To date there has been no scientifically robust data that has called to question any of the readily available vaccines, writes Dr Daniel Israel.
02 August 2021 - 08:55If you do not want to be vaccinated you may want to consider 'staying home and saving lives' for the rest of your life, says a doctor.The drop in new Covid-19 infections in the community in the past week is like the loosening of a noose around the necks of my colleagues and myself, and though we’re still diagnosing new cases daily, fear of a further exponential increase has abated.
Yet I’m intrigued by the number of people I consult on a daily basis who are undecided as to whether they will enrol for a Covid-19 vaccine. Some cite well thought-out arguments that deter them from enrolling for vaccination. Others have enrolled, but an emotional barrier with fear at its foundation prevents them from taking the next step.
Six months into worldwide vaccine deployment, just under four billion doses have been given. This sample size certainly allows us to quantify risks. One in 100,000 Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca recipients developed a clotting disorder called thrombocytic thrombocytopenia. The occurrence of myocarditis in Pfizer patients has been pitched at about one in a million. These numbers are statistically so insignificant that it’s almost more responsible not to mention them at all, in my opinion.
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