FEATURED ISSUE
COVID-19 vaccine understandings
As the first COVID-19 vaccines become available for administration, it is very apparent that there are highly differing views on the seriousness of the side effects and what degree of protection the vaccines provide. Learning more about these various viewpoints may prove valuable as you prepare to decide whether or not you will be participating.

You may want to review a variety of reports on what actual side effects have been experienced by those in the vaccine trials. Do any concern you ? Do any of them appear to be related to a specific pre-existing condition you have?

You will find lots of statements about the percentage of “effectiveness” of a vaccine. It may be helpful to learn how these statistical percentages are calculated. I may also be helpful to look for a clear definition of what each vaccine is designed to do. Is it to prevent you from becoming infected with the COVID-19 virus or is it to minimize the severity of how sick you get when you catch the COVID-19 virus?

Issue: What are your impressions of the new COVID-19 vaccines?

AHHA strives to maintain a neutral position on issues and views knowledge as power. For those interested in this month’s issue the articles cited below were selected to offer you some resources to begin your research to better understand some of issues related to COVID-19 vaccines.

Positive
FDA releases detailed data on effectiveness, risks of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine (12/8/20)
by Noah Manskar
New York Post

As coronavirus vaccine begins to roll out, FDA seeks to reassure the public on safety (12/12/20)
by Laurie McGinley
The Washington Post

How safe are the new COVID-19 vaccines? And how do mRNA vaccines work? (12/4/20)
by Dennis Thompson
Chicago Tribune

Covid-19 Vaccine Trials Are a Case Study on the Challenges of Data Literacy (12/11/20)
by Bart de Langhe
Harvard Business Review

Negative
Emergency COVID-19 Vaccines May Cause Massive Side Effects (12/9/20)
by Joseph Mercola
Mercola.com via LeeRockwell.com

COVID Vaccine: What We Don’t Know (12/3/20)
VAX Insider

Nurse Shares COVID Vaccine Side Effects from Trial (12/7/20)
by Marcia Frellick
WebMD

UK issues allergy warning about Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine after patients fall ill (12/9/20)
by Lee Brown
New York Post

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