COVID vaccines and neuropathy

Yes indeed! - https://www.foundationforpn.org/our-mission/

It is just another "Plandemic" - a polemic screed comprised of selective and misleading reporting. With a British accent.

I could not agree with you more. It is a lonely illness. I certainly feel isolated. Much more attention needs to be focused and more money into research. The pain and discomfort is something I have never known before.

And if they hadn't had the shot, they'd be blaming power lines, vapor trails, and who knows what else.

People don't believe/understand what they can't see. I stopped talking to one friend whose questions about my health were so insistent and so probing that it was clear she didn't believe I was in pain. I actually thought about printing out my medical records to show her. I also get "but you can walk (or in my case, hike) and yes, I can. The pain is in my torso. I don't walk on my torso. But both my feet are numb and it makes it very hard to do those things. I just push through it, slow way down, and try not to cry.

I saw that hypothesis out of UCLA. It will be interesting to see if/how it is tested.

However, the article (not a paper; that distinction is important in a scientific journal), does not present evidence. It presents a hypothesis. Not for your benefit (it is clear you have this knowledge) but for the benefit of others, a hypothesis is a statement made to explain observations. For instance, I heard the rooster crow and then the sun came up. Those are observations. Then I say, "so the sun comes up because the rooster crows." That's the hypothesis. Then I test that hypothesis. The rooster goes to live on a farm far, far away where he is happy playing in the fields. No rooster, no crowing, the sun still comes up. So I have falsified the hypothesis because I tested it and the results falsified my statement.

The article in NEJM is just that. It reports observations. Some people who were vaccinated have experienced allergic reactions, myocarditis, and immune-mediated thrombosis and thrombocytopenia. The hypothesis is that these conditions may have been mediated by what is called Ab2 antibodies (antibodies are part of the immune system).

The authors propose a test: It would therefore be prudent to fully characterize all antibody and T-cell responses to the virus and the vaccines, including Ab2 responses over time. Using huACE2 transgenic mice and crossing them with strains that are predisposed to autoimmunity or other human pathologic conditions can also provide important insights.

In other words, no evidence yet. They propose a way to find the evidence.

Food for thought - polyethylene glycol is being tested as a means to fuse axons to treat peripheral nerve and spinal cord injury. https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/chemical-hope

Your so right. I feel like cryingbecause nobody understands. Not even the medics.

Your words are hurting people. My daughter is suffering from a vaccine injury. We have a family of health providers we are all vaccinated- but this Did and Does happen!!! Please let the injured speak for them selves toward their own experience.

No one is stopping anyone from speaking. I gave my opinion. You are free to give yours.

I did not say one word about your daughter or her condition.

I'm sorry that your daughter is suffering.

None of that has ANYTHING to do with my comments about that film. Had that film never been made, your daughter would still be suffering. My comments about that film have nothing to do with your daughter.

Vaccines do indeed have adverse effects. Fortunately for all of us, the incidence (with regard to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines( is extremely low and for most, the reactions are far less of a problem than is COVID.

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