Me again. I had the vaccine at about 9AM on Thursday, worked a full day on Friday and felt slightly "off", but felt fine by Shabbat seuda and went for an hour walk. Today I travelled fron J-lem to Herzeliya, walked a lot. and felt shevach l'Kel, like my old self. Tomorrow I go back to taking care of patients, some of them with H1N1. My vaccine supposedly starts to give immunity 2 weeks from now.
Four things. 1. Tamiflu must be started within 48 hours of onset or its ineffective. 2. A Tamiflu/drug resistant mutant strain of regular influenza has surfaced. 3. H1N1 will also mutate at some point, rendering Tamiflu ineffective. 4. Expect Roche to keep #3 quiet as long as possible...
The point with the virus mutating is very good. So far, we haven't seen any result that the vaccination really protects against the swine flu. Furthermore, the virus is mutating.
A 75 - year - old Israeli died last weekend. His death has been discussed exessively because it happened after he got the vaccination shot. Now the doctors claim that he died because his kidneys failed.
Still feeling fine, B"H, after the vaccine on Thursday. To my knowledge, the H1N1 vaccine has only been available in Israel since last Wednesday. If the gentleman in question received the vaccine, it was because he was high-risk and likely already hospitalized. The vaccine only confers immunity after 2 weeks.
In the meantime, a Hadassah pediatrician has been diagnosed with H1N1, which he got before the vaccine was available. He caught it from his patients and is resting at home.
These are the doctors Toldos Aharon has been calling "Mengele". For shame! Who is behaving like a real Jew here--רחמנים, ביישנים, וגומליח סדים (merciful, capable of feeling shame, and doing deeds of lovingkindness)?
Miriam, "in the long run", we will all be dead, with or without the vaccine or H1N1. My neighbor got pneumonia two weeks ago (not from H1N1) and is out of the hospital but still at home and weak. Pneumonia did her body no good "in the long run".
A friend of mine died of pneumonia a year ago. It was a very sad case and she passed away after a few days. We were all stunned and couldn't believe it when we heard the news.
After years of living in Jerusalem, I decided to betray the city by moving to Tel Aviv.:-) In the meantime I returned to the Holy City. It is actually very good to be back in Jerusalem !!!
Nevertheless, I am still writing about Jerusalem but also include many other places in Israel.
Until some years ago, I was a Yeshiva (Michlalah) student. First with the national religious and later with the Litvishe. Also got in contact with Chassidut and this subject and lifestyle has never left me.
Me again. I had the vaccine at about 9AM on Thursday, worked a full day on Friday and felt slightly "off", but felt fine by Shabbat seuda and went for an hour walk. Today I travelled fron J-lem to Herzeliya, walked a lot. and felt shevach l'Kel, like my old self. Tomorrow I go back to taking care of patients, some of them with H1N1. My vaccine supposedly starts to give immunity 2 weeks from now.
ReplyDeleteFour things.
ReplyDelete1. Tamiflu must be started within 48 hours of onset or its ineffective.
2. A Tamiflu/drug resistant mutant strain of regular influenza has surfaced.
3. H1N1 will also mutate at some point, rendering Tamiflu ineffective.
4. Expect Roche to keep #3 quiet as long as possible...
B"H
ReplyDeleteThe point with the virus mutating is very good. So far, we haven't seen any result that the vaccination really protects against the swine flu. Furthermore, the virus is mutating.
A 75 - year - old Israeli died last weekend. His death has been discussed exessively because it happened after he got the vaccination shot.
Now the doctors claim that he died because his kidneys failed.
However, who knows ...
Still feeling fine, B"H, after the vaccine on Thursday. To my knowledge, the H1N1 vaccine has only been available in Israel since last Wednesday. If the gentleman in question received the vaccine, it was because he was high-risk and likely already hospitalized. The vaccine only confers immunity after 2 weeks.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, a Hadassah pediatrician has been diagnosed with H1N1, which he got before the vaccine was available. He caught it from his patients and is resting at home.
These are the doctors Toldos Aharon has been calling "Mengele". For shame! Who is behaving like a real Jew here--רחמנים, ביישנים, וגומליח סדים (merciful, capable of feeling shame, and doing deeds of lovingkindness)?
B"H
ReplyDeleteI hope for you that you won't suffer fom any difficulties. But still, nobody knows how it will influence the body in the long run.
Miriam, "in the long run", we will all be dead, with or without the vaccine or H1N1. My neighbor got pneumonia two weeks ago (not from H1N1) and is out of the hospital but still at home and weak. Pneumonia did her body no good "in the long run".
ReplyDeleteB"H
ReplyDeleteEveryone has to die !
A friend of mine died of pneumonia a year ago. It was a very sad case and she passed away after a few days. We were all stunned and couldn't believe it when we heard the news.