so basically a great argument not to get the vaccine if you have cancer.
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Not any such argument. Multiple myeloma is a cancer of a critical part of the immune system. People with MM succumb to pathogens on a regular basis. COVID is much harder on people with a list of comorbid conditions including autoimmune diseases. Multiple myeloma is basically a cancer of the immune system which causes comorbid autoimmune diseases. Besides MM, Colin Powel also had Parkinson’s disease. With Covid, Powell had three comorbid diseases.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/multiple-myeloma/symptoms-causes/syc-20353378
wrong. go back and read the blurb. you need to learn to read and think.
you’re contradicted by the article at every point.
the reasoning is unimpeachable: the vaccine has a high probability of ****not working**** because of the cancer. therefore because of the high chance of injury to the immune system and other organ systems from the vaccine itself, it’s a simple cost benefit choice for the patient and doctor. any doctor or patient could forgo the vaccine in this case, even with comorbidities.
you weigh the downsides of the vaccine against the possible upsides for a particular patient. hopefully the patient knew that the vaccine would only work for him at about a 50/50 chance. if i had the cancer, i’d refuse the vaccine as experimental and with the vaers data flatly.
this is even before what we know now that the vaccine is only protective against the ccp virus for 4 to 5 months when it works well. that would clinch my decision to refuse. and btw. i’m a cancer surviver, so i’ve actually been in the room when those decisions had to be made.