Posting links to some of these articles here for future reference lest they go down the great internet memory hole. At least we will know that they once existed.
NB. I have tried to stick to factual articles from sources that most people will find reliable regardless of their political bent. You'll note that in the majority of these articles, the authors' favorite word seems to be "rare." Let readers make their own decisions.
'Proud' Aaron receives COVID-19 vaccine [January 5, 2021]
“[Getting vaccinated] makes me feel wonderful,” Aaron told The Associated Press. “I don’t have any qualms about it at all, you know. I feel quite proud of myself for doing something like this. ... It’s just a small thing that can help zillions of people in this country.” (Aaron died at age 86 on Jan. 22, 17 days after he chose to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.)
Hearns blames COVID-19 vaccine for Marvin Hagler’s death [March 15, 2021]
Thomas Hearns has claimed Marvin Hagler’s death at the age of 66 was linked to the coronavirus vaccine he received recently, reports worldboxingnews.net. Hearns, known as ‘The Hitman’ during his career, took to social media to report that Hagler was ‘fighting for his life in the ICU’ on Saturday. The ex-boxer also added that Hagler was there due to the ‘after-effects of the vaccine.’ In a sad final statement, Hearns said he believed ‘he’ll be just fine, but we could use the positive energy and Prayer for his full recovery.’...
Johnson & Johnson vaccine linked to 28 cases of blood clots, CDC reports [May 12, 2021]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it had identified a total of 28 cases of serious, potentially life-threatening blood clots among the more than 8.7 million people who had received the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccination. This latest case count is as of May 7. Previously, as of April 25, the CDC had reported 17 cases of the clots out of nearly 8 million people given the shots....
Blood Clots Aren't the Only Vaccine Side Effects Worth Studying [May 19, 2021]
One can hardly blame people for being worried about the new Covid-19 vaccines when there are so many anecdotal reports of weird side effects — including women experiencing disturbing changes in their menstrual cycles. Reports of early and unusually heavy periods or other irregularities were becoming so common earlier this spring that University of Illinois anthropologist Kate Clancy started collecting them. People may wonder, rightly, why this isn’t being studied in a more systematic way. If something this unexpected can happen, then what else?...
Northwestern University student appears to have died from heart inflammation linked to COVID vaccine [June 15, 2021]
A 19-year-old Northwestern University student died on June 11, two months after she received her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and a month after receiving the second dose. While her doctors have not fully confirmed the cause of her death, it appears that Simone Scott (right) suffered from myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscles. Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s doctors were able to obtain a new heart for Scott, but that lasted less than one week....
FDA adds warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines [June 26, 2021]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday added a warning to patient and provider fact sheets for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to indicate a rare risk of heart inflammation. For each vaccine, the fact sheets were revised to include a warning about myocarditis and pericarditis after the second dose and with the onset of symptoms within a few days after receiving the shot. Myocarditis is the inflammation of the heart muscle and pericarditis is the inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart....
More Evidence Links Myocarditis to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines [June 29, 2021]
Two new case series published Tuesday in JAMA Cardiology support a temporal link between second doses of the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines and the development of acute myocarditis within 4 to 5 days. While the consensus remains that vaccine benefits outweigh the risks, more experts are calling for vigilance and some are suggesting it may be prudent to delay the second dose for young people. Similar to prior studies, the reports show that affected patients tend to be young and male; to present with chest pain, abnormal ECG findings, and elevated troponins; to have findings on cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging consistent with acute myocarditis; and to have a relatively mild clinical course. No alternative explanations for the observed myocarditis were found....
Myocarditis detailed in 30 patients after mRNA COVID vaccines [June 30, 2021]
Two recent reports in JAMA Cardiology describe 30 patients with myocarditis, or inflamed heart muscles, less than a week after receiving either a Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. While these events may indicate a higher prevalence of myocarditis than expected, both reports note their rarity....
Latest CDC VAERS Data Show Reported Injuries Surpass 400,000 Following COVID Vaccines [July 2, 2021]
...Data released today show that between Dec. 14, 2020 and June 25, 2021, a total of 411,931 total adverse events were reported to VAERS, including 6,985 deaths — an increase of 872 deaths over the previous week. There were 34,065 serious injury reports, up 2,825 compared with last week....
Selected Adverse Events Reported after COVID-19 Vaccination [July 13,2021]
Anaphylaxis after COVID-19 vaccination is rare and has occurred in approximately 2 to 5 people per million vaccinated in the United States....CDC and FDA identified 38 confirmed reports of people who got the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine and later developed TTS (Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome)....there have been around 100 preliminary reports of GBS (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) identified in VAERS....As of July 12, 2021, VAERS has received 1,047 reports of myocarditis or pericarditis among people ages 30 and younger who received a COVID-19 vaccine....VAERS received 6,079 reports of death (0.0018%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine.
FDA adds new warning on Johnson & Johnson vaccine related to rare autoimmune disorder [July 13, 2021]
The Food and Drug Administration announced a new warning for the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Monday, saying the shot has been linked to a serious but rare side effect called Guillain-Barré syndrome, in which the immune system attacks the nerves...
Updates to this post as events warrant. Note that this list makes no claims to completeness, particularly with the passage of time.
Update #1, July 30, 2021. Not a good sign.
Over 25% of cases in Los Angeles are fully vaccinated people [July 29, 2021]
Around one in four new COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles are among fully vaccinated people, health officials said. Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that about 26 percent of cases confirmed between July 1 and July 16 were people who were vaccinated against the virus, news station Fox11 reported. “As more people are vaccinated, the number of fully vaccinated people becoming infected will increase and with the Delta variant that’s far more infectious, exposures to infections have also increased,” Ferrer said during county Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday....
Most COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts outbreak among vaccinated, says CDC [July 30, 2021]
July 30 (Reuters) - Three quarters of people infected with COVID-19 at public events in a Massachusetts town were fully vaccinated, a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed. The study, published on Friday without naming the town, suggested the Delta variant of the virus was highly contagious. The study found vaccinated individuals had a similar amount of virus presence as the unvaccinated, suggesting that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant could transmit the virus, the CDC said....
Update #2, August 19, 2021. The hits keep coming.
Delta variant renders herd immunity from Covid ‘mythical’ [August 10, 2021]Reaching herd immunity is “not a possibility” with the current Delta variant, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group has said. Giving evidence to MPs on Tuesday, Prof Sir Andrew Pollard said the fact that vaccines did not stop the spread of Covid meant reaching the threshold for overall immunity in the population was “mythical”....“The Delta variant will still infect people who have been vaccinated. And that does mean that anyone who’s still unvaccinated at some point will meet the virus … and we don’t have anything that will [completely] stop that transmission.”
On Wednesday morning, the Health Ministry reported 694 people were being treated in Israeli hospitals for the virus, among them 400 in serious condition, with 64% of those patients defined as serious cases being fully vaccinated, compared with 32% who were not. Another 2% were in the process of being vaccinated, and 2% were recovered.
A grim warning from Israel: Vaccination blunts, but does not defeat Delta [August 16, 2021]
Israel has among the world’s highest levels of vaccination for COVID-19, with 78% of those 12 and older fully vaccinated, the vast majority with the Pfizer vaccine. Yet the country is now logging one of the world’s highest infection rates, with nearly 650 new cases daily per million people. More than half are in fully vaccinated people, underscoring the extraordinary transmissibility of the Delta variant and stoking concerns that the benefits of vaccination ebb over time.
Thank you for posting this series of reports. Informative and useful data.
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