American journalist and podcasting queen Megyn Kelly told DailMail she continues to struggle with an 'autoimmune disease' that she was diagnosed with after getting two doses of Pfizer in 2020 and a booster shot in 2021 at the recommendation of her doctors. Looking back at her decision to get jabbed, Kelly now regrets getting the vaccine.
"I just had my annual physical and it's still testing positive for autoimmune," the 54-year-old, told the Daily Mail, adding, "I really, really regret having gotten the vaccine," said the popular host of the Megyn Kelly Show.
Explaining her reasons for getting vaccinated, Kelly said she felt compelled to take the shots because vaccination proof was essential to go out during the pandemic in New York City, where she was living at the moment.
Kelly first spoke about her autoimmune condition in her podcast - The Megyn Kelly Show, in February. While chatting with Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a British Covid vaccine skeptic, she told him that while the doctors couldn't find out what the condition was exactly, they told her it could have been caused by the vaccine.
“I asked the rheumatologist if it could be linked to the Pfizer vaccine and booster, and she said, ‘Yes, and you’re not the only patient I have who’s had this sequence of events," she said in her podcast.
What is post-vaccination syndrome?
Kelly isn't the only person left with a mystery condition linked to Covid vaccine. Yale researchers found out that several other people were left with chronic symptoms months and years after getting the vaccine.
For the research scientists examined blood samples from 42 study participants who experienced symptoms of post-vaccination syndrome (PVS) and 22 who did not.
People with PVS had lower levels of two types of white blood cells. Additionally, people with PVS who had never contracted Covid also had lower levels of antibodies against the virus. The symptoms of PVS include excessive fatigue, exercise intolerance, brain fog, insomnia and dizziness, as per researchers. These developed within days of taking vaccine and worsened over time.
Is Covid-19 vaccination linked to autoimmunity?
Autoimmunity has been linked to Covid-19 vaccination since the beginning of the pandemic. In a study published in the Journal of Autoimmunity, six patients experienced either a relapse of a pre-existing autoimmune disease or developed a new autoimmune or autoinflammatory condition following immunization.
A systematic review of 464 studies up to August 1, 2022, documented 928 such cases. The majority of affected individuals were women (53.6%) with a median age of 48 years and symptoms typically began around eight days after vaccination.
New-onset autoimmune conditions were more common, accounting for 81.5% of cases, with immune thrombocytopenia, myocarditis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome being the most frequently reported. In contrast, 18.5% experienced relapses of existing conditions, most often immune thrombocytopenia, psoriasis, IgA nephropathy, and systemic lupus erythematosus.
A large-scale, nationwide cohort study published in Nature Communications involving over 9 million individuals in South Korea investigated the long-term association between mRNA-based Covid -19 vaccination and the development of autoimmune connective tissue diseases (AI-CTDs) over a one-year period.
The results showed that mRNA vaccination was not associated with an increased risk for most AI-CTDs, including alopecia areata, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and vitiligo, among others. However, a modestly increased risk was observed for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), particularly in individuals who received the BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) vaccine, as well as in those with a prior Covid-19 diagnosis.
'Pissed off about the whole thing'
"There's no question people have been hurt and even killed,' said Kelly. "I, for one, have learned a ton, but remain pissed off about how the whole thing was handled."
"It's an unfortunate thing. You can't undo the past," Kelly told Daily Mail, accepting that there have been 'worse' outcomes experienced by other people.
"But we were lied to," she continued, adding, "It was not an informed assumption of the risk."
Other side effects of Covid vaccineThey include life-threatening conditions like anaphylaxis. Other complications noted by CDC include myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle, or pericarditis, inflammation of the heart lining, as well as an autoimmune disease like Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare neurological disorder where the immune system mistakenly attacks the nerves. It often causes muscle weakness, tingling, and, in severe cases, paralysis. GBS can progress rapidly but is treatable, with most people recovering over time.
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"I just had my annual physical and it's still testing positive for autoimmune," the 54-year-old, told the Daily Mail, adding, "I really, really regret having gotten the vaccine," said the popular host of the Megyn Kelly Show.
Explaining her reasons for getting vaccinated, Kelly said she felt compelled to take the shots because vaccination proof was essential to go out during the pandemic in New York City, where she was living at the moment.
Kelly first spoke about her autoimmune condition in her podcast - The Megyn Kelly Show, in February. While chatting with Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a British Covid vaccine skeptic, she told him that while the doctors couldn't find out what the condition was exactly, they told her it could have been caused by the vaccine.
“I asked the rheumatologist if it could be linked to the Pfizer vaccine and booster, and she said, ‘Yes, and you’re not the only patient I have who’s had this sequence of events," she said in her podcast.
What is post-vaccination syndrome?
Kelly isn't the only person left with a mystery condition linked to Covid vaccine. Yale researchers found out that several other people were left with chronic symptoms months and years after getting the vaccine.
For the research scientists examined blood samples from 42 study participants who experienced symptoms of post-vaccination syndrome (PVS) and 22 who did not.
People with PVS had lower levels of two types of white blood cells. Additionally, people with PVS who had never contracted Covid also had lower levels of antibodies against the virus. The symptoms of PVS include excessive fatigue, exercise intolerance, brain fog, insomnia and dizziness, as per researchers. These developed within days of taking vaccine and worsened over time.
Is Covid-19 vaccination linked to autoimmunity?
Autoimmunity has been linked to Covid-19 vaccination since the beginning of the pandemic. In a study published in the Journal of Autoimmunity, six patients experienced either a relapse of a pre-existing autoimmune disease or developed a new autoimmune or autoinflammatory condition following immunization.
A systematic review of 464 studies up to August 1, 2022, documented 928 such cases. The majority of affected individuals were women (53.6%) with a median age of 48 years and symptoms typically began around eight days after vaccination.
New-onset autoimmune conditions were more common, accounting for 81.5% of cases, with immune thrombocytopenia, myocarditis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome being the most frequently reported. In contrast, 18.5% experienced relapses of existing conditions, most often immune thrombocytopenia, psoriasis, IgA nephropathy, and systemic lupus erythematosus.
A large-scale, nationwide cohort study published in Nature Communications involving over 9 million individuals in South Korea investigated the long-term association between mRNA-based Covid -19 vaccination and the development of autoimmune connective tissue diseases (AI-CTDs) over a one-year period.
The results showed that mRNA vaccination was not associated with an increased risk for most AI-CTDs, including alopecia areata, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and vitiligo, among others. However, a modestly increased risk was observed for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), particularly in individuals who received the BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) vaccine, as well as in those with a prior Covid-19 diagnosis.
'Pissed off about the whole thing'
"There's no question people have been hurt and even killed,' said Kelly. "I, for one, have learned a ton, but remain pissed off about how the whole thing was handled."
"It's an unfortunate thing. You can't undo the past," Kelly told Daily Mail, accepting that there have been 'worse' outcomes experienced by other people.
"But we were lied to," she continued, adding, "It was not an informed assumption of the risk."
Other side effects of Covid vaccineThey include life-threatening conditions like anaphylaxis. Other complications noted by CDC include myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle, or pericarditis, inflammation of the heart lining, as well as an autoimmune disease like Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare neurological disorder where the immune system mistakenly attacks the nerves. It often causes muscle weakness, tingling, and, in severe cases, paralysis. GBS can progress rapidly but is treatable, with most people recovering over time.
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