Posted on Jul 21, 2021
Coronavirus doctor's diary: Unvaccinated patients with many regrets
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As in many other hospitals, the number of patients being treated for Covid-19 in Bradford Royal Infirmary is sharply rising. About half of them had chosen not to be vaccinated, says Dr John Wright - which many now deeply regret.
"I was offered the vaccine, but I was arrogant," says Faisal Bashir, a super-fit 54-year-old.
"I was going to the gym, cycling, walking and running. Given that I was strong and healthy I didn't think I needed it. That also meant that if it turned out not to be safe I wouldn't have taken any risks.
"But the truth was that I couldn't avoid the virus. It still got me. I don't know how or where."
Faisal, who was discharged on Wednesday after a week in hospital receiving oxygen, is keen to warn others not to make his mistake.
"What I've experienced in hospital - the care and expertise - humbles me," he says.
"People are filling the hospitals by taking chances and it's wrong. I feel terrible. I feel so bad about it and I hope by speaking out it helps others avoid this."
"I was offered the vaccine, but I was arrogant," says Faisal Bashir, a super-fit 54-year-old.
"I was going to the gym, cycling, walking and running. Given that I was strong and healthy I didn't think I needed it. That also meant that if it turned out not to be safe I wouldn't have taken any risks.
"But the truth was that I couldn't avoid the virus. It still got me. I don't know how or where."
Faisal, who was discharged on Wednesday after a week in hospital receiving oxygen, is keen to warn others not to make his mistake.
"What I've experienced in hospital - the care and expertise - humbles me," he says.
"People are filling the hospitals by taking chances and it's wrong. I feel terrible. I feel so bad about it and I hope by speaking out it helps others avoid this."
Coronavirus doctor's diary: Unvaccinated patients with many regrets
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This virus is unpredictable. I have friends who died who were relatively young and healthy. I have a friend in her twenties who got it and has had chronic health issues related to COVID ever since. Several of my 6-8 graders have had it during last school years. One was hospitalized. She told me she thought she was going to die. When she spoke to the class her experience, she put the fear of God into them. That was one class that I didn't have to constantly monitor masking, social distancing, and hand washing.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth: "I know of 8 people personally that were fully vaccinated with the jnJ or Pfizer and have caught COVID...one of which died yesterday from it...SOOOOO what good is the vaccine really! We are just now seeing the efficacy of the vaccine and IMHO it ain't worth squat other than saying you had it. Either that or it doesn't last long."
So are you now completely anti-vax since not one vaccine is 100% in preventing the disease it's made to protect against? You can get the measles even if you're vaccinated, it's just less likely. You can get the flu if you're vaccinated, etc, etc. So your attempt at that "logic' doesn't make much sense at all.
The majority of people who are being hospitalized with covid are UNVACCINATED. Hmm imagine that.
No one said you can't get covid if you're vaccinated. It will lessen the severity of symptoms. Also, what was their health status? I mean c'mon man.
So are you now completely anti-vax since not one vaccine is 100% in preventing the disease it's made to protect against? You can get the measles even if you're vaccinated, it's just less likely. You can get the flu if you're vaccinated, etc, etc. So your attempt at that "logic' doesn't make much sense at all.
The majority of people who are being hospitalized with covid are UNVACCINATED. Hmm imagine that.
No one said you can't get covid if you're vaccinated. It will lessen the severity of symptoms. Also, what was their health status? I mean c'mon man.
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The vast majority of people hospitalized nationwide with Covid19 right now are the unvaccinated. This is not rocket science. Yes, you can get covid if you have been vaccinated, but the severity of the virus is dramatically reduced once you are vaccinated.
If we don’t break the cycle of infection by getting enough people vaccinated this virus is going to mutate and will defeat the vaccine and we will be back at square one. It is already having breakthrough cases where it is infecting vaccinated people, it won’t be long before it will be just as deadly as before.
I really wish people would take their health care advice from MDs and not 11th grade high school dropouts on the Internet. Use Google and get actual facts from .org and .gov web pages.
If we don’t break the cycle of infection by getting enough people vaccinated this virus is going to mutate and will defeat the vaccine and we will be back at square one. It is already having breakthrough cases where it is infecting vaccinated people, it won’t be long before it will be just as deadly as before.
I really wish people would take their health care advice from MDs and not 11th grade high school dropouts on the Internet. Use Google and get actual facts from .org and .gov web pages.
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