‘Let us not wait to get infected and face death before we become convinced that vaccines are effective and save lives.’
CURRENT research on the damages caused by COVID-19 infection seen among those who recovered reveal that, besides affecting the pulmonary and cardiovascular system, this serious viral infection also damages the brain, causing neurological symptoms, including brain “fog,” forgetfulness, and debilitating cognitive deficits. These neuro/psychiatric effects on the brain were seen in about 30 percent of recovered COVID-19 patients. How long these adverse effects will last is still under observation.
This Great British Intelligence Test above was conducted on more than 81,000 participants from January and December 2020, which revealed significant cognitive issues among those who had COVID-19, which severely incapacitate the individuals, even from performing their daily routines.
The high risk of death from COVID-19, even among the young, children included, as seen lately with the Delta variant, and now, these neurological complications of COVID-19, make it more obvious why unvaccinated people of all eligible ages should get the shot, and those who had the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines should receive the booster shot to fill in the gap of protection from the waning antibodies after eight months of the two original shots. New studies convincingly support the need for these booster shots for everyone without medical contraindication. The booster shot could dramatically increase the antibodies against COVID-19 by ten-folds. Johnson & Johnson is still waiting for the results of its own studies on the booster issue as of last week.
Skeptic dies
Nashville, TN, talk radio host Phil Valentine, 99.7 WTN, who had been very skeptic about the vaccine until he was hospitalized for COVID-19, has died at the age of 61. He is among countless persons who had been opposed to the COVID-19 vaccines who had been infected and subsequently died. Those anti-vaxers, who got infected and recovered, are now believers and telling the public to get vaccinated. One of them was a pregnant mother on a ventilator, who almost died, but luckily recovered, after the delivery was induced to save the baby, who survived without infection. She is now an advocate for the vaccines. Let us not wait to get infected and face death before we become convinced that vaccines are effective and save lives. Massive clinical data have proven the efficacy and safety of the vaccines, with almost five billion shots given around the world and about 200 million people vaccinated in the United States. How much more proof do we need before everyone eligible is convinced the vaccines are safe and decide to get the life-saving shots?
COVID-19 Stats
The COVID-19 statistics as of Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 12:27 GMT: Global cases – 213,512,635, Deaths – 4,457,732 (4,577 new death as of that day and time). The top three: USA – 38,814,596, Deaths – 646,167; India – 32,474,773, Deaths – 435,050; and Brazil – 20,583,994, Deaths – 574,944. The Philippines: 1,869,691, Deaths – 32,062. As of the above timeline, new cases: USA – 363 (7-day average of 150,625); India – 14,419; Russia – 18,833; The Philippines – 12,067. All these statistics and how much longer this pandemic will last are directly proportional to and dependent on people’s mindset, attitude, discipline, and behavior.
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Philip S. Chua, MD, FACS, FPCS, a Cardiac Surgeon Emeritus based in Northwest Indiana and Las Vegas, Nevada, is an international medical lecturer/author, a Health Public Advocate, and Chairman of the Filipino United Network-USA, a 501(c)3 humanitarian and anti-graft foundation in the United States. Visit our websites: philipSchua.com and FUN8888.com Email: scalpelpen@gmail.com
