COVID-19 vaccines pose risks of thrombosis and hemolysis for people with blood disorders, while certain adverse effects are linked to vaccines, according to a new journal article in Frontiers that calls for extra caution and future research.
A study reports three cases of immune-mediated demyelination of the brain and spinal cord in patients who had recently received a COVID-19 vaccine, "likely" linking the two.
"The most frequent psychiatric manifestations are behavioral or personality/mood changes, ranging from irritability or agitation to severe anxiety, depression, and full-blown psychosis with abnormal thought processes and hallucinations," the study authors write.
A study found elevated levels of spike protein circulating in the bloodstream of individuals who developed postvaccine myocarditis after receiving the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, which might potentially contribute to myocarditis by causing inflammation.
An Australian mother has been denied a heart transplant because she did not receive the experimental COVID-19 injection, despite having a medical exemption.
"Durably protective vaccines against non-systemic mucosal respiratory viruses with high mortality rates have thus far eluded vaccine development efforts," writes Dr. Fauci