Wake County North Carolina made national news on Thursday, April 8 – and it was a story that caused a lot of people across the state and the country to become somewhat apprehensive about one of the COVID-19 vaccines now in use.
Some of those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Wake County had negative reactions that required hospitalization and Wake County stopped administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The reactions were over and above the normal arm pain, chills or rashes that many vaccine recipients experience.
Later that night, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) sent out a press release letting the public know that the department has been working with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as the Wake County Public Health Department, to investigate the reactions from a group who got the Johnson & Johnson vaccinations at PNC Arena on Thursday.
State health officials said that, after those consultations, the CDC didn’t find “any safety issues or reason for concern,” and “the CDC recommends continuing to administer the vaccine.”
Anyone watching the national news Thursday night also saw that a mass vaccination site in Colorado giving out shots of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was shut down over similar occurrences there. There was also a national news story out of Georgia about eight people having very negative reactions to the same vaccine.
Those stories come at a time when Europe and other parts of the world are spooked about some blood clotting issues related to the AstraZeneca vaccine – which isn’t available in the US.
It’s also a time when public health officials are attempting to create faith in the vaccines to counter vaccine hesitancy.
Public health officials across the board are encouraging people to be vaccinated and that was obvious from the NCDHHS statement on Thursday night.
“Of more than 2,300 people who received the vaccine at the PNC event, 18 experienced symptoms like nausea, dizziness, fainting and one allergic reaction,” the release stated. “Four were transported to local hospitals for observation; all but one have been released from the hospital. The CDC is aware of several incidents of vaccine recipients experiencing dizziness, light headedness, feeling faint (vasovagal) and rapid breathing, sweating, following COVID-19 vaccines in Iowa, Colorado, Georgia, and North Carolina.”
The state maintains that this shouldn’t be a reason to refuse the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
“People may experience temporary reactions after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine such as a sore arm, headache or feeling tired and achy for a day or two and in some cases, fever,” the press release from NCDHHS said. “In most cases, these temporary reactions are normal and are good signs that the body is building protection,” state health officials noted.
“COVID-19 vaccines are tested, safe and effective,” the release added. “Close to 175 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the United States. The three COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the Federal Food and Drug Administration are proven to help prevent COVID-19 and are effective in preventing hospitalizations and death. You cannot get COVID-19 from the vaccine, and there were no serious safety concerns found in clinical trials.”
Public health officials recommend taking the following actions to help deal with potential side effects:
- Have a beverage or snack before getting your vaccine.
- Sit or lie down after you receive your vaccine.
- Breathe slowly and deeply before getting the vaccine and think of something relaxing.
If unusual or major symptoms persist, the vaccine recipient should seek medical care.
“Trust me”.
Exactly! It’s scary how many people actually think the government is here to serve them. Not only do I not trust the government, but this past year has caused me to lose a lot of faith in our medical community.
No mark of the beast for me!
Hello? Hello? Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, come on, now,
I hear you’re feeling, down.
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax, relax, relax.
I’ll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move, but I can’t hear what you’re saying.
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I’ve got that feeling once again
I can’t explain you would not understand
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.
I have become comfortably numb.
Okay, okay, okay.
Just a little pinprick.
There’ll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe it’s working, good.
That’ll keep you going through the show
Come on it’s time to go.
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.
Anyone who doesn’t believe this whole vaccine thing isn’t deeply rooted in some sort of conspiracy need look no further that a Google search for “serious side effects of COVID-19 vaccine.” Big Data, Big Pharma & Big Brother are doing one helluva job weeding out any results with any useful information. The only results my search netted was a bunch of fluff stating there can’t possibly be any cause for concern.
Well, let’s simply that for ya: If YOU, or YOURS are the ones who happen to be the few that have some serious side effect with lifelong implications, will you still tell the rest of us how great the vaccine is and how great it is that Uncle Joe is trying to get it out to everyone?
We’re headed to be a communist nation faster than you can spell USSR. This administration is undoing centuries of blood, sweat & tears by great patriots in the name of pacifying a few elected walking turds and a failing nation of idiot citizens with no moral values. Even other communist nations have morals & laws. Go light up a joint or a blunt in Russia, or shoot someone in Iceland and see what happens.
For what it is worth, last week I had the J&J shot along with my girlfriend. We are 66 & 65 years old. When she was young she had an issue with anaphylactic shock from allergy shots. So they suggested we rest there for 30 minutes instead of the 15 minutes most were resting after the shot. We had no issues at all, felt fine then, and still feel fine. They had 8 stations giving the shots and while we were there they gave shot after shot. Not one person that I saw had an adverse reaction of any kind.
The level of lunacy by many of the commentators above and throughout this rag is mind-boggling dumb. You’re not helping anything. If this publication felt even a ping of social conscious it would turn off the comments / noise of the blowhards that really don’t care about or would even help their fellow citizens. It’s infuriating how unhelpful this all is.
It’s great that we can hear everyone’s opinion here, not just those the Editor approves of. Isn’t this a great country?
And just one day later, the loony blowhards are proven right as multiple Federal agencies, yes. The same ones you libtards praise for their science, pause the distribution of the vaccine due to serious side effects. If you want the touchy, feely, filtered news, stick to the Communist News Network and the other liberal rags out there. Hammer runs an honest publication that honors the 1st ammendment.