I'm in this boat. I'm worried I now have a life long disability before 35. I'm waiting for an appointment with a Rheumatology consultant and I have been told by my doctor they have been inundated with people with post COVID vaccine side effects.
Edit: I would like to hear other people's experiences if they are willing to post them.
I’m sorry to hear about your issues.
With respect, I’ll take a stand against your claim of there being a tsunami of patients with vaccine injuries innundating rheumatologists - I am in the field and continue to ask colleagues if they are seeing anything of the sort and no-one has seen anything like this.
However, if it is happening, we will surely see it in the data. Australia is almost fully vaccinated (but also more recently vaccinated than say the US) so maybe what you’re saying is still coming, but I think it is important to remain skeptical of large numbers of vaccine injured until there is reasonably robust data
Australian with pericarditis here. Both my cardiologist and GP told me they’ve seen a flood of patients (mostly 30-something men) and both told me separately that the published numbers are obviously wrong.
What I think is occurring, at least in the case of myo/pericarditis, is that nobody reports cases unless the outcome is really bad. GPs do not habitually report to the TGA, and most specialists don’t either. So the official numbers are really only those who went to hospital and it was bad enough that someone bothered to fill out the TGA form.
> More than 1,300 COVID vaccine-related injury claims are now pending before an obscure government tribunal ... Lawyers tell me the vaccine is so new that there’s virtually no definitive research on injury causation to cite ... In the meantime, people like McFadden face a strict one-year deadline from the date of vaccination to file a claim with the CICP.
My MIL has rheumatoid arthritis which came on suddenly last year out of nowhere. It’s always in the back of your head that perhaps it has some link to the vaccination but I’m withholding judgment until proper statistics are available. She was a ( daily ) smoker but has given up since the diagnosis.
Note that everyone in both families are vaccinated, boosted etc and it has not changed her opinion on vaccination.
You know, you're also living through a global pandemic - that's a lot of mental weight to deal with whether you're conscious of it or not. The virus is an invisible, borderless threat to your existence. That's a lot of "24/7 background" stress to exist in with no relief, which makes it difficult to handle other stresses that life throws up.
I wonder if perhaps it's the global situation of the last 2 years that's causing issues rather than the vaccine
It's been a real struggle for lots of people, mental health wise, and given the US health system, I expect it's difficult to get support.
Anyway, I hope things improve whether it's a "vaccine injury" or something else
robbiep|4 years ago
However, if it is happening, we will surely see it in the data. Australia is almost fully vaccinated (but also more recently vaccinated than say the US) so maybe what you’re saying is still coming, but I think it is important to remain skeptical of large numbers of vaccine injured until there is reasonably robust data
throwaway2474|4 years ago
What I think is occurring, at least in the case of myo/pericarditis, is that nobody reports cases unless the outcome is really bad. GPs do not habitually report to the TGA, and most specialists don’t either. So the official numbers are really only those who went to hospital and it was bad enough that someone bothered to fill out the TGA form.
alexmcc81|4 years ago
I'm not making that claim. I'm only providing an anecdote about my local health service and that is what I have been told.
> However, if it is happening, we will surely see it in the data.
I guess it will take time since these conditions can take time to manifest or be diagnosed. I really hope it proves to be a rare occurrence.
ekianjo|4 years ago
Thats only assuming you have proper data collection and reporting in place. The current systems to do so are laughable.
walterbell|4 years ago
Oct 2021, https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/covid-vaccine-injur...
> More than 1,300 COVID vaccine-related injury claims are now pending before an obscure government tribunal ... Lawyers tell me the vaccine is so new that there’s virtually no definitive research on injury causation to cite ... In the meantime, people like McFadden face a strict one-year deadline from the date of vaccination to file a claim with the CICP.
2021 news reports on heart issues in athletes (missing baseline numbers for prior years): https://airtable.com/shrbaT4x8LG8EbvVG/tbl7xKsSUIOPAa7Mx
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thebruce87m|4 years ago
Note that everyone in both families are vaccinated, boosted etc and it has not changed her opinion on vaccination.
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PickledHotdog|4 years ago
I wonder if perhaps it's the global situation of the last 2 years that's causing issues rather than the vaccine
It's been a real struggle for lots of people, mental health wise, and given the US health system, I expect it's difficult to get support.
Anyway, I hope things improve whether it's a "vaccine injury" or something else