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The CPSC and RH recall Lambeth Outdoor Metal Torches.  Flammable torch fuel may leak from the top of the torch canister due to a defective lid leading to fires and burns.  About 1200 of these torches have been sold nationwide at RH Galleries and Outlets and online at rh.com.   Immediately stop using these torches and contact RH by phone at 1-833-424-1125 or vial email at [email protected] to receive a prepaid shipping label and packaging for return of the defective torch lid and processing of a refund or credit.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/RH-Recalls-Outdoor-Torches-Due-to-Fire-Hazard-Recall-Alert

#rh #torch #lid #fire #burns #recall

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The CPSC and VidaXL have recalled VidaXL Steel Pool Ladders.  The steps of these ladders may loosen and detaching creating falls and drowning hazards for those climbing.  About 3200 of these ladders were sold online at vidaxl.com.  All pool owners and users should stop using these ladders immediately.  Ladder owners should contact VidaXL by phone at 1-888-854-0905 or via email at [email protected] in order to arrange a refund.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/VidaXL-Recalls-Ladders-for-Above-Ground-Pools-Due-to-Fall-and-Drowning-Hazards-Recall-Alert

#vidaXL #poolladder #steps #falls #drowning #recall

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The CPSC and Hanna Anderson are recalling Hanna Anderson Baby Ruffle Rompers and Baby Long Sleeve Wiggle Sets.  The snaps on these garments may detach and create a choking hazard for infants, toddlers, and young children.  About 3200 of the ruffle rompers and 4400 of the wiggle sets were sold in the US and 10 of each garments were sold in Canada online at hannaanderson.com.  Immediately stop the use of these garments and contact Hanna Anderson Customer Card by phone at 1-800-222-0544 or via email at [email protected] in order to arrange for a refund the receipt of a postage-paid label in order to return the garments.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Hanna-Andersson-Recalls-Baby-Ruffle-Rompers-Due-to-Choking-Hazard

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Hanna-Andersson-Recalls-Baby-Long-Sleeve-Wiggle-Sets-Due-to-Choking-Hazard

#hannaanderson #romper #wiggleset #snaps #choking #recall

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Vaccination with one of the mRNA CoVid vaccines, Moderna or Pfizer, is 5 times more protective against a subsequent CoVid infection compared with a natural CoVid infection.  So says the CDC after its VISION Network reviewed data from 201,000 CoVid hospitalizations in 9 different states and found 7,000 persons to analyze in depth.  They compared the risk of testing positive for CoVid for those who had a documented CoVid infection 3 to 6 months before to those who completed a course of mRNA vaccination 3 to 6 months before.  All infections and vaccinations were documented by verified electronic health records.

The data analysis shows that the previously infected but unvaccinated persons were 5.5 times more likely to again test positive for CoVid compared with fully vaccinated persons who never had a previous CoVid infection.  Comparing the two vaccines, the risk of reinfection for the unvaccinated was 7.3 times higher than for those receiving the Moderna vaccine compared with 5.1 times higher for those receiving the Pfizer.  Thus, the Moderna vaccine appeared about 30% more effective than the Pfizer.  The protective effect of vaccination versus infection trended even higher for older persons though the differences were not statistically significant.

The bottom line: get vaccinated and maintain good immunity through boosting.  If infected in the past, still get vaccinated.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7044e1.htm?s_cid=mm7044e1_w

#CoVid #infection #vaccination #moderna #pfizer 

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Covid19 can now be added to the family of virus capable of infecting and damaging inner ear cells that provide our hearing and sense of balance.  Investigators at MIT and Harvard’s Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary now report this finding that may explain why some CoVid patients report hearing loss, ringing in their ears or tinnitus, and balance problems.

The investigators studied cellular models of the inner ear and, in limited cases, actual human inner ear tissues obtained from patients undergoing surgery for other reasons including cancer.  The cellular inner ear models were initially developed to study viruses known to cause deafness including cytomegalovirus mumps virus, and hepatitis virus. To create these models, stem cells were derived from skin cells and stimulated to differentiate into typical inner ear cells including hair cells, nerve cells, and supporting cells.

Studies show that inner ear cells including the all-important hair cells and nerve-insulating Schwann cells possess the ACE2 receptor proteins that permit CoVid infection.  A clinical study of 10 CoVid patients with ear-related symptoms found that all had mild to profound hearing losses, 9 had tinnitus, and 6 had dizziness.

The prospect of hearing loss and dizziness are yet 2 more reasons to avoid getting CoVid and you know how you do that….. vaccination, masking, and ventilation.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-021-00044-w

#CoVid #deafness #vertigo #tinnitus #ear

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After Pfizer announced a kids CoVid vaccine for children 5-11 years of age, 57% of parents, on average, reported that they intend to vaccinate their children.  Let’s see which parents will and why.

Israeli investigators conducted an online survey of 1,012 parents of children 5 through 11 years of age living in that country.  Of the 57% who will vaccinate, 27% will do so immediately, 26% will in 1 to 3 months, 17% will in 4 to 12 months, and 7% would wait more than a year.  23% will not vaccinate.

The reasons for delaying vaccination were: safety concerns in 64%, side effects fears in 60%, fear the the trials were carried out too quickly in 56%,  a feeling that there is little need for vaccination in 33%, and the mistaken impression that there is low vaccine effectiveness in 25%. 

More men than women would vaccinate, 63 vs 52%, more of those over 40 than under, 64 vs 49%, more of those with advanced degrees than without would vaccinate, 60 vs 53%, those with higher than average income vs lower, 67 vs 52%, those whose older kids received the vaccine vs not, 77 vs 46%, and parents who themselves were vaccinated vs not, 61 vs 15%.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.05.21265900v1.full.pdf

#CoVid #children #vaccine 

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The risk of severe adverse events after the THIRD dose of either Moderna or Pfizer mRNA vaccines is comparable to those following the SECOND dose, and that risk is low in the 0.2 to 0.4% range.  Investigators at the Mayo Clinic and the Cambridge, MA Nference company studied 9,095 persons who received 3 doses of Moderna vaccine and 38,094 persons who received 3 doses of Pfizer vaccine comparing their reactions after their third shot to those after their second one.

These charts show that the most common adverse events were only somewhat more common after the 3rd compared with the 2nd shot.  The exception was in the incidence of swollen glands, usually in the arm pit nodes that drain the vaccination site in the upper arm.  In general, adverse events were more common after the 3rd shot of Moderna vaccine compared with the Pfizer.

Side effects triggering an emergency department visit were greater for the 3rd than the 2nd shot but not significantly greater.  ER visits after the Moderna were not significantly more frequent than after the Pfizer.  Looking at the big picture:  99.2 to 99.6% of those getting the 3rd shot required no medical care after it.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.05.21265961v1.full.pdf+html

#CoVid #vaccine #pfizer #moderna #mRNA #sideeffects

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Those with sleep disorders including breath-holding apnea and low blood oxygen concentrations or hypoxemia have a 31% higher risk of severe CoVid infections with hospitalization and death.  Sleep researchers at the Cleveland Clinic conducted a case-control study of 5402 patients in its large vertically integrated  health system with 1935 testing positive for CoVid.

Those with CoVid were more likely to have more than 15 apnea events per hour and have sustained periods of blood oxygen levels below 90%.  Those with the most severe sleep apnea and hypoxemia had the worst clinical outcomes as they fought against CoVid for their lives.  Those with hypoxemia between 1.8% and 12.8% of their time asleep had a 42% greater risk of death compared with those with low blood oxygen less than 1.8% of their time asleep.

Those with a sleep apnea history should be certain to keep their CoVid vaccinations current and their immunity optimal.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2785921

#CoVid #sleep #apnea #hypoxemia

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/JQ1tBKpexVk

Now that the Pfizer CoVid vaccine has been approved for kids 5 through 12 years and you have to decide whether to vaccinate your child, consider 3 issues: safety, necessity to maintain your child’s health, and the necessity to maintain your family’s and community’s health.  Excellent thoughts on these issues come from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Vaccine Education Center.

Safety Issues

1. Myocarditis:  This heart tissue inflammation has rarely occurred in teens and young adults receiving mRNA vaccines.  Only 5 of 100,000 males 16 to 29 years developed it compared with 59 of 100,000 after a CoVid infection.  For females, those numbers are only 1 in 100,000 for the vaccine versus 39 in 100,000 for the infection.
2. Fertility:  For females, vaccination often temporarily creates menstrual irregularity but seems to have no impact on fertility.  Antibodies to CoVid either from vaccination or infection do not affect fertility, and millions of vaccinated women, even very young women, have become pregnant.
   
   For males: vaccination does not alter sperm count or sperm motility.  A CoVid infection, though, does reduce sperm count temporarily.
3. Long-term effects:  the genetic material in mRNA vaccines remains in the body for days to a few weeks at most, and it cannot change human DNA in the eggs or sperm.

Benefits for your Child:

Children DO get severe CoVid.  Thousands have landed in hospitals and ICUs, and more than 650 have died.  As more adults became vaccinated, the infection rates for kids have risen significantly from 3% at the pandemic’s start to more than 25% now.  Vaccination with cut that rate back down.

Most worrisome is long CoVid with lingering symptoms of fatigue, headache, insomnia, trouble concentrating, pain, and cough. Then too, more than 5,000 children have been diagnosed with multi system inflammatory disease in children or MIS-C.  The vaccine will reduce if not prevent these two complications.

Benefits for your Family:

Children infected with CoVid are very often asymptomatic, and they may silently spread the virus to parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, and other children who immunity may be suboptimal due to illness or age.  A recent study showed that 1 in 500 American kids has lost a parent or grandparent to CoVid.  The vaccine will stop that silent and often deadly spread of disease.

The bottom line: The health and the way of life of all Americans are at risk from this continuing pandemic until all of us are vaccinated and have optimal immunity against CoVid.  Do get your kid…. and yourself vaccinated.

https://www.chop.edu/news/feature-article-3-considerations-covid-19-vaccination-5-11-year-old-children

#children #covid #vaccine #safety #fertility #longcovid

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Drinking a 6 ounce cup of coffee during the first trimester will not increase a woman’s risk of gestational diabetes and drinking that same amount during the second trimester actually seems protective lowering the risk of diabetes by 47%.  University of Pennsylvania and NIH epidemiologists just published these conclusions following their study of 2529 women.

In addition to studying the effect of caffeinated beverages on gestational diabetes, the investigators found that consuming these drinks created no increased risk for developing either gestational hypertension or preelampsia.  Caffeine did not significantly change levels of blood sugar while it seemed to lower total cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL while modestly raising HDL.

Remember though, these effects were seen in women moderating their caffeine intake by only consuming one cup of coffee or the equivalent each day.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2785784

#pregnancy #womenshealth #caffeine #coffee #diabetes #cholesterol