Re:Israel data reportedly shows efficacy drop of Pfizer-BioN...
by incrudible on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @11:34AM
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As someone who was a hypochondriac before it went mainstream: I would not worry about it.
Re:Israel data reportedly shows efficacy drop of Pfizer-BioN...
by native_samples on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:37AM
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Note that the vaccines can also cause strokes via blood clotting, disability and death. It is not a huge surprise because the mechanism of action for the mRNA vaccines is quite similar to that of the virus itself. The primary difference is in the controlled dosage, as the mRNA does not self-replicate (at least not yet - some researchers are working on "self amplifying mRNA vaccines").
Except for possible brain damage:
> In a June paper[5], he and his team analysed clinical details for 125 people in the United Kingdom with COVID-19 who had neurological or psychiatric effects. Of these, 62% had experienced damage to the brain’s blood supply, such as strokes and haemorrhages, and 31% had altered mental states, such as confusion or prolonged unconsciousness — sometimes accompanied by encephalitis, the swelling of brain tissue. Ten people who had altered mental states developed psychosis.
> Not all people with neurological symptoms have been seriously ill in intensive-care units, either. “We’ve seen this group of younger people without conventional risk factors who are having strokes, and patients having acute changes in mental status that are not otherwise explained,” says Michael.
* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02599-5
* https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/11/small-study-r...
* https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-hidden-long-term-cog...
Even if you're (fully) vaccinated, it may be prudent to wear a mask.