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Daigo Umehara has COVID-19
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Really hope he's over it and doesn't have any "long COVID" symptoms going forward. I thought I might have to be hospitalised last year but can't imagine how scary it would have felt to have actually been admitted.
I forget his age: I first read about him over a decade ago in Retro Gamer magazine, so in my mind he's always been in his mid-20s - it's amazing/terrifying what a difference a decade makes when it comes to COVID-19.
I forget his age: I first read about him over a decade ago in Retro Gamer magazine, so in my mind he's always been in his mid-20s - it's amazing/terrifying what a difference a decade makes when it comes to COVID-19.
Not to mention, no one has died from the vaccine. There is an extraordinarily small number of people who have died from COVID after being vaccinated, but no one has actually died as a result from taking the vaccine
That is... possibly not true for the J&J and Astrazenaca vaccines. There does seem to be a very rare blood clotting issue observed with these vaccines, almost entirely affecting women under 50; last I saw 3 affected people had passed away (not sure about AZ in Europe, hence my hedging in the original post). This could be a coincidence, but out of caution the US CDC guidance currently suggests people in the potentially affected demographic group should consider opting for the other approved mRNA based vaccines, which have not been associated with clotting.
Part of the issue may have been that the standard treatment for clotting (heparin) is actively unhelpful here - that was what the J&J rollout pause was about, making sure that doctors knew to use alternative treatments if someone presents with clotting after getting that vaccine.
This is obviously not a settled question, given the extreme rarity of the alleged side effect, but it is clear that even if the effect is real it is statistically far less dangerous than actually getting COVID would be by orders of magnitude.
In any case, this is all moot for Japan, which had only approved the Pfizer vaccine up until a few days ago.
I'm extremely well-versed in fighting game personalities, but man, Daigo is a legend. Glad he's doing better!
There is also the problem that oral contraceptives, which women take usually when they are under 50, have the risk of causing blood clotting issues. That is a known risk and though it's small, it may mess up with the data, but I think more research needs to be done to clarify all this.
User Banned (1 Week): Modwhining; Spreading Misinfomration During a Pandemic; Prior Ban for the Same
This is what forums are for to discuss things, since I have no grasp of the Japanese language to the point of verifying situation in Japan via non-English sources that might have some more info.
I would have replied back to thank you and things would be solved.
Yet mods banned me for 1 month, thinking I am a COVID and Japanese expert spreading misinformation.
Heck recently I heard from a colleague of mine that his doctor friend told him that COVID does not hit smokers as much as non-smokers and we heard that in amazement, even a colleague smoking who was on leave for some days due to COVID. If experts say that amid other things, you cant blame clueless users.
We are adults discussing things, not 5 year olds.
Back from your ban and the first thing you do is post about your ban? Sheesh, that's a grudge you need to let go.
Do you parrot back everything someone tells you without doing an ounce of research about it?
The moon is made of cheese. Neal Armstrong took a big bite but the government doesn't want you to know so they made all Moon Astronauts sign an NDA.
You really don't have to be a Japanese expert to know that the vaccine is not killing more people than the disease
You're spreading misinformation again
If your colleagues are telling you that the vaccine is killing more people than Covid and that smokers are safer than non-smokers maybe your colleagues are idiots and you should get new colleagues.
Oral contraceptives lead to standard blood clotting. The cases that raised concern are for instance blood clots in combination with low platelet, which is something else than normal blood clots. The research has been done on it happening, it now shifted to the why.
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