Why you should get a covid vaccine

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............. Data from the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics found similar results, with roughly 1 in 10 respondents who tested positive for COVID-19 exhibiting symptoms lasting for a period of 12 weeks or longer.

This means that across the world, there may be more than 5 million casesTrusted Source of long COVID.

One 2021 studyTrusted Source found that more than three-quarters of COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Wuhan, China, still had at least one symptom 6 months after their discharge from the hospital.

This is consistent with a 2020 study from Italy that found that 87.4%Trusted Source of COVID-19 patients reported experiencing at least one symptom 2 months after their discharge from the hospital.

A 2020 Swiss study also notes that as many as 1 in 3 people with milder cases COVID-19 were still experiencing symptoms after 6 weeks.

Using a statistical model, a preprint 2020 study found that long COVID is more likely to occur in older adults, people with a higher body mass index (BMI), and females.

It also notes that individuals who experience more than five symptoms during the first week of illness are more likely to develop long COVID. ....................

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articl ... prevalence

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......... ...... The CDCTrusted Source note a variety of symptoms for COVID-19. They also note that the symptoms that people most commonlyTrusted Source report in long COVID are:

fatigue
shortness of breath
cough
joint pain
chest pain
People may also experience:

brain fog, wherein they find it more difficult to think clearly and focus
depression
muscle pain
headache
fever, which may come and go
heart palpitations, or a feeling of the heart pounding
People may also develop long-term complications that affect the organs. These complications are less common but may include:

inflammation of the heart muscle
abnormal lung function
severe kidney injury
a rash
hair loss
problems with smell and taste
sleep issues
memory and concentration difficulties
anxiety
mood changes ...........

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articl ... prevalence

[Texan]

I know my circumstances are different from almost all of you below the equator, but my whole family has had covid and still carry the antibodies. We all had the disease before a vaccine was available. That one fact negates any "benefit" of getting the vaccine over getting the disease. Of the 4 in my home, one son was asymptomatic, one son and myself had a fever and slight cough, and my wife had nausea, fever, smell and taste issues, and hair loss for about 3 months. We are all fine now 9 months later.

As long as the choice to get the vaccine or not is our decision, I don't care what you do. It's your life and should be your decision. My parents took the vaccine and I don't blame them. They are doing fine so far. They had their 2nd pfizer dose about 4-5 weeks ago. They are in their mid 70s.

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I know my circumstances are different from almost all of you below the equator, but my whole family has had covid and still carry the antibodies. We all had the disease before a vaccine was available. That one fact negates any "benefit" of getting the vaccine over getting the disease. Of the 4 in my home, one son was asymptomatic, one son and myself had a fever and slight cough, and my wife had nausea, fever, smell and taste issues, and hair loss for about 3 months. We are all fine now 9 months later.

As long as the choice to get the vaccine or not is our decision, I don't care what you do. It's your life and should be your decision. My parents took the vaccine and I don't blame them. They are doing fine so far. They had their 2nd pfizer dose about 4-5 weeks ago. They are in their mid 70s.

' ............. As long as the choice to get the vaccine or not is our decision, I don't care what you do. It's your life and should be your decision. ....... '

Absolutely

[Redneck]

I think those over 70 should get it regardless as the Covid could prove fatal.

The deaths that occur usually occur in that age group.

I have had it with no side affects.

I think people in Australia are a bit nonchalant about it due to the small numbers, they are in for the shock of their life if a decent outbreak occurs in their area so better to be safe than sorry!

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I think those over 70 should get it regardless as the Covid could prove fatal.

The deaths that occur usually occur in that age group.

I have had it with no side affects.

I think people in Australia are a bit nonchalant about it due to the small numbers, they are in for the shock of their life if a decent outbreak occurs in their area so better to be safe than sorry!

' ............ I think people in Australia are a bit nonchalant about it due to the small numbers, they are in for the shock of their life if a decent outbreak occurs in their area .......... '

We have 0 cases. We ARE nonchalant.

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https://twitter.com/peripatetical/statu ... 7747842058

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have done some research, it is of interest to me.

............ ATAGI advised on 25th March 2021 that there was a potential safety concern being investigated overseas, involving [highlight]cases of thrombosis (blood clots) and thrombocytopenia (low blood platelet count) occurring after COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca[/highlight]. On 2 April 2021 ATAGI reported that a probable case had been reported in an Australian vaccine recipient, and issued an updated advice for healthcare providers. ............

https://www.health.gov.au/news/atagi-st ... y-concerns

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Look after yourself, life a healthy life, get the covid vaccine.


“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”

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......... Our expert regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (the TGA) has approved both the Pfizer vaccine and the AstraZeneca vaccine under standard (rather than emergency) protocols so we know both are safe and effective.
But all vaccines have some side-effects and sometimes they can be serious. As always, it’s a question of balancing the risks in vaccination against the risks of disease.
So far, based on some 200 million people who’ve received the AstraZeneca vaccine worldwide, between one in 100,000 and one in 250,000 have developed rare and serious blood clots on the brain that seem to be associated with the jab.
Given an infection fatality rate of about six in a thousand for people between 50 and 65 catching COVID, having the AstraZeneca jab is well worth the risk; even more so for the very elderly whose COVID death rate is as much as nine per 100.
That’s why Scott Morrison announced late on Thursday that the AZ jab would only be recommended for people over 50 following updated advice from the TGA; it’s about an abundance of caution.
With more and more people getting vaccinated overseas, our experts have benefited from greater data on which to base this analysis so for us, the delays in shipments of AZ out of Europe has worked in our favour.
But again, perspective is needed. As one commentator put it on Friday: “If you look at the data and see that the chances of getting a blood clot with this vaccine is about four in one million, compared to four in 10,000 for the contraceptive pill, that perspective needs to be highlighted.”
As the government’s medical advisers made clear, it’s not that people under 50 shouldn’t get the AZ jab — health care workers who’ve already had one for instance, are advised to have the second — it’s just that it’s no longer the recommended vaccine for people under 50.
That didn’t stop a predictable spray from an Opposition, desperate to find fault, that the government should have ordered more vaccines and different ones.
Of course, if the government hadn’t placed such a big order with the local vaccine producer CSL, that’s in partnership with AstraZeneca, Labor would have been screaming about lack of support for local jobs. The Prime Minister can’t win, can he?
It’s important to understand that vaccines are being made differently in this pandemic and that difference is relevant.
The AZ vaccine is based on another virus that mimics a COVID infection to trigger the body’s immune response without its life-threatening side effects. Pfizer, by contrast, introduces a genetic code to trick the body into producing COVID antibodies.
At present, CSL lacks the capability to produce these novel gene-based vaccines. To do so, on one academic estimate, would take 12 months and an investment of $100 million.
In fact, just as the federal government was relatively swift to close our borders to the disease in the first place, it was also quick to place massive orders with a range of potential vaccine suppliers — unlike the EU, for instance, which is now seizing the vaccines destined for Australia because it was too late to place orders of its own.
Our initial orders covered Astra-Zeneca and Pfizer, plus the Novavax vaccine that’s yet to be approved, as well the University of Queensland vaccine that’s been discontinued.
Due to the AZ vaccine’s blood clot concerns, the government has just ordered a further 20 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine which should now be enough to cover the 17 million Australians under 50.
The problem is that these are unlikely to be available until late in the year — and could be subject to more EU-style vaccine nationalism — so what’s now in peril is the government’s October timetable for full population vaccination and what’s now at risk is our future freedom from more lockdowns and ongoing travel restrictions.
If I had a choice between the Pfizer vaccine and AstraZeneca, I’ll be upfront and say I’d go with Pfizer. But if the choice were between vaccination and ongoing border closures, I’d take vaccination. ..............

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-56783878

The number of people who have died worldwide in the Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed three million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The milestone comes the day after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned the world was "approaching the highest rate of infection" so far.

India - experiencing a second wave - recorded more than 230,000 new cases on Saturday alone.
Almost 140 million cases have been recorded since the pandemic began.
WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Friday that "cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates".
He added that "globally, the number of new cases per week has nearly doubled over the past two months".
The US, India and Brazil - the countries with the most recorded infections - have accounted for more than a million deaths between them, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Last week saw an average of 12,000 deaths a day reported around the world, according to news agency AFP.
However, official figures worldwide may not fully reflect the true number in many countries.

Up until a few weeks ago, India appeared to have the pandemic relatively under control.
Cases had been below 20,000 a day for much of January and February - a low figure in a country of more than a 1.3 billion people.
But then infections began to rise rapidly: Saturday saw a record set for the third day in a row, with more than 234,000 cases reported.
Hospitals are running low on beds and oxygen. Sick people are being turned away, and some families are turning to the black market to get the drugs they need. A BBC investigation found medication being offered at five times the official price.

The capital Delhi has gone into lockdown over the weekend, with restrictions put in place in several other states, as officials try to stem the tide.

All eyes are now on the Kumbh Mela festival, which has continued despite fears the millions of Hindu devotees who attend each year could bring the virus home with them. Some 1,600 people tested positive this week at the gathering in the northern state of Uttrakhand, with pictures showing thousands gathered closely together along the banks of the Ganges river.

It has led Prime Minister Narendra Modi to plead with people to refrain from gathering.

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