Even top experts in vaccine science are met with skepticism and ambivalence.
Dr. Gregory Poland, 68, editor-in-chief of Vaccine magazine, said he has been hearing a loud swishing sound in his ears every minute since he got his first shot, but he pleads with the disease Colleagues from the Center for Control and Prevention explore this issue. The tinnitus phenomenon was fruitless.
Many of the emails he received received polite responses, but “I just couldn’t feel anything moving,” he said.
“If they do studies, they should be published,” Dr. Poland added. Worried that he might “never hear silence again,” he sought solace in meditation and religious faith.
Dr. Buddy Creech, 50, who is leading several coronavirus vaccine trials at Vanderbilt University, said he had ringing in his ears and a heartbeat that lasted about a week after each shot. “This is very similar to what I experienced during the acute onset of COVID-19 in March 2020,” Dr. Creech said.
He acknowledged that studies may eventually find that most reported side effects are not related to the vaccine. Many may be caused by the coronavirus itself.
“Regardless, when our patients experience side effects that may or may not be related to the vaccine, we have a responsibility to investigate the situation as thoroughly as possible,” Dr. Creech said.
Federal health officials have said they do not believe the coronavirus vaccine caused the illnesses described by patients such as Mr. Bakavage, Dr. Zimmerman and Ms. France.According to the CDC, the vaccines may cause transient reactions such as swelling, fatigue and fever, but the agency has documented only four serious but rare reactions side effect.
two are connect With the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is no longer available in the United States: Guillain-Barré syndromea known side effect Other vaccinesinclude influenza shoot; and a blood clotting disorder.
The CDC has also linked the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna to heart inflammation, or myocarditis, particularly in boys and young men. The agency warns that anaphylaxis, or a severe allergic reaction, can occur after vaccination with any vaccine.
Listening signal
Dr. Demet Daskarakis, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said agency scientists are monitoring a large database containing medical information on millions of Americans, looking for heretofore unknown signs of vaccination that might indicate Patterns of side effects.
“We follow the rules and report signals that we believe are real signals and report them as soon as we identify them as signals,” he said. He said the agency’s vaccine safety monitoring system is “very close” to ideal.
