Governor Gavin Newsom gets COVID booster shot as cases begin to rise

Wednesday Governor Gavin Newsom visited a clinic in Bakersfield to receive his second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. He is also encouraging eligible Californians to keep their immunity strong.

As of Wednesday, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says over 204,000 Californias have received their COVID-19 booster shot. But as COVID-19 cases are rising within Kern County and throughout the state, Governor Newsom and Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly are reminding the community about the effective tool to fight the spread of the virus.

“They work. They’re effective. They save lives. They mitigate the impacts of this virus," said Newsom of the COVID-19 booster shots. "Even if you feel like you can weather being really sick, why wouldn’t you do something prophylactically to mitigate that impact? That is what these vaccines do and have certainly done.”

Governor Newsom adds that although the number of people in the hospital with the virus is much lower than during the height of the pandemic, the state is starting to see the number of hospitalization and ICU rates rise back up. However, Governor Newsom says it is nothing to be alarmed about at this moment.

“We have a plan. A smarter plan to put out an endemic plan as we turned the page from the pandemic to endemic. A plan that lays out strategies in areas of concentrated focus and obviously this is one of the key areas.”

Dr. Ghaly says that a second booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine is recommended to all Californians 50 years of age and older, and those who are immunocompromised. However, the CDC says that people who have received 2 doses of the Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine are also eligible

It is important to note that the Food and Drug Administration is limiting the emergency use authorization of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to people 18 and older due to the risk of rare but dangerous blood clots.

“It's not a prohibition against getting it, it's just recommended for those who are more likely based on age or underlying conditions to experience severe disease if they were to become infected,” explained Dr. Ghaly.

And for people who might have contracted the virus and are still concerned about the effectiveness of the COVID-19 booster shot, Dr. Ghaly says that it remains one of the vital tools to weather the storm of the virus.

“Even those who get COVID and are at risk for severe disease if you get tested early, you get on to treatment, you keep your immunity up, that there is a great likelihood that you won't get severe disease. That you won't end up in the hospital. You won't end up with some of the worst outcomes including death.”

The current recommendation for those who are eligible for their second dose of the COVID-19 booster shot is four months from your previous dose.

The CDC says that COVID-19 vaccine booster shots can further enhance or restore protection that might have decreased over time after your initial dose. And that is why it is so important to stay up to date with getting your booster shots in the correct time period.

During the recent omicron surge, those who were boosted were 21-times less likely to die from COVID-19 compared to those who were unvaccinated, and 7-times less likely to be hospitalized.

Although there isn’t an authorized COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of 5 Dr. Ghaly says it's likely to be approved soon.

“You know we're getting signals of the FDA maybe sometime next month is going to look at both the Moderna and the Pfizer submissions for approval of the under 5 vaccine and at that point we’re optimistic that we're going to see it being available to those youngest kids hopefully in time for them to get it before they return to the fall in the school year.”

Dr. Ghaly says that they are taking every step to publicize the benefits of these vaccines and make sure that they are widely available for everyone. He adds that although there isn’t a specific end date for this virus the state has every tool necessary to mitigate the impact of COVID-19.

3/30/22

“Aphasia can be caused by the COVID vaccine”

“...I wanted to make sure everyone knows aphasia is one of the thousands of symptoms whose reporting rates were elevated after the COVID vaccines rolled out. It’s #1574 on that sorted list of symptoms elevated by the COVID vaccine that we calculated back in November 2021.

But I also very distinctly remember, very early on after the vaccines rolled out, a story from Dr. Byram Bridle of a teenage girl, perfectly healthy before getting the vaccine, who couldn’t speak shortly after getting vaccinated.

Of course, we now know this wasn’t just a coincidence.

The numbers of reports to the VAERS system bear this out.

Here’s a “baseline” year 2019 for all vaccines put together:
The actual case reports show people are normal before getting vaccinated and unable to talk shortly after.
If this isn’t causal, then how do you explain all these amazing coincidences? And why are the reports so much higher after the COVID vaccines vs. all other vaccines?

More troubling are the actual case reports.

Here are just the first three that came up in the search report:

VAERS ID:906282 (history) Given the vaccine at 712 pm on 12/20/20. At approximately 715 pm, she began to clear her throat and then became unable to speak, followed by audible wheezes and short, shallow breaths. At 1923, Epinephrine was administered. At 1928, she was able to speak again and was transported to the ED. The patient reports after arrival to the ER, the symptoms returned. She was given PO Benadryl, followed by IV Benadryl, and then a 2nd dose of Epinephrine. She was admitted to the ICU for observation

VAERS ID:907710 (history) About 30 minutes after injection felt brain fog and had a hard time finding words; About 30 minutes after injection felt brain fog and had a hard time finding words; It’’s like we were having to concentrate more than usual to do routine stuff; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient himself). A 44-year-old male received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Lot number Ej1685), intramuscular on the left arm, as first single dose on 20Dec2020 (at 06:30) for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient did not have a relevant medical history. No relevant concomitant medications were provided. About 30 minutes after injection felt brain fog and had a hard time finding words. Another nurse that got vaccinated at the same time felt the same way. It’’s like we were having to concentrate more than usual to do routine stuff. The patient was not treated for the events. The patient did not perform COVID test before vaccination but after vaccination Nasal Swab, Rapid PCR, was Negative. He was recovering from the events.; Sender’’s Comments: Linked Report(s) : US-PFIZER INC-2020504556 same drug, same event and different patient

VAERS ID:911587 (history): 5 to 10 minutes after receiving vaccine started feeling “drunk”, anxious, paranoid. Muscles became mildly tense and teeth clenched. The physical aspects only lasted a short time (10-15 minutes)the anxiousness paranoia and “drunk” feeling lasted approximately another hour. An hour after receiving vaccine started experiencing nausea and vomiting with extreme muscle soreness that was generalized and fatigue. After napping the nausea and vomiting resolved. Woke up shivering in cold sweats and shivering. Began experiencing forgetfulness and having problems thinking correctly. Issues with finding words, conversing and conveying information to other people. Shortly after waking up began experiencing severe back pain in lower to mid left back. Pain was shooting and it did not seem to matter on positioning. Back pain has resolved. Day 2 still experiencing severe fatigue, extreme muscle soreness, forgetfulness and not thinking correctly. Having issues finding words to use and communicate. Thinking process seems slow. Occasional cold sweats and shivering. Day 3 still feeling of forgetfulness, unable to find words and communicate correctly, slow thinking process, occasional cold sweats and shivering, occasional bouts of anxiety (lasts only 2-3 minutes at a time), short bouts of shortness of breath with exertion resolved quickly. Some muscle soreness seems to be resolving.

https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/aphasia-can-be-caused-by-the-covid?s=r

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