Norway tests the novel mRNA vaccines on the old/sick

by philg

Readers may recall If COVID-19 vaccines weren’t tested on likely COVID-19 victims, how do we know that they will reduce COVID-19 deaths? (December 27, 2020) in which I pointed out that the vaccines weren’t tested on the old/sick people whom COVID-19 has been primarily killing.

This just in… “Deaths spur Norway concern at Covid vaccine safety for vulnerable elderly” (Bloomberg via Irish Times):

Norway has expressed increasing concern about the safety of the Pfizer Inc vaccine for elderly people with serious underlying health conditions after raising their estimate of the number who died after receiving inoculations to 29.

“There are 13 deaths that have been assessed, and we are aware of another 16 deaths that are currently being assessed,” the agency said. All the reported deaths related to “elderly people with serious basic disorders”, it said. “Most people have experienced the expected side-effects of the vaccine, such as nausea and vomiting, fever, local reactions at the injection site, and worsening of their underlying condition.”

The findings have prompted Norway to suggest that Covid-19 vaccines may be too risky for the very old and terminally ill – the most cautious statement yet from a European health authority.

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health judges that “for those with the most severe frailty, even relatively mild vaccine side-effects can have serious consequences. For those who have a very short remaining life span anyway, the benefit of the vaccine may be marginal or irrelevant.”

(These folks could never get jobs working for Medicare or any enterprise that bills Medicare!)

On the other hand…

“The Norwegian Medicines Agency has communicated, prior to the vaccination, that when vaccinating the oldest and sickest, it is expected that deaths will occur in a time-related context with vaccination. This does not mean that there is a causal link between vaccination and death,” it added.

On the third hand….

“We have also, in connection with the reported deaths, conveyed that it is possible that common and known side effects of the vaccines may have been a contributing factor to a serious course or fatal outcome,” the agency said.

Vaguely related, my visit to Norway…

Let’s see if anyone can guess which part of Norway based on the photos below:

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  5. I’ve really tried to identify the region of Norway you’re talking about from the Turkey Leg picture and I’m stumped. Usually I’m pretty good at this kind of thing but I’ve come up with nothing. Lots of links to Turkey Leg restaurants including Chicago and elsewhere, I’m leaning toward some relatively important city with big monuments, but the wheelchair has inscriptions in English, and it might not be Norway. I don’t understand why the second photo would have everything in English.

    So you’ll have to tell us, because I’m not going to spend any more time sitting in a chair eating dinner thinking about it. I feel like a turkey-leg failure. Please let us know. Lol.

    • @philg @Toucan Sam: I spent too much time focused on the turkey leg and the monument and didn’t consider the tote bag until 5 minutes ago. And there we have it.

    • And the little sticker on the wheelchair: “Largo, FL”

      I was looking for the restaurant that served it.

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