MAC and getting the COVID vaccine

Posted by cmi @cmi, Jan 6, 2021

This is a wonderful team...like a real cooperativa family...we are a band of patients that strategize together...amazing. All good dialogue for “rits”...I also believe the CAT scan would be a good step...it arms the doctor with evidence.

I have another question for the group...what are the feelings on “us” being candidates for the Covid vaccine? Has anyone yet vaccinated? I see my ID doc this afternoon...it is one of my concerns. Any feedback appreciated.
Regina

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@r0nald

I agree re we need further testing for the vaccine, we dont realy know the true later rmifications, like autism,,adhd, etc the compromisation of our immune system

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@r0nald There is absolutely no proof that vaccines cause autism. This theory has been around a very long time. Many parents refusing to vaccinate their children for measles for that reason, leading measles breakouts that not only affect their own unvaccinated children, but the children who cannot receive vaccine because of their medical conditions or under age limit. I have been receiving flu vaccine every year for over 10 years. I have not experience any side effects and have not caught flu once. So I, for one, cannot wait for my turn to get the vaccine for COVID.

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Ok lets get it straight moost professors and scientists, agree if ther is a chance that a vaccination may contribute to an already weakened genetic mutation, then we should be very careful.. I am not saying children should not be vaccinated in fact the opposite I believe in the 3 tier vaccination taken over a 3 month period instead of all 3 at once do you agree.

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As we all know the virus mutates at a rapid rate and takes form of another disease so are we realy expecting the vaccination to get rid of Covid 19 which has mutated in form, or are we in fact treating an immune disease caused by covid that is attacking the host
, and may be dealt with proper antibiotics and other natural meds

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@r0nald

As we all know the virus mutates at a rapid rate and takes form of another disease so are we realy expecting the vaccination to get rid of Covid 19 which has mutated in form, or are we in fact treating an immune disease caused by covid that is attacking the host
, and may be dealt with proper antibiotics and other natural meds

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My daughter is an ER nurse, my niece an RN/PhD researcher who was moved to Covid work the day the virus broke here. What they are reporting as the after effects of the Covid-19 virus is not infections, but clotting issues and organ damage (including the brain). The drugs needed to deal with those are not natural, nor do common antibiotics help. They are for the most part experimenting frantically, trying to keep people alive.

Keep in mind that the flu vaccine is effectively a temporary solution too, about 60% effective and altered for varying strains and repeated each year. This new Covid vaccine is so far apparently 90% effective, and the "enemy" is at least 10 times more deadly than flu.

Everyone needs to make their own informed decision about vaccination, but here is my take - if it is even temporarily effective against this deadly-to-many virus, and research so far has shown it to be safe, we will be in line the very first day it is available to my husband and me. Unless and until someone shows me a science-based reason NOT to take it, I always take vaccines that will protect my immune-chaallenged body.

Off my soapbox now.
Sue

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@r0nald

As we all know the virus mutates at a rapid rate and takes form of another disease so are we realy expecting the vaccination to get rid of Covid 19 which has mutated in form, or are we in fact treating an immune disease caused by covid that is attacking the host
, and may be dealt with proper antibiotics and other natural meds

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Flu virus mutates all the time. That's why we have to get the vaccine every single year. There is a lot of guess work going into development of each year's flu vaccine because it is difficult to know how the virus will mutate before the shots are ready to be administered. So virus mutation is nothing new to humans. Here is an article about the virus mutation and vaccines effectiveness. https://time.com/5927538/covid-19-mutations-vaccines

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@ling123

Flu virus mutates all the time. That's why we have to get the vaccine every single year. There is a lot of guess work going into development of each year's flu vaccine because it is difficult to know how the virus will mutate before the shots are ready to be administered. So virus mutation is nothing new to humans. Here is an article about the virus mutation and vaccines effectiveness. https://time.com/5927538/covid-19-mutations-vaccines

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Just saw on the news that the vaccine is effective against the latest mutations. They are still looking at a South Africa mutation.

Frankly, I think people who are reluctant to take it should just wait. Give it to those of us who are ready and talk to the reluctant ones after everyone who wants it gets it. I get upset every time I see someone not vulnerable, like young healthy members of Congress or hospital administrators, getting the shot as an example for reluctant people. It just means one less shot available for me.

I also think there may be a day when proof of vaccination is required for certain activities, flying, for example.

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Was able to make an appointment for my husband to get the vaccine next week due to him being 80+ and they are vaccinating that age first in Indiana and those of us who aren't that age yet but have existing health issues, have to wait. Does that make a lot of sense? I am glad that he is going to get the vaccine, but there are people who are getting priority just because they "know" someone at the health dept. Just be glad when we can go about our lives again and am grateful that so far we have escaped the C-19. Wishing all a safe and healthy 2021! BAZ10

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@ling123

Flu virus mutates all the time. That's why we have to get the vaccine every single year. There is a lot of guess work going into development of each year's flu vaccine because it is difficult to know how the virus will mutate before the shots are ready to be administered. So virus mutation is nothing new to humans. Here is an article about the virus mutation and vaccines effectiveness. https://time.com/5927538/covid-19-mutations-vaccines

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Thank you for sharing the Time’s article...good emphasis on sharp point..US needs to enter the sequencing work with rest of developed nations at task...good education on virulence.

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