Vaccinated People More Likely to Suffer Blood Disorders, Ear Disease: Studies

People who received COVID-19 vaccines at higher risk of a range of conditions, South Korean researchers find.

According to new research, people who received a COVID-19 vaccine were more likely to develop a variety of conditions, including a lack of blood cells and ear disease.

South Korean researchers examined data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service to see if vaccinated or unvaccinated people had higher rates of dozens of adverse events such as menstrual disorder, ear disease, and aplastic anemia.

Vaccination, they discovered, increased the risk of many of the adverse events or health conditions.

In one study, for example, they discovered that the vaccinated had a higher incidence rate of 13 immune-related nonfatal adverse events (irAEs). Menstrual disorders, bruising, tinnitus, inner ear disease, middle ear disease, and other ear disease were among the nonfatal issues.

“Vaccination significantly increased the risks of non-fatal irAEs,” wrote Dr. Eun Mi Chun and colleagues from Ewha Womans University’s School of Medicine.

The researchers examined data from people aged 20 and up. People were considered vaccinated if they received their second dose or finished their primary series by September 30, 2021. People were considered unvaccinated if they did not receive any doses. People were excluded if they had already received one dose or had any of the conditions.
The vaccinated group had 1.4 million people, while the unvaccinated group had 289,576. The latter were younger and had fewer comorbidities, which could have influenced the results.

Researchers calculated the cumulative incidence rates of the adverse events, which were chosen because doctors believed that nonfatal immune-related problems following COVID-19 vaccination “have yet to be comprehensively elucidated.”

The rates were calculated by comparing diagnoses between the two cohorts.

Three months after vaccination, the cumulative incidence per 10,000 was higher in the vaccinated group for all but one of the problems, visual impairment. Glaucoma, or vision loss, warts, herpes zoster, and alopecia, or hair loss, were among the issues.

Previous research has discovered links between vaccination and some of the issues.

According to the study’s findings, doctors should observe patients after administering a shot.

“The findings of this study suggest that clinicians should maintain closed observation of a range of nonfatal irAEs after vaccination, given that these manifestations might emerge post-vaccination,” according to the authors.

The paper was published on the medRxiv server before peer review.

Dr. Chun and colleagues discovered that the vaccinated were more likely to suffer from blood disorders and other hematologic abnormalities, including aplastic anemia, a rare condition in which the body is unable to produce enough new blood cells, in another study that also examined records from the Korean National Health Insurance Service and was released ahead of peer review.

“The analyzed data showed that nutritional anemia, aplastic anemia, and coagulation defects increased after COVID-19 vaccination,” the authors of the study wrote.

The researchers’ third preprint paper outlined the findings of a study comparing the incidence of inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders among vaccinated and unvaccinated people. The researchers discovered that a variety of conditions, including plantar fasciitis, bursitis, and Achilles tendinitis, were more common among the vaccinated, regardless of the vaccine used.

“Individuals who received COVID-19 vaccines, either mRNA, viral vector, or mixing and 277 matching, were found to be more likely to be diagnosed with inflammatory musculoskeletal 278 disorders compared to those who did not,” the authors of the study stated.

Dr. Chun and his colleagues reported no conflicts of interest or funding.

Dr. Chun did not respond to emails asking if the papers had been submitted to journals for peer review.

Pfizer, one of the manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccines used in South Korea, did not respond to inquiries.

COVID-19 vaccines have been linked to a number of side effects, including myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation. According to the South Korean researchers, the inflammatory conditions observed at higher rates among the vaccinated may be caused by the spike protein in the shots, while the ear diseases may be caused by the immune response to the spike protein.

Dr. Meryl Nass, an American doctor who was not involved in the study, said that when reviewing the studies, the Bradford Hill criteria, or a set of viewpoints that can be used to determine whether there is a link between a drug and an adverse event, should be considered.

The more consistent a link is, the more likely it is causal, according to one criterion. “In this case, the various types of illnesses in different organ systems suggest a consistent toxic effect from the vaccines,” Dr. Nass wrote in an email to The Epoch Times.

Another consideration is plausibility. “Given the autopsy findings and the side effects attributed to other vaccines and the known physiological mechanisms of the vaccines’ toxicity, plausibility exists,” Nass said in a statement. Several autopsies have revealed that the vaccines or the conditions they cause killed people.

Other criteria include temporality, which refers to conditions that occur soon after vaccination, and biological gradient, which refers to additional doses increasing the likelihood of an event. The new study discovered temporality, while other researchers discovered evidence of the gradient.