Posted on 07/19/2021 4:44:17 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
A specific case out of UCSF is highlighting the need for more research into the COVID-19 vaccine and its impact on cancer treatments as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads rapidly across the Bay Area.
The news comes a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an updated warning the vaccine may not effectively protect immunocompromised patients.
Meet Eric Speier
"I was near death," said Eric Speier, a three-time bladder cancer survivor. "I was close to the drain."
Speier, a Vietnam War veteran, is no stranger to a tough battle. He was told he would have one year to live back in 2016, until his team of doctors at UCSF put him on a drug called Keytruda.
"Keytruda saved my life," he said. "If it wasn't for that, I may not be here right now."
Speier's case considered a miracle. He stayed healthy for nearly five years and managed to avoid contracting COVID-19.
It was roughly two weeks after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine in March, he started feeling sick.
"I did have an ongoing headache that I couldn't shake," said Speier.
Then confusion hit. Speier struggled to speak and walk. "It just felt like my body functions were shutting down."
After being admitted at UCSF, his team of doctors ran 68 tests to see what may be causing his reaction. Inflammation was found in his brain, but all other tests indicating any infection came back negative.
"It's hard to know whether the vaccine was something that kicked him over the edge to develop this reaction or whether he would've developed it anyway having been on that medicine for a long time," said Lawrence Fong, who oversees the Immunology Department at UCSF.
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“It’s hard to know whether the vaccine was something that kicked him over the edge to develop this reaction or whether he would’ve developed it anyway having been on that medicine for a long time,” said Lawrence Fong, who oversees the Immunology Department at UCSF.”
Either way this poor man had one foot in the grave.
At least he won’t get Covid.
The vaccine IS the great reset.
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