My father continues to experience wildly fluctuating pt/inr levels. He’s been on Coumadin for many years and it’s never been like this. The nurse checks it weekly.
It started two days after his second Pfizer shot.
I asked the specialist and she said they have noted others that are experiencing the same thing.
JMO
COVID-19 cases acquired in India are escalating in Sydney's quarantine hotels, but are yet to exceed the number of infections from the US, NSW Health data shows.
Positive cases coming from the US accelerated as the second wave took hold there, contributing 205 cases between October 1, 2020 and April 24 2021 — the highest of any country. (in quarantine in Sydney)
We charted every Sydney COVID-19 quarantine infection — India didn't come out on top
At 08:29, Dr. Campbell speaks to of yesterday... It became ILLEGAL to return to Australia from India.
.................and then, we have a turn around?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...9.kiz8lzCOd4DUrYqnf6YegCCMuIPSarv5XZG7YBIyCN8
No one is ever forced to take a vaccine. They are always given the choice. I do think your point about this being an "experimental vaccine" has merit, so I do understand why someone might be reticent. And refusing to take it and losing one's job in the process may be perceived to be unfair (and may well be), heavy handed, or coercive. But it's not anything that will ever be forced on an adult without their consent.
@FLmom777, we want to support your concerns. Please let us know of specific questions you have, if that is your focus on helping you make a decision.
Folks were on top of one which was posted by you three days ago. It's so very hard for folks who see stuff on their Facebook pages to see something if not following... and get taken down a path with conspiracy theorists. Most laypersons cannot discern truth these days with so much misinformation.
The one you speak of as taking a long time to market is indeed true. But that really doesn't even come to what the world is going through right now.
If you do a post, and have a specific question.. please post your concern. With a link.
Is it about YOU YOURSELF getting the vaccine, or are you taking a stance here on the threads that the vaccine is WRONG and trying to share opinion pieces or what the one 3 days was that was deleted from the thaeads? I thought it was about you being hesitant vs. the second option... am I correct in such?
I would never consent to any new drug without long term testing. The speed of this does not show thorough testing. Nobody has any idea of any long term effects that cannot be shown for years. I find it to be very offensive that people are basically being bullied into taking the vaccine, by calling people selfish or ignorant. I would never tell somebody that their choice to take the vaccine was wrong. I expect to be treated the same. I have major distrust of the CDC and especially of the WHO. I worked for many years in the healthcare field. The last time was in a pediatricians office. He never gave new vaccines to his patients for at least the first year after release. He wanted to see the results first, especially for diseases that were generally not a high risk for children, like chicken pox. He wanted to make sure that the prevention wasn’t worse than the disease. I too am cautious of new vaccines until proven safe. This vaccine is too new to be labeled as safe. It hasn’t been tested for a time that would unearth long term problems.
Having had Covid, which has been proven to be deadly for people in all age ranges, I will take my chances on a vaccine that will help me avoid Covid again. At 75, I don’t have 12 years to wait for it to be proven perfectly safe, nor does the world IMO. There are risks to anything we do in the field of medicine. No drug is 100% safe. But we are in the midst of a global emergency and the vaccine has been approved on an emergency use basis. For me, the benefit of the vaccine outweighs its possible risk. I really don’t see people being bullied into taking the vaccine, unless you call it bullying for me to refuse to have close association with a friend who won’t be vaccinated. We all make choices in connection with the vaccine and should be willing to accept the consequences, whether imposed by a friend or an employer or a church or a school. JMO
I would never consent to any new drug without long term testing. The speed of this does not show thorough testing. Nobody has any idea of any long term effects that cannot be shown for years. I find it to be very offensive that people are basically being bullied into taking the vaccine, by calling people selfish or ignorant. I would never tell somebody that their choice to take the vaccine was wrong. I expect to be treated the same. I have major distrust of the CDC and especially of the WHO. I worked for many years in the healthcare field. The last time was in a pediatricians office. He never gave new vaccines to his patients for at least the first year after release. He wanted to see the results first, especially for diseases that were generally not a high risk for children, like chicken pox. He wanted to make sure that the prevention wasn’t worse than the disease. I too am cautious of new vaccines until proven safe. This vaccine is too new to be labeled as safe. It hasn’t been tested for a time that would unearth long term problems.
In addition, enrollment for trials that require the number of people that the COVID-19 trials did usually take years. However, these trials filled up fast.
“The public was rooting for us. When we started to enroll trials, there was lots of interest, so we had an easier time maybe than standard in terms of enrollment,” Burton said.
Dr. Kathleen Jordan, infectious disease specialist and senior vice president of medical affairs at Tia, agreed.
She said the prevalence of COVID-19 allowed the trial period to be short.
“[In] only a few months the numbers could show efficacy as placebo arms quickly evolved as being inferior. In less common diseases, it takes years for enough people to be affected in either arm to show the difference, so trials usually require much longer observation periods for the incidence to be statistically significant,” Jordan told Healthline."
RSBM I think those who made an effort to move forward are really feeling good right now. I'm sensing such a jovial mood in the air lately. I have little interest in naysayers about the vaccine. I don't need to be convinced how "bad" the vaccines are after I already got my two doses, ykwim. Moving on.
I still haven't got my haircut.
OMG! I haven't had my hair cut or pedicure or anything.. EGADS I'm a sore sight for sure. But after all my doctors appts and dentist appts... that I've backed up 2 years on... I'll do such.
It's been fun to have an excuse to not wear any makeup and look like EGADS!... Slow the change is. I have my first outing to an OUTDOOR city choral concert next week with neighbors. Perhaps I'll get my feet done and hair done by then, although I have enjoyed the freedom of being an absolute SLOB and saving $$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in the past year hehehehe.