistics are a suspected COVID case in an unvaccinated person.
As a retired Human Geneticist with extensive experience in the epidemiology of genetic variants, I was absolutely appalled by her situation. If the Government of Manitoba is routinely classifying any illness in days 1-14 post vaccination as COVID then many cases of potential adverse vaccine reaction are being missed. Further, many cases of COVID may be adverse vaccine reactions not COVID. The 1-14 day standard is used all over Canada. The next door province of Saskatchewan recently changed their standard from 1-14 days to 1-21 days!
We simply must begin seriously considering if the COVID illnesses we see in days 1-14 in any region with this standard (1-21 in Saskatchewan) is in fact an adverse reaction to the vaccine. Are these adverse reactions are being classified incorrectly as COVID? We also need to know if the PCR tests of those who are being diagnosed as COVID cases during this period are actually detecting spike protein being released into the bloodstream after administration of the vaccine. I worry that our intense fear of causing vaccine hesitancy during a pandemic is also causing us to overlook potential adverse reactions. The multiple anecdotal reports coming from antivaxxer social media where hospital personnel complain ERs full of COVID patients are actually vaccine reactions may have some basis in truth. If this puzzling issue of days 1-14 (1-21 in Saskatchewan) is not resolved we will only increase vaccine hesitancy among antivaxxers because it will appear we are deliberately trying to conceal something.
(Merci)
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Health Canada has received a submission from Moderna for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six to 11, the department reported Tuesday.
Health Canada will review it and decide whether or not to approve the vaccine based on whether the benefits outweigh any possible risks.
Finland and Sweden are limiting the use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in young people over concerns around rare cardiovascular side effects.
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