Posted on 06/08/2021 3:26:49 PM PDT by Tipllub
Posted at 3:08 PM, Jun 08, 2021 and last updated 2:38 PM, Jun 08, 2021
BILLINGS - A Yellowstone County woman in her 50s has died of COVID-19 complications after she was previously vaccinated, RiverStone Health officials announced Tuesday.
The woman had an underlying health condition that may have made the vaccine less effective, according to RiverStone. She died Monday, June 7 in a Billings hospital.
She was the first person in Yellowstone County to die of COVID-19 complications following vaccination, according to Pat Zellar, a RiverStone spokesperson.
RiverStone officials said the woman's death underscores the importance of widespread vaccination among county residents. People with compromised immune systems, including cancer patients and organ transplant recipients, may find the vaccine less effective, meaning reduced community spread is the best way to protect them, according to RiverStone.
“We have very vulnerable community members whose health depends on all eligible people getting vaccinated,” said John Felton, Yellowstone County health officer and president and CEO of RiverStone Health in a statement. “I offer my deepest sympathy to the victim’s family and friends. This tragic death is a stark reminder that everyone age 12 and older should get vaccinated, not only to protect themselves, but also to safeguard their family members and neighbors from this highly contagious virus.”
Overall, the Moderna and Pfizer two-dose vaccines have been proven 95% effective at preventing infection, illness and death from COVID-19, according to RiverStone.
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Widespread vaccination protects the immune compromised persons in whom the vax works poorly, especially cancer patients and organ recipients. Also the very aged who have immune system senescence.
Only pediatricians stock vaccines because they give them so frequently. Urgent care clinics and ERs stock tetanus shots. But PCPs that treat only adults generally don’t stock vaccines because they have no demand for them.
When I asked at my family medicine clinic about getting the shingles vaccine, she told me to get an internet coupon and get it at my preferred pharmacy, they only stock children’s vaccines at the clinic.
No doubt she caught it from some snowflake afraid to get a shot like a three-year-old.
Thank you for the excellent explanation!
Probably likes seeing peoples’ lives spared. According to President Trump, the vaccines will save millions of lives. We should all be thanking him for his hard work.
The lack of understanding of simple and basic science on FR is stunning. This use to be a highly intelligent and technically competent bunch 15 years ago.
.....”This use to be a highly intelligent and technically competent bunch 15 years ago”.....
They text now on FR....one liners.
Then that’s every individual above 60.
Is there anyone without underlying conditions?
according to the CDC, ~20,000 chinaflu only
You might be interested in this current FR post:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3966341/posts
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