Clotting issue with AZ not as bad as first thought.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/02/23/astrazeneca-clotting-risk-overhyped/
https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/02/23/astrazeneca-clotting-risk-overhyped/
Am I mental? Why has no one even bothered to respond to this? I accept that many of the results in the papers could be noncebo but the fact that these results have been and continue to be hidden from us is certainly alarming.Probably going to open a can of worms here but has anyone read up on the Pfizer documents?
Watched this YouTube video earlier (the documents are contained in the description) on vaccine related injuries/deaths and it really did shock me. If I hadn't already been vaccinated I might have not taken it knowing this information and given how mild Omicron is for the majority of people in my age group who get it. I also know this logic is flawed in that others around you who are more susceptible to serious disease from covid benefit from you being vaccinated to reduce the likelihood that you can transmit it to them.
I'd probably have got the vaccine anyway but I do find it quite disgusting how they have redacted the total number of vaccine doses administered for the period which would then allow us to know the probability of suffering an adverse effect.
The results haven't been hidden. They haven't been published in that format before and the court have ordered release of individual report forms (which will have to have personal data like name/date of birth redacted) before publication of those "tens of thousands" of pages are produced.Am I mental? Why has no one even bothered to respond to this? I accept that many of the results in the papers could be noncebo but the fact that these results have been and continue to be hidden from us is certainly alarming.
He’s been an interesting case study in what happens to people that get a bit of fame/following online. They invariably end up going down a clickbaity rabbit hole, because that’s how they get the most interactions. First invermectin, now this nonsense. It’s a shame because he was clearly very well intentioned at the beginning.The results haven't been hidden. They haven't been published in that format before and the court have ordered release of individual report forms (which will have to have personal data like name/date of birth redacted) before publication of those "tens of thousands" of pages are produced.
The UK and EMA have been open and prompt with publishing throughout. The FDA less so with national figures, because they are generally slow and seem to have trouble collating data from all their States.
The core data is public domain. To understand what it looks like you need to read something like:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ary-of-yellow-card-reporting#analysis-of-data
The current report is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...group-on-covid-19-vaccine-safety-surveillance
For context, around 23m people in the UK have received (at least) two doses of Pfizer, and around 37m have received it as a booster.
They've had around 150,000 event reports - mostly about "mild flu-like systems" or "injection arm pain" that go after a couple of days - without medical intervention.
Essentially anyone (health professional, person affected, friend etc) can fill in an adverse event report. There's no vetting at that stage to see if the information is accurate, and none at all to see if it relates to the vaccine. You can try making a report now, if you like.
https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/
It will get added to next week's surveillance report without comment, it will become another data point in the report.
Some side-effects are so common that they put them in the leaflets they hand out at the vaccine sites. In fact, some are so common, that people don't bother reporting them - like the "punched in the arm" sensation that a lot of people get. Lots of reports at clinical trial stage (where you get asked specifically about such things) but now viewed as a running joke on here - certainly not hidden, or not discussed, just not worth avoiding given covid's potential to do worse.
Deaths and events that put people into hospital get analysed more closely. The fact is though - on average about 12,000 people die each week in the UK - many of them suddenly or unexpectedly, when you give 80m doses of vaccines of vaccine to more than 30m people, some of them will inevitably die of non-vaccine related causes within a couple of months of their vaccination. The analysis of whether a death is caused by (or triggered by) the vaccine takes both genuine medical expertise and a fundamental understanding of the statistics.
You can see what the experts think on the pages I've linked to. They do see "signals" in the data and when they do like with myocarditis in young men, they form part of their public briefings. They don't need to hide the data, to suggest that doctors and public health authorities the world over are hiding these things is frankly ridiculous. Billions of doses of Pfizer have now been used - there's no mass media cover-up of deaths, and there's no public health cover-up either.
As to why Campbell has tumbled down this rabbit hole at this stage - you'd have to ask him. I've been talking about adverse reactions and the underlying statistics for over a year now - because the key data had been public domain throughout.
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He was great early on but seemed to lose the plot after a while.He’s been an interesting case study in what happens to people that get a bit of fame/following online. They invariably end up going down a clickbaity rabbit hole, because that’s how they get the most interactions. First invermectin, now this nonsense. It’s a shame because he was clearly very well intentioned at the beginning.
Wonder if the "it was developed too quickly, I'll take it once it's been tested" crowd would be happy to take this or if they'll have to spin the wheel of excuses again.A new Covid vaccine has been approved for use in the UK by regulators.
It is manufactured by Valneva, using more traditional technology - similar to how polio and flu shots are made.
It contains a whole copy of the virus which has been inactivated, so that it can't cause the disease but does teach the body how to fight it.
The UK was due to receive 100 million doses of the jab, but the government cancelled the deal in September due to a "breach of obligations".
The French company strenuously denied the government's accusation.
Dr June Raine, chief executive of the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, said the approval followed "a rigorous review of the safety, quality and effectiveness of this vaccine".
As with the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines, it is designed to be given as two doses.
Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, from the Commission on Human Medicines - which led the review - said: "We have advised that the benefit risk balance is positive. The vaccine is approved for use in people aged 18 to 50 years, with the first and second doses to be taken at least 28 days apart."
The jab developed by Valneva, which has a factory in Livingston near Edinburgh, is the sixth Covid-19 vaccine to be granted an MHRA authorisation.
In trials, blood results from volunteers who received the jab had high levels of neutralising antibodies against the pandemic virus.
It outperformed the AstraZeneca vaccine on this measure in head-to-head tests.
Experts say it is possible that by using the whole virus - rather than just the spike protein - the vaccine may be more useful against future emerging variants of Covid.
So @lynchie what's your status now?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61104594
Wonder if the "it was developed too quickly, I'll take it once it's been tested" crowd would be happy to take this or if they'll have to spin the wheel of excuses again.
Can’t give up that last vestige of freedumb.Still think the weirdest lot are those that have taken two but won't do the third, like why?
I just dont get it, its like now the media hype has gone down they dont see the need? Why not just have it so you're less likely to catch it?Can’t give up that last vestige of freedumb.
I think some people are against it because we were all initially told it was a two jab course. And once we'd had the two, they said, well actually, you need three. And possibly one every 6 months from here on in.I just dont get it, its like now the media hype has gone down they dont see the need? Why not just have it so you're less likely to catch it?
Among some people in my life who fit into the category of having two but not three, a common theme seems to be that they (all young people 20-35) only got jabbed because ‘they’ said it would just be two at first and the lockdowns etc would be over and were put off that the goalposts were perceived to be moved, and so that they could go on holidays. They have/had good enough faith in the vaccine to get it without much question or hesitation but probably weren’t all that concerned about catching Covid in the first place and still aren’t.I just dont get it, its like now the media hype has gone down they dont see the need? Why not just have it so you're less likely to catch it?
Our hospitals are empty for almost six months now, so I am really not sure why would I take it?Still think the weirdest lot are those that have taken two but won't do the third, like why?
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2 valneva + 2 Pfizer, so supervaxxed.So @lynchie what's your status now?
Just the trial vaccines, or have you had (some sort of) a booster as well?
You can translate if you want but this lady had it 4 times in 9 monthsAre there any updates on the Omikron specific vaccines or is it kinda deemed a lost cause given how quickly we get new variants and how most countries go herd immunity anyway?
Also, are there any studies on how long one has immunity after being infected with BA.1/2/5? I had it 3 weeks ago (after being triple vaxxed) and my flatmate just tested positive today. I assume, I can be "relatively" relaxed around him in the flat (he's wearing a mask)?
We've had the first trial results for Moderna and Pfizer boosters tweaked to work on Omicron. They're looking good enough that the autumn booster programs will probably use them.Are there any updates on the Omikron specific vaccines or is it kinda deemed a lost cause given how quickly we get new variants and how most countries go herd immunity anyway?
Also, are there any studies on how long one has immunity after being infected with BA.1/2/5? I had it 3 weeks ago (after being triple vaxxed) and my flatmate just tested positive today. I assume, I can be "relatively" relaxed around him in the flat (he's wearing a mask)?
In terms of protection from serious illness - those old jabs still help you. In terms of infection control they're pretty much irrelevant. There's no real justification now for using them or any other kind of vaccine mandate as a border control.Coming into Fuerteventura they were asking if we’d had our vaccinations. Yes had all 3. But the last one was ages ago. Surely they’d be useless now?