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  1. Rant About Covid Antivaxxers

    We have all dealt with chronic care patients who keep coming back to the hospital because they have COPD and refuse to stop smoking, have CHF but can't be bothered to be compliant with their medications, or they are ESRD but they won't change their l...
  2. So to make a long story short, she didn't get vaccinated and caught COVID in early June. She was hospitalized on the 11th and slid downhill until she had to be intubated. She got a night's warning so she was able to tell us her wishes regarding the d...
  3. On Monday, July 12, the Tennessee Department of Health fired Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the top vaccine official in the state government. Fiscus said she was scapegoated to appease Republican state lawmakers who are angry about efforts to vaccinate teenage...
  4. Read in its entirety: California Implements First-in-the-Nation Measures to Encourage State Employees and Health Care Workers to Get Vaccinated
  5. Take the Time to Watch!!

    This IS a really long video, but captivated me nonetheless. Would love to hear responses from both sides of the aisle in regards to Covid treatment, politics of Covid, and Covid vaccine. take the time to watch the video first though!!
  6. I am an Oncology nurse working for a hospital for more than 13 years. I live in California and there is now a mandate in place that is requiring me to be vaccinated before Sept. 30th or I will be terminated from my job. Not only do I not feel comfort...
  7. Unvaccinated

    Just trying to understand why someone especially nurses remain unvaccinated when beds especially critical care ones are taken by the unvaccinated respiratory failure patients with poor chance of survival.
  8. Hannahbanana

    Volunteeering to give COVID immunizations

    Since it's been established that the vaccine rollout will not proceed as sort of planned anticipated, the Biden/Harris transition team might be looking for ways to facilitate distribution of whatever doses they can get out. NYC vaccinated 6 million p...
  9. Read Article in its entirety: World’s Largest Vaccine Maker Denies Trial Volunteer’s Illness Claims
  10. Even if our citizens don't trust our own country's government, we can see what's happening ALL OVER THE WORLD. Vaccine hesitancy, unvaccinated patients filling up ICUs, health care workers overwhelmed. What more can we expect our urgent cares, EDs, h...
  11. Vaccinated and Hospitalized?

    I'm here posting a personal story after a bout from the variant. I am fully vaccinated. I was hospitalized 2 months later. I was curious if I am just a rare breed? Hope so. I am in the high risk group (healthy, middle-aged woman taking BC) for b...
  12. CNN 9/3/20 Sanofi and Glaxo start Phase 1/2 trials of their coronavirus vaccine
  13. If you personally know someone who quit their job rather than get the vaccine I might make a separate poll.
  14. Several months ago, an article was published by J. Bart Classen, MD The link to the article is here: COVID-19 RNA Based Vaccines and the Risk of Prion Disease A year ago, we were learning more about the virus itself (for example, why was ...
  15. Flu vaccine

    So the DON told me in no was am I to code "not offered" for the flu vaccine. . I wrote down the list of options. She called me an hour later to tell me most of the residents and or families signed the consent form to give the flu vaccine when it arri...
  16. In spite of the gravity of the pandemic, the unvaccinated continue to hold a strong conviction that it is not the right decision for them. As of May 2021, 37% of the US had not received one vaccine despite it being available and accessible1. For them...
  17. J+J Covid vaccine paused today due to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis + thrombocytopenia - developed within 2 weeks post vaccination. 1 person has died, another in critical condition, both women less than age 48.. Six serious reactions out of alm...
  18. I work in a SNF and I just read the other day that the Moderna booster vaccine is only half of dose (0.25 mL) of regular shot. Our facility gave the same dose (0.5 ml) to all residents, regardless if they were immunocompromised or not. Is that ...
  19. My hospital has been offering the J&J vaccine to patients on discharge. I feel uncomfortable with this because I know how many people feel quite ill for a time period after getting vaccinated and I don't feel this is the right time to be giving h...
  20. jive turkey

    Mandating vaccine for children

    Here's what Pfizer had to say about the use of the vaccine for children under 12: https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-announce-positive-topline-results It's not impossible mandates may son foll...
  21. Sbhayes09

    COVID-19: Finally!!

    I got my covid vaccine this morning! I'm on cloud nine but wanted to share with anyone that has concerns, so ask me anything ?.
  22. At War With Ourselves

    I’ve never seen anything like it. As a 72-year old woman and an RN for over 50 years, our current nursing climate has shocked and stunned me. I have lost faith in too many regular every day human beings. My strengths as a nurse and just as a woman...
  23. COVID Forever Changed Our Society

    The truth will eventually come out about the Covid pandemic. Not fake news, not misinformation, but the most unvarnished truth. The pandemic and our society’s reaction to it are being studied and will be for years to come. How it started, how politic...
  24. Healthy newborn ... Read in entirety: Partially Vaccinated Mom Passed Antibodies to Baby
  25. At work someone pointed out that a dialysis tech was doing treatment in a patient room that was COVID positive, while only wearing a surgical mask. I don't know why. I assume that they didn't realize the room was isolated or the person was new. ...