VAERS Summary for COVID-19 Vaccines through 01/21/2022
Official Reported Vaccine Adverse Events in the FDA Data Base
Necessity of COVID-19 Vaccination in Persons Who Have Already Had COVID-19
Authors: Nabin K Shrestha, Patrick C Burke, Amy S Nowacki, Paul Terpeluk, Steven M Gordon Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciac022, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac022 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the necessity of COVID-19 vaccination in persons with prior COVID-19.Methods Employees of Cleveland Clinic working in Ohio on Dec 16, 2020, the day COVID-19 vaccination was started, were included. Anyone who tested […]
New York Times Admits Unvaxxed People Have ‘Lower Rates of Infection And Hospitalization’ Of COVID-19 Than The Vaxxed.
Authors: Natalie Winters A January 19th update posted to the outlet’s COVID-19 live blog explains how unvaccinated individuals who previously contracted the virus “had lower rates of infection and hospitalization than those protected by vaccines alone”: During the week beginning May 30, 2021, vaccinated people who had not experienced Covid had the lowest risk of coronavirus infection […]
Endothelial thrombomodulin downregulation caused by hypoxia contributes to severe infiltration and coagulopathy in COVID-19 patient lungs
Authors: Taejoon Won, Megan K. Wood, David M. Hughes, Monica V. Talor, Zexu Ma Jowaly Schneider, et al. Published:January 12, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.103812 Background Thromboembolism is a life-threatening manifestation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We investigated a dysfunctional phenotype of vascular endothelial cells in the lungs during COVID-19. Methods We obtained the lung specimens from the patients […]
Elevated Expression of Serum Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecules in COVID-19 Patients
Authos: Ming Tong,1Yu Jiang,2Da Xia,3Ying Xiong,3Qing Zheng,4Fang Chen,2Lianhong Zou,2Wen Xiao,2 and Yimin Zhu2 J Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 15; 222(6): 894–898.Published online 2020 Jun 24. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa349 PMCID: PMC7337874PMID: 32582936 Abstract In a retrospective study of 39 COVID-19 patients and 32 control participants in China, we collected clinical data and examined the expression of endothelial cell adhesion molecules by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. […]
What Role does Endothelial Infection Play in SARS-CoV-2 Infection?
Authors: By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can cause inflammatory lung disease, including clot formation and hyper-permeability of the lung vessels, resulting in edema and bleeding into the lung. Inflammation also affects other organs, mediated by the cytokine storm. This inflammation is characterized by endothelial cell […]
Spike Proteins, COVID-19, and Vaccines
A new study further elucidates the role of spike proteins in COVID-19. Authors: Steven Novella May 5, 2021 A recent study looks at the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins, showing that they can cause some of the harm of COVID-19 by themselves. This is an important advance in our understanding of the disease and hopefully […]
DOD medical data reveals surges in oft-cited vax ‘adverse events’ in 2021
Three military doctors say medical billing code data captured by Defense Medical Epidemiology Database shows sharp spikes in miscarriages, myocarditis, cancer diagnoses, Bell’s palsy, female infertility. According to the data found by the military doctors, there was also a nearly 300% increase in cancer diagnoses, from a 38,700-per-year average in 2016-2020 to 114,645 in 2021. […]
Pandemic health consequences: Grasping the long COVID tail
Authors: Kieran L. Quinn , Chaim M. Bell Published: January 25, 2022 Emerging evidence suggests that approximately 10% of people who survive Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) will have lingering symptoms that negatively affect their quality of life, ability to work, and function [1,2]. This important group of people with the post-COVID-19 condition may seem small in comparison […]
Scientists Identify Factors That Appear Linked to Long Covid
Authors: Marthe Fourcade 04:35 PM IST, 26 Jan 2022 06:47 PM IST, 26 Jan 2022 Scientists seeking to find out which patients are most at risk of developing long Covid offered partial answers in a study. People who have circulating fragments of the coronavirus, specific antibodies directed against their own tissues or organs — known […]