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My SIL. As many know, she had a bad case of COVID last March, leaving her with an anterior MI and some lung scarring. As a nurse, she was targeted for the Pfizer vaccine in the first wave. After consultation with a team of doctors at the hospital, they advised her to take the vaccine.
Result? 102 fever. Loss of taste. Diarrhea. Fatigue and body ache. Knocked her on her butt. Very much like early, severe COVID symptoms.
The case is currently being investigated by the CDC. There is also some peripheral FDA involvement. BTW, she wasn't the only one. One other nurse also experienced similar symptoms. That made two out of one thousand doses given at her hospital (The Lake is a big hospital). In both cases, the recipient had had a severe case of COVID back in the early spring.
I am happy to report my SIL is fever-free as of yesterday, sense of taste is returning and she is feeling better. But the vaccine put her down for almost a week. PCR tests are pending.
If this is not an isolated incident, it might change recommendations on who gets the vaccine and who doesn't. Perhaps some people who had severe cases of COVID have more immunity than what was previously thought.
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I’m surprised that an antibody test isn’t required first for those that had COVID. The study in November indicated surprising long term immunity.
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I’m surprised that an antibody test isn’t required first for those that had COVID. The study in November indicated surprising long term immunity.
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D2, two weeks ago:
I remember... The thing is, if I remember the study correctly, there was an initial big decrease in antibodies, but their remained a smaller number of more powerful antibodies that showed great staying power.
People saw the initial drop in antibodies assumed that they would continue to decrease at the same rate. That’s not what has happened in a large number of cases.
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It seems odd that existing antibodies would cause you to get sick again. Seems counterintuitive.
It seems odd that existing antibodies would cause you to get sick again. Seems counterintuitive.
Remember that these aren’t your typical vaccines. They train your cells to attack the protein spikes of the Coronavirus by making some cells grow the protein spikes and mimic the virus. I can see how the existing antibodies wouldn’t like those....
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Saw SIL today. Her PCR is not back, but we made the decision that she would be fine to drive up for Christmas. She feels fine today, no symptoms of any kind.
That was one heckuva immune response...
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Saw SIL today. Her PCR is not back, but we made the decision that she would be fine to drive up for Christmas. She feels fine today, no symptoms of any kind.
That was one heckuva immune response...
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Would be nice to know what levels of antibodies the people had who had the reactions - both Steve and I still have antibodies, he has more than me - but no idea if our levels are medium, high , or low. He is higher up on the list for the vaccine than I am - hopefully we will know more by then.
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