The total number of these cases we see is still fortunately small compared to the total number of vaccinations administered, but it is probably still a trend to follow. In Chicago, another medical center suspended vaccinations against COVID after four health workers became ill after being vaccinated. None of the reactions seem to be life-threatening and three of the four are “resting at home” and seeming to be doing well. A fourth worker was receiving further treatment yesterday. (CBS Chicago)
Advocate Condell Medical Center suspended COVID-19 vaccinations after four employees reacted shortly after receiving the vaccine, according to a statement from lawyer Aurora Health.
As of Thursday, four team members have reactions, including tingling and increased heart rate.
The four members of the team represent less than 0.15% of the approximately 3,000 people who have received the vaccine so far in Advocate Aurora Health.
A statement from the medical center described the decision to stop vaccinations as being made out of “great caution”. Sounds a bit fair, especially since they didn’t stop the procedure at the other eight points in the region.
This means that of the approximately 3,000 people that Aurora Health Advocate has vaccinated so far, four of them have had negative but not critical side effects. This works in just over a tenth of one percent of patients who have experienced a problem with allergic reactions or other complications. This model is no different from the problem I wrote the other day. 0.1 percent is certainly a small part, but when you apply this to about 300 million people who are expected to be vaccinated in the coming months in the United States, we can expect somewhere between 400,000 and a half million people encounter this problem.
Between half a million, it is almost certain that we will see some of the worst situations in which the reaction is very severe, if not fatal. But the thing is, it’s still such a low number that the government can’t afford to just throw its hands up and stop the program. The cost of not vaccinating everyone who is willing to shoot would undoubtedly be much higher than pushing forward. Every time a new drug is launched and widely distributed, there are always a number of patients who develop problems that did not occur during product development and testing.
But to that expression “all those who are willing to make the blow” to which I keep coming back. How many stories like this will we have to see before people start to lose confidence and decide not to? Keep in mind that I ask this question as one of the people who have already made the decision to give up the vaccine myself until I see more data, especially for those in my general age group and those with underlying conditions. . And I mean much more data. Even though I have been informed that I am eligible for the second round of vaccinated people, I do not see myself seriously going down to my doctor’s office and volunteering for at least a few months.
The last factor we all expect to know is the duration of immunity that these vaccines offer. If it’s at least good for a few years, it’s probably worth the stress and anxiety to go on and on. But if this turns out to be like the flu vaccine, where we are told to take a fresh one every fall, I’ll probably think twice about it.