Don’t run away from the second anti-COVID shot! Evidently there are large numbers of people who are pooh-poohing getting their second Pfizer or Moderna anti-Covid vaccine shots. They get their first shot and feel immune. Or just don’t want to bother with the second. With all the variants growing around the world this is just plain irrational behavior. One shot is not enough. Even people who have had both shots sometimes still can get a case of COVID. It is rare, but it is not unheard of. Better safe than sorry.
COVID remains dangerous. Even people who have lived through a case of COVID face weird possibilities: confusion, cracked and loss of teeth, and feelings of dementia. “An estimated 10% to 30% of people who get covid-19 suffer from lingering symptoms of the disease, or what’s known as ‘long covid.'” – khn.org/news/article/mysterious-ailment-mysterious-relief-vaccines-help-some-covid-long-haulers/
For the strongest protection against Covid-19, everyone should complete their two shot series. If you or anyone you know has not had their second shot within the required time period, contact should be made with the same source where the first shot was administered for details. Please, do not delay.
– .msn.com/en-us/health/medical/why-you-shouldn-t-skip-your-second-covid-shot/ar-BB1gc9Ne?ocid=msedgntp
The views expressed in this article are the writer’s own.
There is too much attention in the media on negative reactions after the second shot of vaccine. Almost everyone I have spoken with has not had severe reactions after the second shot. A couple of days of discomfort is worth a lack of life if you have to fight this Pandemic in a hospital.
I appreciate your keeping this issue in front of your readers.
Nan,
Yes . . . repetition and constant reminders can something stir people to actually take care of themselves.
Thanks for sharing.
Don
Interesting, but just one side of a complex situation. People should have the right/ freedom to protect their own health and bodies by their best judgments. I don’t know what Mr. Doman’s medical credentials are, but I know at the very end of the NPR article highlighted a Dr. ( I assume) Wherry stated “right now we have anecdotes; we’d love it to be true. Let’s wait for some ‘REAL’ data. (emphasis added)
Dennis,
Thanks for commenting.
Real data? As of this week there have been 595,588 deaths in America due to COVID. If people had followed the medical information starting over a year ago we would have had fewer deaths. We have led the world in COVID deaths and still might. With the vaccines we have reduced our number of deaths considerably and are on the verge now of helping the rest of the world with injections to save them.
One doesn’t need medical credentials to read the writing on the wall.
Thanks for sharing.
Don
Don, How many of those 600,000 deaths would have died within the past year anyway. A large portion of that number is patients living in nursing homes. At the onset there were numerous reports of health departments listing individuals as Covid deaths when the comorbid factor was gunshot wound.
What you and the many others lapping up the propoganda fail to recognize are the other issues with locking us all down. Social impacts, suicides, economic impacts, and reduced education to our children. The issue is not as easy as you lend it. Perhaps that’s the narrative you prefer.
Scott,
Thanks for commenting. I prefer the truth. One of my best friends is an award winning registered nurse, so I take her word for the problem and protection against it. My cousin’s husband is in a local nursing home. He had and re-covered from COVID last year. The problem with nursing homes is that people with dementia don’t follow rules. Guests and care givers have both died from COVID. Do you think the cases and deaths here, India and worldwide make up their own statistics to provide a narrative for propaganda? I am sorry you believe what you do. It’s your right. Friends who have had reactions after their second shots can tell you they don’t want the real thing and they wear their masks and avoid groups of people for their own safety. Think about it, please.
Don
Yes, and it is truly pitiful to currently see THAT many deaths in a country that has one of the best, if not the best, medical capabilities in the world.
I say pitiful because during the most-destructive pandemic that occurred in the past century (circa 1918-19):
“It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States. Mortality was high in people younger than 5 years old, 20-40 years old, and 65 years and older.” ….per the US Centers of Disease Control, CDC.
YES…..675,000 deaths in the US alone, and we are fast-approaching that amount NOW! WHY are so many US citizens dying NOW when our health-care system is eons ahead of what it was in 1918-19?
It is because far-to-many people are failing to follow the same damn preventive measures they practiced over 100 years ago! Back then they had sense enough to follow medical advice…it would have been far worse if they had not. Oh yeah, and they did NOT have a vaccine!
So, are we going to match 650K deaths? Likely so if folks “just keep on keepin’ on” and refuse to get a simple, SAFE vaccination….that is….FREE !!
By the way, “ignorance” is lacking knowledge or understanding of a subject, whereas “stupid” is doing something even when one has the knowledge or understanding of a subject to do otherwise.
Eric,
Bulls Eye! We produced a video for the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department several years ago: “You Bet Your Sweet Life.” We ended the video with a clip from the 1930s – “No one is safe, until everyone is safe.” Just like there is no accounting for taste, today there is no accounting for attitudes, blind eyes, and just plain stupidity . . . but I hate to write that. After all these deaths we have people still carrying the banner and belief that the pandemic deaths are phony . . . and what’s worse is that they are self-satisfied and proud of their beliefs. Thanks for sharing what I didn’t say.
Don
I just heard on the television that the University of Washington estimated the “real” death toll to be 900,000. I contribute most of those to our dear leader, who now is thankfully gone off to Florida to play golf. He is a prime example of ignorance.
James,
Thank you for commenting, but I think you are wrong. I disagree that Donald Trump is a prime example of ignorance . . . about COVID anyway. His security people have commented that he made them adhere to COVID rules completely. He knew the danger and pooh-poohed it to the world in favor of doing nothing because it would make him look the fool for ripping the guts out of the pandemic safeguards established during Obama’s years as president.
Thanks for sharing.
Don
Does anybody else see what’s going on here…it’s called a collective ‘beat down’. Someone wants to discuss (maybe debate) an opinion in opposition and whamoo they’re blind, stupid, ignorant ! How does it go , ‘I once was blind but now I see’? By the way the temporarily approved medical proceedures are certainly not FREE!
Dennis,
Thanks for commenting.
The CDC has known about the strength and killing power of COVID-19 for almost a year and a half now. Although we hoped that it would simply go away as shared by President Donald Trump, it has not. Science has been looking for a cure for most of that time. We have no cure, but we have vaccines that offer protections and have made safer our world. Free, of course not. Saving lives? Yes. To refuse the vaccines runs the risk of more cases and fatalities. Predictions are that we will soon see the deaths of over 900,000 Americans plus millions world-wide. There is a health department quote from the 1930s about flu, polio, measles, and other infectious diseases that is still relevant today: “No one is safe, until everyone is safe.”
Thanks for sharing.
Question- those of you that are against getting the vaccine….Would you be willing to forgo a trip to the hospital if you do get COVID and become extremely sick, short of breath, low oxygen level, etc.? The reason I ask is because there are healthcare workers that put themselves and their family members lives at risk by being exposed to you. This pandemic has rocked the world of my family members that are nurses. I mean it seems only reasonable to request that you just stay home and “tough it out”. Even though the nurses and doctors were able to be vaccinated they have family members (kids) that are not able to receive the vaccination. some of those kids have Type 1 Diabetes, Cerebral Palsy, Turners, and other medical issues that COVID could prove to be fatal. If you have the vaccine it doesn’t mean you cant still pass it on to other people if you are exposed. It just mitigates the symptoms of COVID so you are more likely to survive it. Besides…all those doctor and nurses are going to be performing (science based) medical procedures to save you and some of those procedures and medications are still being tested. The mental health of those nurses are also an issue, The shear volume of patients that have died while the nurses held their hands due to the restrictions regarding family visitors has been catastrophic. This seems like a reasonable request since you made the decision to forgo a vaccine with little or no regard to the selfless medical community and their family members. Don’t even get me started on the risks that the grocery store personnel, police officer and paramedics have had to navigate. Surely this should not be a problem for you.
Sue,
Thanks for commenting. You make excellent points, but I would guess they will go unwanted and unread . . . unfortunately. Some people are just “dead” set in their ways.
Thanks for sharing.
Don
I have been dealing with chronic illness for about 6 years now due to a chronic and apparently untreatable ongoing infection between my sinuses, and trachea. I was diagnosed about a decade and a half ago, with cysts in my sinuses. Occasionally they rupture and drain, but they always grow back. They cannot be surgically removed. My physicians initially put me on extended rounds of very strong antibiotics, but the symptoms never cleared. I’ve been left with a severely compromised immune system.
I am unable to receive the Covid-19 vaccine due to my chronic illness, because as I am constantly symptomatic, the vaccines cannot be administered. I don’t know what to do. We can’t afford health care insurance, and my physicians had told me they wanted to do an MRI and CAT scan to try to ascertain what was going on. I can’t afford them. And push come to shove, I can’t get my vaccine until the symptoms stop. Constantly choking on thick post nasal drainage, and terrified of being exposed and infected. Covid-19 didn’t change too much for me though, because I’ve been essentially home bound, and work from my home office, for these past 6 years.
Jay,
Thanks for reading and commenting. Wow, your problems go way beyond COVID suffering. A friend has a suggestion for you. She suggest you contact: Pierce County Project Access: https://www.pcprojectaccess.org/
Good luck . . . Thanks for sharing . . . and not.
Don