I seriously don't understand why some people who work in healthcare are refusing to take the vaccine! I guess I kinda understand people who are in "wait-and-see" mode, because of unknown side effects or history of allergies. But there are others who will never take it for no good scientific reason. I don't get it - you work in healthcare...but you don't trust the healthcare system???
Sarah
I would post links to articles, but I am not allowed.
My niece and wife both work in healthcare. Neither is getting the vaccine. The drug companies know that they cannot be legally held liable for any damage the vaccine does, and if you think knowing that doesn't effect their willingness to throw something out there without properly testing it, you don't know the history of drug companies.
"The most commonly reported side effect from the vaccine is injection site reaction. Such reactions can cause some pain and other symptoms around the area where the vaccine is injected.
“You sometimes get some redness, some warmth, a little bit of mild swelling or firmness around the site of the injection. That’s very typical.” Injection site reactions were reported by 84 percent of participants who received the vaccine. But, it isn't the worst thing.
"Other commonly reported side effects of the ...vaccine include fatigue, headache, and muscle pain.
Fatigue has been reported by roughly 63 percentTrusted Source of research subjects who received the vaccine, while headache and muscle pain have affected about 55 and 38 percent of participants, respectively. In most cases, those symptoms have been mild and resolved within a day or so.
Smaller numbers of participants reported chills, joint pain, or fever following vaccination.
Participants were more likely to report such symptoms following the second dose of the vaccine.
“[The reaction to the second dose] tends to be a little more of an intense response, which does make sense, considering your immune system has been exposed already,”
Four cases of Bell’s palsy have been reported in participants who received the vaccine, while none has been reported in those who got the placebo. Severe allergic reactions to vaccines are very rare, but they can happen.
The vaccine being developed by Moderna, like the one being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, relies on messenger mRNA, which tells the body how to make the spike protein. The vaccine contains a spike protein called syncytin-1, vital for the formation of human placenta in women.... The vaccine works so that we form an immune response AGAINST the spike protein, we are also training the female body to attack syncytin-1, which could lead to infertility in women of an unspecified duration.”
In response to that, Pfizer spokeswoman Jerica Pitts claimed to The Associated Press that their vaccine candidate has
not been found to cause infertility. Of course, not finding something you didn't look for isn't evidence that it isn't there to be found. In the United States, pregnant women were not allowed to participate in vaccine trials, so data on safety during pregnancy would be late and limited at best.
"We don't have any information actually in pregnancy. Women who were in the trial who became pregnant were removed from the trial so we can't give any information about pregnancy," said Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike. Pregnant women were excluded from trials for the vaccine, leading some to recommend against vaccination for women who are pregnant or planning to be pregnant within three months of receiving their doses.
Furthermore, in the UK new guidelines provide that pregnant women will not receive the Coronavirus vaccine during its initial launch in the United Kingdom because the potential risks are unknown. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI) updated its advice to urge pregnant women not to apply for vaccination. The committee also advises against vaccinating those under the age of 16 years due to “very limited data on vaccination among adolescents, with no data on vaccination of young people at this time.” National Health Information Service Scotland The “NHS inform” vaccine is not recommended for pregnant or intending to become pregnant, as it has not been tested in pregnant women.
My daughter and three of my nieces have had the virus, and all of them had symptoms less severe than the vaccine causes. Why get the vaccine? I will wait for the rest of you to beta test it for me.
My wife plans to quit work if they require her to get the vaccine. I am ok with that.
