ER doctor's observations - differences in patients based on vax status
Twitter thread..I’ve seen a lot of Covid in the ER recently.
With so many people getting infected recently, some folks may wonder what’s the point of getting vaccinated at all?
And is there really any value to a booster dose if I’ve had two Pfizer/Moderna or a shot of J&J?
My observations: 🧵
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Most patients I’ve seen that had 2 doses of Pfizer/Moderna still had ‘mild’ symptoms, but more than those who had received a third dose.
More fatigued. More fever. More coughing. A little more miserable overall.
But no shortness of breath. No difficulty breathing.
Mostly fine.
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Every patient I’ve seen with Covid that’s had a 3rd ‘booster’ dose has had mild symptoms.
By mild I mean mostly sore throat. Lots of sore throat. Also some fatigue, maybe some muscle pain.
No difficulty breathing. No shortness of breath.
All a little uncomfortable, but fine.
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Most patients I’ve seen that had one dose of J&J and had Covid were worse overall. Felt horrible. Fever for a few days (or more).
Weak, tired. Some shortness of breath and cough.
But not one needing hospitalization. Not one needing oxygen.
Not great. But not life-threatening.
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And almost every single patient that I’ve taken care of that needed to be admitted for Covid has been unvaccinated.
Every one with profound shortness of breath. Every one whose oxygen dropped when they walked. Every one needing oxygen to breath regularly.
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There is an extreme lack of testing available at the moment.
It's a known fact that people who've been vaccinated have far more fear of contracting COVID than people who are unvaccinated. Those who take the most precautions are far more afraid of getting COVID. Of course the anti-vaxxers aren't scared of it because it's all a hoax, right? 
They're the numbskulls who are clogging up the hospitals and dying now.
Counterintuitive, right? 
That's the United States we live in right now. Makes absolutely no sense to me either.
He was treating a 37-year-old man hospitalized with Covid, had a wife and two kids. Of course the patient asked to be vaccinated, but the doctor said it was too late. And his wife and family didn't visit since masks were obviously required and the wife refused. But she was called when her husband was dying, but was removed from the hospital when she refuse again to wear a mask. So the doctor went to the parking lot to tell her that her husband was gone and the doctor had remained with him when he passed away. And that's when she lost it, called him "a murderer" because he hadn't given the husband Ivermectin, I think it was, lashed out and struck him in the face, knocking him down and breaking his nose. That was the doctor's story and he's giving up medicine, that was finally it for him. 
I'd recently seen someone else write the same thing, and I thought it was clever (and appropriate).
Have a safe and healthy New Year!
... but can't (or won't) get tested. Thanks I just sent this to my sister.
Because Anecdotal Evidence is what some people prefer 
Got the J&J in March and a Moderna Booster in late October.
Had a runny nose, elevated heart rate (not serious), slight headache and slight sore throat Sunday, no fever. I was fatigued.
Took a home test - came out positive.
Had a very stuffy nose Monday, slight sore throat, minor cough, no fever. Still fatigued, slept about 14 hours.
Less stuffy nose, no sore throat, a little sneezing, no fever on Tuesday.
Am asymptomatic today.
I did email my PCP on Monday and she offered to send in a request for me to receive Monoclonal Antibodies but she also said it appeared as though I didn't need them. I said sure go ahead and send in the request in case this gets worse. The folks who do the infusion called, and determined since I wasn't all that sick, I would not receive the infusion due to them being in short supply. And, now, I'm feeling fine.
