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Vaccinated patients who are hospitalized for COVID-19 are at a significantly higher risk of mortality, a recent study found. Vaccinated patients had a 70 percent risk while those unvaccinated had 37 percent.
Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccine clinical data have been exaggerated for vaccine efficacy and underestimated vaccine adverse events, according to recent papers. Researchers point out that Pfizer’s vaccine studies could turn a vaccine of zero efficacy to 48 percent efficacy.
The majority of people with long COVID were vaccinated, a Thai study found. The authors followed 390 people who tested positive for COVID, of which 97 percent were vaccinated.
COVID-19 vaccinations are linked to sudden sensorineural hearing loss, according to a recent French report. Another Australian study linked the shot to hearing and balance disorders.
On Feb. 28, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that people over the age of 65 should get COVID boosters. Two days later, the agency dropped its five-day isolation requirements for people who test positive for COVID.
Finally, coughing is a common COVID symptom. It can also be exacerbated following COVID vaccinations. But why do we cough? Our health reporter, Flora, answers this question in her new report.
