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opportunity for readers to verify claims and data for themselves.
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What are the Actual Risks of Remaining Unvaccinated?
COVID-19 presents the risk of death as well as long term effects for people who
have even relatively mild cases. First, there are the well-known symptoms of
COVID-19
such as fever, cough, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea and pneumonia. COVID-19 can
also cause people to lose their sense of smell and taste.
People also experience long term side effects of COVID-19 even following a mild
case of the which may involve symptoms ranging from insomnia to heart
palpitations as well as changes in mood. A more comprehensive list is available
here. People
also experience multiorgan effects as well autoimmune conditions with symptoms
affecting “heart, lung, kidney, skin, and brain functions.” Children and adults
may also experience multisystem inflammatory
syndrome, which is a rare and very serious condition
that should be treated immediately after any warning signs. Besides these
COVID-19 infections can also lead to serious scarring in the lungs as well as
other affected organs. There is also of course the risk of death associated with
COVID-19.
According to Johns Hopkins medical
experts
there are a few well documented side effects of the different vaccines. The
following side effects are those which might require medical attention although
vaccines may cause flu-like symptoms the day after due to an immune response.
The first serious side effect is Myocarditis or inflammation of the heart
muscle, which is sometimes accompanied by pericarditis, or inflammation of the
lining outside the heart. This is a side effect known to occur after receiving
the Moderna or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines. This condition is relatively rare,
relatively mild, when associated with the vaccine, and generally resolves
itself, however any chest pain should be taken seriously in the weeks following
the vaccine. The likelihood of this side effect is very
low. As of June 11, 2021
there were about 1,226 reported cases of post-vaccination myocarditis out of the
about 296 million doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administered. This is most
likely to occur in men under 30 about three days after infection. About three
quarters, 76%, of the cases occurred after the second dose of a two dose
vaccine.
As of the writing of this article, about 58% of the total US population has been vaccinated against COVID-19, well short of the 70-90% needed to achieve herd immunity. In the first part of this three part series, we examine several claims about the COVID-19 vaccines that have been circulating around the web and social media.
Twitter verified accounts should not be allowed to delete their tweets. If verifying the identity of an account is in the public interest, isn’t it also in the public interest to ensure that their twitter timeline is also an accurate reflection of the things they’ve publicly tweeted?
