NOT Coronavirus COVID-19

scheduled my appointment for the updated booster.  pretty sure after this one i will be able to transform into an actual 5G tower. 

Cancel it. Wait for Novavax, there is a huge amount of evidence now pointing to it being the best possible option.

I haven't got the studies in front of me, but basically it seems to be the most effective against all new variants, and is especially good if you've previously had an mRNA vaccine. Its waiting for FDA approval, but the pattern in the US has been to favour pfizer and Moderna despite strong evidence of Novavax's superiority.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/novavaxs-updated-covid-vaccine-shows-response-against-eris-variant-2023-08-22/

Oh, and it has less side effects as well.

Novovax, that's Russian owned, right? We don't want to fund the war in Ukraine, do we?

  On 9/18/2023 at 6:01 PM, droid said:

Cancel it. Wait for Novavax, there is a huge amount of evidence now pointing to it being the best possible option.

nah. sticking with what i've gotten every time, pfizer/BioNtech. seems to be doing the thing just fine. 

  On 9/18/2023 at 6:16 PM, Satans Little Helper said:

Novovax, that's Russian owned, right? We don't want to fund the war in Ukraine, do we?

lol, wuh? No, thats Sputnik V. Novavax is a US company, their vaccine is a Protein subunit vaccine, since 2021 its pretty much been shown to be as effective, longer lasting and have less side effects than the mRNA vaccines.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/06/novavax-now-best-covid-19-vaccine/619276/

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-07-06-novavax-covid-19-vaccine-second-dose-generates-high-immune-response-young-people

I don't think anyone here under the age of 65 will even be allowed to get any vaccine, and the ones they plan on offering are last years bivalent boosters, which are basically shit. If novavax becomes available privately I'll be first in line. If you search twitter you'll find thousands of covid-conscious people trying to find out how to get it.

  On 9/18/2023 at 7:05 PM, droid said:

I don't think anyone here under the age of 65 will even be allowed to get any vaccine, and the ones they plan on offering are last years bivalent boosters,

they opened appointments for everyone which is how i was able to make an appointment. i think the vaccines are updated boosters and not last year's boosters.  

interesting about Novavax. i haven't heard of it. will keep tabs on it.. if it comes available maybe i'll get that one next year

  On 9/18/2023 at 11:07 PM, ignatius said:

they opened appointments for everyone which is how i was able to make an appointment. i think the vaccines are updated boosters and not last year's boosters.  

interesting about Novavax. i haven't heard of it. will keep tabs on it.. if it comes available maybe i'll get that one next year

Ah yeah, for all Biden's appalling covid policies, he is, at least letting people get the vaccine. I was talking about Ireland.

Sorry to offer unsolicited medical advice, the best vaccine is probably whatever one you can get.

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the UK lockdowns were the first time i really noticed my dad's fragility. his blood pressure medicine was changed, and his thinking slowed. he rarely went anywhere, usually a short walk up the road and back. he had many short visits to hospital over the last few years, and often said afterwards those places scared the hell out of him.

in 2023, he had trouble with mobility, and some falls. hospital in august, with delirium and infections. worsening late symptoms of dementia after. doctor's didn't come to vaccinate when unable to get to his appointment. hospital again in october. much breaking of protocols by staff. six weeks waiting for rehab place. 

late november, covid. he died on december 1st. aged 80.

i've now seen the end first hand. as he had pneumonia too, i'd guess it's suffocation and drowning. there's little clear about how various parts of the NHS work together, and it's as odd now seeing if i can find medical records to build more of a picture. complaints seem futile, but i'm trying. it's not easy, everything's upended and new.

i can cope with my dad having died. i expected it last year, but not in the way it happened. he knew he was getting generally worse, but didn't know it would be that. i struggle thinking what it was like to realise what was happening to him. hardest is there was just four people in the ward, all immobile. a sitting target, ultimately.

Im so sorry you both suffered this. May he rest in peace.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X24001270

Thats a big study.

  On 2/23/2024 at 1:16 PM, Rubin Farr said:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X24001270

this made it to a couple mainstream news sources when it was released then faded quickly. maybe it will pop up again. the findings are concerning. i probably don't understand all the details. next week i see my cardiologist. i plan to bring it up and see what he says. 

  On 2/23/2024 at 6:06 PM, ignatius said:

this made it to a couple mainstream news sources when it was released then faded quickly. maybe it will pop up again. the findings are concerning. i probably don't understand all the details. next week i see my cardiologist. i plan to bring it up and see what he says. 

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This multi-country analysis confirmed pre-established safety signals for myocarditis, pericarditis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. Other potential safety signals that require further investigation were identified.

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While our study confirmed previously identified rare safety signals following COVID-19 vaccination and contributed evidence on several other important outcomes, further investigation is warranted to confirm associations and assess clinical significance.

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I wouldn't worry too much about these results. The term "confirmed" basically tells you it is in line with previous results. It's just that there's more evidence for these rare events. That's basically it. 

Various guidelines (eg. WHO) already mentioned these. So nothing new.

It does mention the results also showed some other signals for rare(r) events, but due to methodology issues these need to be confirmed. See:

Yeah, it basically means that we have confirmed that these events exist, but are rare, in line with other studies.

Considering in just the last two weeks we've had studies showing that covid infection causes brain bleeds and the breakdown of the blood brain barrier, degradation of mucosal immunity function, acts in symbiosis with TB and increases risk of new onset dementia, the risk/benefit calculation is clear. 

LOL 

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‘Hypervaccinated’ man reportedly received 217 Covid jabs without side effects

A German man who voluntarily received 217 coronavirus jabs over 29 months showed “no signs” of having been infected with the virus that causes Covid-19 and had not suffered from any vaccine-related side effects, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet Infectious Diseases.

The 62-year-old, from Magdeburg, Germany, whom doctors described as “hypervaccinated”, said he had had the large number of vaccines for “private reasons”, according to the researchers from University of Erlangen-Nuremberg who examined him.

According to the news magazine Spiegel, the man’s vaccine spree had sparked a criminal investigation against him for suspected fraud, after suspicions he had run a scam to sell the vaccine certificates to people who did not want to get the jab.

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/06/hypervaccinated-man-217-covid-jabs-no-side-effects-germany

Allegedly, he's now working in Mega Man games as Magnet Man

  On 3/6/2024 at 4:53 PM, Satans Little Helper said:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/06/hypervaccinated-man-217-covid-jabs-no-side-effects-germany

  On 3/6/2024 at 4:53 PM, Satans Little Helper said:

LOL 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/06/hypervaccinated-man-217-covid-jabs-no-side-effects-germany

Allegedly, he's now working in Mega Man games as Magnet Man

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/genetic-analysis-animals-wuhan-market-164723160.html

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A British Columbia teen who contracted Canada's first known human case of H5 bird flu has deteriorated swiftly in recent days and is now in critical condition, health officials reported Tuesday.

The teen's case was announced Saturday by provincial health officials, who noted that teen had no obvious exposure to animals that could explain an infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza. The teen tested positive for H5 bird flu at the BC's public health laboratory, and the result is currently being confirmed by the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.

The teen's case reportedly began with conjunctivitis, echoing the H5N1 human case reports in the US. The case then progressed to fever and cough, and the teen was admitted to BC's Children's hospital late Friday. The teen's condition varied throughout the weekend but had taken a turn for the worse by Tuesday, according to BC provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.

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https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/11/teen-in-critical-condition-with-canadas-first-human-case-of-h5-bird-flu/

not COVID - no known contact with w/ animals, previously healthy young person taking a quick turn for the worse... 

it's beginning to look a lot like 2020