Carol writes:
I’ve tweeted that there is no adverse effect of mRNA vaccines that isn’t also a result of covid infection, and that with covid infections it’s almost always worse. But. I’m not 100% sure that’s completely accurate. What do you say?
Can you also discuss the claim that mRNA vaccines are causing “turbo cancer”. Cancer is one of the diseases that I don’t see being caused by mRNA vaccines, but that is caused by some viruses. My understanding is that the recent increase in cancer diagnosis followed a decline in cancer diagnosis because people were avoiding being screened from fear of getting covid and hospitals being overrun with covid patients
FF writes:
Dear Dr. Griffin,
Sometime in June it will be 6 months after my second dose of Novavax and I am trying to make a decision about whether it is worth getting a Novavax booster then ( 6 months after the previous 2 Novavax vaccines I have had) or whether I should wait until fall for the updated Novavax vaccine? Does it make sense to get a Novavax booster in June or will this not be effective towards current variants?
I live in NYC and have had Covid-19 once already prior to any vaccination (took Paxlovid). I am very concerned about getting infected again as I have heard about people getting long Covid after their second infection (and my first infection appears to already have caused some issues for me with memory).
Jason writes:
Dr. Griffin,
When the show opened for TWIV 1012 you made a comment that a lot of covid deaths are “now silent, people are dying in facilities, and decisions are being made just to make them comfortable…so ya it’s tough…”.
The question that I have and what I would like to see more comment on is how do deaths in facilities not get counted as covid deaths? Does this mean physicians in these facilities do not put covid on the death certificate as the cause of death and instead write something else? Does it mean covid is not tested for even though providers suspect covid as the instigating cause of death? What does all this mean in terms of hiding deaths caused by covid and why would this be done?
I hope to hear more detailed comments on this topic in the future and I think there is a good chance that a lot of other listeners are confused about this topic too.
Sincerely,
Jason
Ryan writes:
Have you seen any evidence about risk to existing aortic aneurysms
from covid infection? I have read a couple published studies presenting anecdotes suggesting
dissections have occurred from infections.
Christine writes:
Dear Dr Griffin,
Thanks so much for TWIV. I’ve depended on it to help me do the right thing, sometimes against the status quo. I was a practicing primary care doctor during the first two years of the pandemic, now retired.
I hope you could answer a question.
As I sit here taking Paxlovid for my first case of COVID (now that I’m retired I have time to get out and get myself a case of COVID), I am reading about the nitric oxide nasal spray being sold in Israel, Europe, and parts of Southeast Asia, called Enovid. I see one study in J Infect. August 2021 that reports Enovid lowered viral load in the nose and throat and subjects showed faster symptom resolution. They discuss possible use in decreasing transmission. Anecdotally people in other countries appear to be using it for prevention.
Do you know any reason this hasn’t been studied more in this country? Do you think it would be harmless enough to try it if one were to buy it in Israel?
Thank you so much for sticking to the science and interpreting it for the rest of us.
Christine