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Karen Bandy's avatar

Just went for my medicare annual. Doc asked if I wanted the shingles vax, said no, he wrote Declined, then the Pneumonia, said no, he wrote Declined.

But didn’t ask about Covid so I asked him why, he said ‘we’ve stopped recommending them because covid had devolved into a common cold’. But then I got the lecture about how bad it was, he saw it with his own eyes, lol.

It’s progress I guess.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

Until a doc that's pushing any vaccine has read Turtles All The Way Down, I don't to hear it.

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CMCM's avatar

They also need to read "Dissolving Illusions".

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Barbara Moser, RNC's avatar

You could also tell him that people who get the pneumonia vaccine get very sick and encounter ototoxic effects. (A nurse that I work with got the Prevnar vaccine a few weeks ago because her doctor told her to take it and she got very sick and lost hearing in one ear). She was totally fine beforehand. She just went to the doctor for an annual check up. I didn’t realize how dangerous they can be.

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Peace's avatar

Every single "vaccine" carries great risk and no benefit. Eat healthy and live a healthy lifestyle and forego all "offered" vaccines to maintain good health.

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Dena's avatar

I’d stay away from doctor visits unless sick & you believe they can help. Or just go for bloodwork check if that’s necessary. Medicare offers a free wellness visit but that’s only to up sell you on a vaccine most often. It’s also a way to put information in your chart that could come back & bite you.

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Karen Bandy's avatar

True, but I have to do regular full panel bloods. Not sure they’d pay if I didn’t do it through my wellness visit. 🤷‍♀️

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Susan W's avatar

Barbara, do you have any further info on the ototoxicity re: the pneumonia vaccine?

My mom was "forced" to have this at her facility and while she did have hearing issues related to age (used hearing aides) before, she seemed to go completely deaf within days of the jab. She simply couldn't hear at all despite the audiologist adjust the devices. He agreed her hearing had gotten much worse but attributed it to her age. Ok... full disclosure, she is 103 but still. The change was dramatic.

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Barbara Moser, RNC's avatar

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28460251/

It is most likely the strain of pneumonia in the vaccine that is causing the ototoxic effects.

I am working on getting more data.

Thanks for sharing your Moms experience. God bless her. What is her secret?

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Susan W's avatar

Brandy and good genes. All of her family lived into their late 90s. She is the oldest so far but she has a 96 y/o younger sister still going strong.

Thank you for the link.

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Reasonable Horses's avatar

Wow. "She has a 96 y/o younger sister." I've never read or heard such a statement. I'm taking up brandy.

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Jackie J's avatar

Same with my Mom recently. Her doctor has no suggestions and she has an appointment with an ENT soon. I’m doubtful he will help. What did the nurse do?

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Barbara Moser, RNC's avatar

They did hearing tests and confirmed the hearing loss. Now they told her to get a cat scan. Can you believe they have not suggested that it was the shot? She literally got the shot and the next day she couldn’t hear.

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Lincoln's avatar

…and, I am assuming good Old Joe stopped paying for the docs to sink the needle in our arm. You want the jab? You pay for the jab.

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Karen Bandy's avatar

Definitely could be part of it. No more incentives.

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Jennifer Beebe's avatar

Progress in clown world! 🤡

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Karen Bandy's avatar

Hey Jennifer, we might be related! Grandma’s last name is Beebe! 😂 Long shot!

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Jennifer Beebe's avatar

My married name. Hubby’s family from Iowa. 😎

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Karen Bandy's avatar

Wow, just looked at the list, Logan Iowa! Her parents from Modale. Huge family, farm workers.

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Jennifer Beebe's avatar

Farm workers in this family too!

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Karen Bandy's avatar

We’re Cousins 🤣😆😃

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Jennifer Beebe's avatar

😀😀😀

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Reasonable Horses's avatar

Love it! You never know who you’re going to meet when you sit down for coffee and talk covid 😂 And then somebody from you don’t know where is eavesdropping 🙄

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