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In reply to the discussion: CNBC: Moderna vaccine side effect: rheumatoid arthritis [View all]relayerbob
(7,345 posts)7. Paranoia doesn't help. Follow the science
The science is that the two vaccines are very similar molecularly, and side effect variations are going to be due to individual's variations. There is no way to predict which vaccine might have any given side effect on you are anyone else. The most extreme reactions are very rare. Trump and the CDC have virtually nothing to do with the vaccines and absolutely nothing to do with side effects. This tech has been in the works for a decade, and is it fast-tracked? Absolutely, because ventilators and 3500 people a day dying sucks more than the side effects.
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Ok, take it, get R arthritis & then Supremes come back in the spring & rule Pre-Existing
Captain Zero
Dec 2020
#2
Trial had 30,000 participants, with half getting the vaccine and half the placebo
Klaralven
Dec 2020
#9
So if a hundred million Americans get that vaccine, how many will then get RA?
PoindexterOglethorpe
Dec 2020
#52
Then there will the side effects that only show up once every 50,000
PoindexterOglethorpe
Dec 2020
#54
My wife got RA like 6 weeks after we got a flurry of vaccines before going to Brazil.
Ace Rothstein
Dec 2020
#19
My church friend was in a wheelchair in less than 30 months (probably less than 6) -
Ms. Toad
Dec 2020
#45
Could exacerbate it, talk to your doctor, maybe get an extra dose of what you take to manage RA
LeftInTX
Dec 2020
#30
Fortunately, RA *is* a condition that can be treated with hydroxychloroquine . . .
Journeyman
Dec 2020
#50