Covid-19 Vaccine Research, Development, Ingredients and Reactions

[New World Explorer]

Regarding post above, those who are confused. Was the link provided to the article not clear? What is confusing in it? Have you read the whole article? 

That was a simple media publishing to which I have provided a link. There is not even one personal word in it. 

Confused why are you confused LOL 

[WilliamChew]

4 hours ago, New World Explorer said:

Confused why are you confused LOL 

Its because there have been millions who received th Astra Zeneca vaccine in the UK and didn't have such symptoms.

 

I'm confused or puzzled why countries would ban that vaccine. (Not because of anything you said😅. Sorry if I gave that impression.)

[Mykyl]

4 hours ago, New World Explorer said:

Regarding post above, those who are confused. Was the link provided to the article not clear? What is confusing in it? Have you read the whole article? 

That was a simple media publishing to which I have provided a link. There is not even one personal word in it. 

Confused why are you confused LOL 

I was confused by the story. 
I honestly believe I know more people personally, who have had blood clots of some kind over the years, due to normal living. That’s all.
 

[bohemian]

Take any medicine and read the paper enclosed in the packet and note the potential side-effects, often grouped by “1in 10”, “1 in 100” etc.

If we took excessive notice of them we would not benefit from any of the drugs we use commonly.

[bohemian]

I have an itchy rash on my lower leg and my doctor prescribed a cream.  It has 3 main ingredients and ALL of them say “may cause itchy rash”!
I guess 3 for the price of 1.

[Shawnster]

45 minutes ago, bohemian said:

I have an itchy rash on my lower leg and my doctor prescribed a cream.  It has 3 main ingredients and ALL of them say “may cause itchy rash”!
I guess 3 for the price of 1.

So, is that really a side effect or just a legalistic way of saying "eh, it might not work?" 

[Sofia]

47 minutes ago, bohemian said:

I have an itchy rash on my lower leg and my doctor prescribed a cream.  It has 3 main ingredients and ALL of them say “may cause itchy rash”!
I guess 3 for the price of 1.

get a second opinion ... umbelievable

[Sofia]

[Evidence published between 24/03/2020 and 30/03/2021]

No spitting, please

A study analysing human salivary glands and gingiva shows that the mouth is an important site for SARS-CoV-2 infection and points to saliva as a route of viral transmission. The amount of virus in saliva correlated with COVID-19 symptoms, including taste loss. Notably, saliva from asymptomatic individuals was also capable of infecting cells in the laboratory.

Digging deeper into Long Covid

A series of studies posted this week (not yet peer-reviewed) provide more information on Long Covid. Two Follow-up studies of COVID-19 patients after being discharged from the hospital in the UK show that, 5 to 7 months later, between 55 and 70% of them had not fully recovered. Being female, middle-age and of white ethnicity were associated with failure to recover.

The most common symptoms of Long Covid were fatigue (79.0%), headache (55.3%), shortness of breath (55.3%), difficulty concentrating (53.6%), cough (49.0%), changed sense of taste (44.9%), diarrhoea (43.9%), and muscle or body aches (43.5%). According to a social media survey, cognitive dysfunction and palpitations became more prevalent later in the illness. Many of these symptoms seem to “come and go”, as in waves.

Vaccines boost natural immunity, even against variants

Sera from recovered individuals neutralize the original variant and, to some degree the B1.351 variant (first identified in South Africa). However, a single dose of mRNA boosted the titers of neutralizing antibodies against all variants, and even against SARS-CoV-1, by up to 1000-fold.

Early evidence that vaccines also prevent infections

A real-field study by the US CDC, with almost 4,ooo healthcare workers vaccinated with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, provides evidence that these vaccines not only protect against disease, but are also highly effective in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection. The risk of infection was reduced by 90% two or more weeks after the second dose of vaccine.

Furthermore, a study in Israel shows that the viral load was substantially reduced in people who were infected 12 to 37 days after the first dose of the vaccine. This suggests that vaccinated people, even if they do get infected, are less likely to spread the virus.

And another study (not yet peer-reviewed) in residents of long-term care facilities in the UK also shows a sharp decline in PCR-positive infections and viral load after the first dose of Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines, relative to unvaccinated residents.

Update on AstraZeneca’s US trial

AstraZeneca has updated its US trial results, with a total of 190 cases. Efficacy against symptomatic COVID occurring 15 days or more after two doses given four weeks apart was 76%, and up to 85% in adults 65 years or older. Efficacy against severe or critical disease and hospitalisation was 100% (8 cases, all in placebo group).

mRNA vaccines in pregnant women

A cohort study in two centres indicates that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe and effective in pregnant and lactating women. With the added advantage that the vaccine-induced antibodies passed from the mother to the baby via the placenta and breastmilk.    

[dove]

3 hours ago, bohemian said:

I have an itchy rash on my lower leg and my doctor prescribed a cream.  It has 3 main ingredients and ALL of them say “may cause itchy rash”!
I guess 3 for the price of 1.

So often that is the case, where a remedy has listed as a side effect the same condition it is being given for. It's a far reach, but I wonder if it could be something like homeopathy, where 'like is cure for like'. If not, it makes little sense...especially when you include all the other listed side effects you could get worse than the original problem. If that is the reason It would be safer to just use homeopathy without the side effects. Glad you're an ingredient reader.

[New World Explorer]

7 hours ago, WilliamChew said:

I'm confused or puzzled why countries would ban that vaccine

These are the countries currently suspending vaccine as more cases are reported of rare blood clots. Canada went ahead with it, although with some restrictions. 

Vaccine use suspended

Austria

Suspended use of one batch of the vaccine on March 7 after the death of one person and the illness of another.

Cameroon

Suspended administration of the vaccine it was scheduled to receive on March 20 as part of the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility (COVAX) sharing scheme, the health ministry said.

Denmark

Prolonged its suspension of the shot by three weeks pending further investigations after its two-week pause ended on March 25. A local survey indicated that one in three Danes would decline to get the shot.

Norway

Norway will delay a decision over the use of the vaccine, authorities said on March 26, with a decision expected by April 15.

Romania

Temporarily stopped vaccinating people with one batch of the vaccine on March 

[New World Explorer]

7 hours ago, WilliamChew said:

I'm confused or puzzled why countries would ban that vaccine.

This is the reason: (whole article published is interesting)

All were healthy before they developed a highly unusual, seemingly contradictory mix of blood disorders: clots throughout the body along with low numbers of platelets, the blood cells that help clots form. In a follow-up article published on Saturday, Vogel and Kupferschmidt cited a German researcher who has named the syndrome “vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia,” or VIPIT. A hematologist from Johns Hopkins University told them he wasn’t yet convinced by the “vaccine-induced” part, but he acknowledged that “these cases raise concern that this vaccine is potentially life-threatening in a small subset of patients.”   https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/astrazeneca-vaccine-blood-clot-issue-wont-go-away/618451/

[Qapla]

It's interesting how, when a few adverse reaction occur, it makes the news and they suspend a vaccine and people point to that as a reason not to take any vaccines- yet, even though they know full well that smoking kills, they don't suspend tobacco and many opposed to vaccines smoke heavily ... what a world we live in during these last days  

[Dustparticle]

After I got my second shot, our area declares State of Emergency. Perfect timing to get my shot. People acting like fools over here.

[Allabord4Jah]

This on the pages of the Atlantic App news: March 30, 2021

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/how-mrna-technology-could-change-world/618431/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

[Friends just call me Ross]

9 hours ago, Allabord4Jah said:

This on the pages of the Atlantic App news: March 30, 2021

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/how-mrna-technology-could-change-world/618431/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

I have read hundreds of articles since the Covid crisis began.
This is the best one I have read so far.
 

[carlos]

On 3/31/2021 at 6:51 PM, Dove said:

So often that is the case, where a remedy has listed as a side effect the same condition it is being given for. It's a far reach, but I wonder if it could be something like homeopathy, where 'like is cure for like'. If not, it makes little sense...especially when you include all the other listed side effects you could get worse than the original problem. If that is the reason It would be safer to just use homeopathy without the side effects. Glad you're an ingredient reader.

Sandra, the only explanation I can find for that is that the same drug is used to treat several different conditions. So a drug that is used to treat, say, leg pain, might cause in some rare cases itchy rash, probably when it coincides with several other factors.

 

Hopefully when it's used to treat an itchy rash it won't produce that same effect.

[dove]

21 minutes ago, carlos said:

Sandra, the only explanation I can find for that is that the same drug is used to treat several different conditions. So a drug that is used to treat, say, leg pain, might cause in some rare cases itchy rash, probably when it coincides with several other factors.

 

Hopefully when it's used to treat an itchy rash it won't produce that same effect.

How would you know......😀     jk

[WilliamChew]

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/01/health/covid-vaccine-side-effects/index.html

 

Don't freak out if you get these side effects from a Covid-19 vaccine. They can actually be a good sign

 

With millions more Americans getting vaccinated every day, some have complained about fever, fatigue and other ailments they weren't expecting.

Don't panic, doctors say. Side effects from Covid-19 vaccines won't last long. And they're actually proof that your immune system is working the way it's supposed to. (Though vaccines are still very effective even without side effects.)

 

What are the most common side effects?

"The kinds of things we're seeing are arm soreness, body aches, sometimes fatigue, sometimes even low-grade fever," said Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccinologist and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

 

After he got his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, "I had shaking chills for a couple of hours," Hotez said.

 

"And we know why this happens -- because the vaccine is very potent in inducing an immune response. That's one of the reasons why we're getting such high levels of protection" against Covid-19.

 

Other side effects can include pain, redness or swelling at the injection site and possibly headache or nausea, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

 

[Tbs77]

Did any of you in the USA sign up to check in via text message from CDC to provide updates on how you’re feeling post vax?

They send you a link and ask “how are you feeling?” It started daily, now it is weekly. Will see if it’s becomes daily after shot two next week.

[califlorican]

Ongoing trial shows Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine remains highly effective after six months

 

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The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine confirms its protection remains high for at least six months after the second dose, the companies said Thursday.

Protection likely lasts even longer than that, vaccine experts say, but they say having data showing good protection six months after people were vaccinated is good news.

The vaccine remains more than 91% effective against disease with any symptoms for six months, the companies said in a statement. And it appeared to be fully effective against the worrying B.1.351 variant of the virus, which is the dominant strain circulating in South Africa and which researchers feared had evolved to evade the protection of vaccines, the companies said.

"The vaccine was 100% effective against severe disease as defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and 95.3% effective against severe COVID-19 as defined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)," Pfizer and BioNTech said in a joint statement.

Very happy to hear this, even though I already suspected as much! 

[New World Explorer]

The reports in relation to blood clots...continue: (This is in my area)

A 44-year-old man has been admitted to a hospital in Victoria with blood clots, several days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine, the ABC understands.

The man was vaccinated on or around March 22 and was recently admitted to Box Hill Hospital in Melbourne with serious thrombosis and a low platelet count.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-02/man-who-received-astrazeneca-coronavirus-vaccine-has-blood-clots/100046540

 

Interesting statement here: 

 

Asked if the United States will use AstraZeneca doses, Dr Fauci said, “That’s still up in the air.

As doubts about the AstraZeneca formulation grow, Dr Fauci said alternatives from other manufacturers would fill any shortfall in supplies should the vaccine be withdrawn.https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/coronavirus/2021/04/02/cloud-over-astrazeneca-vaccine/

Edited April 2, 2021 by New World Explorer

[Allabord4Jah]

And this evening local news, Johnson & Johnson, had 15 million doses contaminated.  This was done at another plant to make the vaccines, these were destroyed because of contamination by human error.  This company over the years has been cited for bad practices.  The plant or pharma is located in my state.  The batches before these were found out are out for public use.  So think twice and do home work before you get that vaccine.  

[Tia]

Yes - been keeping up with this one as well 

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/quality-control-issues-force-johnson-johnson-to-scrap-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine/

Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that a batch of COVID-19 vaccine made by a subcontractor can't be used because it didn't meet quality control standards. It was unclear how the problem would affect future deliveries of J&J's vaccine.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Biden's chief medical adviser, said on "CBS This Morning" Thursday that "about 15 million" doses were involved. CBS News was told the same thing by a source earlier.

 

[sunshine]

21 hours ago, Friends just call me Ross said:

I have read hundreds of articles since the Covid crisis began.
This is the best one I have read so far.
 

Yes thats pretty clear. Dr Sherri Tenpenny's explanation is quite good too

https://brandnewtube.com/v/QuZi16

 

 

And of course the VAERS and YELLOW CARD reports can tell us about some reactions people have had after taking the vaccines (but it's important to note that thousands of deaths are VERY RARE condisering millions of doses have been given.  AND there is no proof they were  caused by the vaccine) 

https://www.openvaers.com/covid-data

 

Edited April 2, 2021 by sunshine

[New World Explorer]

• The Netherlands has reportedly halted use of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for under 60s, following the death of a woman who had received a shot.

 

Further cases of a rare blood clotting syndrome and seven deaths have been reported among recipients of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab in the UK, although experts say the numbers remain low and the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh any risks

Edited April 2, 2021 by New World Explorer