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Covid vaccination: Aspiration recommended before injecting vaccine [video]

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TLDR (Too long, didn't read/watch):

What is aspiration? It is the pulling back of the plunger of a syringe (for 5–10 seconds) prior to injecting a vaccine. Aspiration is meant to ensure that the syringe needle tip is located at the right muscle location (an intramuscular injection), and has not accidentally punctured a blood vessel.

In this video, Danish Professor Niels Høiby discusses aspiration and how the Danish authorities amended their advice in March 2021 to require aspiration when administering vaccines.

Also discussed is the evidence that vaccine complications (in some cases) have been caused by vaccines mistakenly injected into a blood vessel. In other words, the lack of aspiration has caused vaccine complications.

The Professor compares data from Norway (which does not require aspiration) and Denmark (which does require aspiration). Norway has vaccine complications 3 times higher than Denmark. Could aspiration (or lack of it) be a reason for the differences between the two countries?

Many countries, including the US and the UK, do not require aspiration when the COVID vaccines are administered. Should all countries mandate aspiration when injecting COVID vaccines? (The video concludes with an emphatic 'yes'.)

Here is the original animal study which found that aspiration could reduce the risk of vaccine induced myocarditis. It hasn't been reproduced in humans but this seems like something worthy of further research.

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid...

I've been watching Dr. John Campbell videos for awhile now and he does a good job of going over studies and explaining them in laymen terms. Definitely worth keeping up with him.

I agree. He is pro-vaccination (I am too), but he is willing to discuss vaccine complications and side-effects, not sideline them or dismiss them.

For example, he has interviewed two people (one in the US and one in the UK) who were double-jabbed but suffered vaccine complications. Both of those people had poor experience with medical staff following their vaccinations as they sought answers to their symptoms.

They glance over the fact that aspiration makes the vaccine more painful. If for no more reason then the fact that the needle is in (and can be wobbled around by accident) for longer. With all of the hesitance that there is for vaccination, imagine how much more there would be if this was also known as a painful one.

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