July 2, 2022
Dr. Shankara Chetty, South Africa
I’ve been expecting to see a change in disease pattern in boosted individuals, and with this variant, it has come to roost.
The unvaccinated have mild flu like illness. Most recover. Some have mild reactions post day 8 that are easily controlled.
In the vaccinated however, I’ve had 2 boosted patients suddenly go into cardiac arrest without precipitating symptoms (ala SADS – Sudden Adult Death Syndrome) on day 3. This prompted me to do biomarkers on this subset on presentation, usually before day 4, and have found many with very elevated CRP, D.DIMER and IL6 values. Is this the vaccine induced, inappropriate immune priming coming into play? Early change in treatment strategy seems to bring quick clinical recovery and biomarker restoration.
Portugal has a high death rate in a highly vaccinated population with the above variant.
In poorly vaccinated South Africa, not so much….
My observations in comparison to an unvaccinated control group might prove helpful to them.