Roy Vongtama, MD

This is nice breakdown chart of the current vaccines available, their efficacies, and side effects, from the Medical Letter, which is an independent organization.

This interim analysis responds to some antivaxx proponents that the mRNA vaccines do not prevent infection. They absolutely do, with over 80% from dose one to over 90% for dose 2. Just to clarify, the initial studies that allowed for emergency use of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines was looking at symptomatic infection s. This data is for ALL infections, asymptomatic and symptomatic because it was done with nasal swabs on 4000 Healthcare workers in real world settings, not a... controlled study. These HCW are stressed and exposed! It works, and it works well. #vaccinesafetyadvocate #pfizercovid19vacccine #modernavaccine https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7013e3.htm

Covid Update! Things are really heading in the right direction. With the CDC guidance allowing indoor dining with fully vaccinated people, it really gives us something to look forward to, doesn't it? I had received a couple messages criticizing me for moving away from my core message of integrative health. I introspected about it, and I said, "you know, they have a point." ... So to that end this post is about integrative health. What is it? To me, it's the awareness of the connection between physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual for your health. I call these four the Houses of Health. Each house works together to move you towards whole-istic health. Moreover, if one house is unhealthy, it stresses the other three, and eventually you will see a breakdown, not just in the unhealthy house, but in others. This can lead to a breakdown in immunity and, you guessed it, more susceptibility to COVID-19. Rather than get into generalities that might apply to all, I created a quiz for you to take. It looks at the four houses by asking you four questions for each. You will get your results and also a free 5 email tailored course to help you improve that weakest link for your immune system to protect against COVID-19 and of course your overall health. Just click on the link! Www.royvmd.com

Covid Pfizer Vaccine update, 2 weeks later: 1. Let me tell you how I am feeling: I feel like prior to the vaccine I was riding a bike in LA traffic- doing everything I could do to stay safe, wearing a helmet, lights, hand signals, not sure if a car was going to hit me....and NOW I feel like I am driving a car. I am still using signals, wearing my seatbelt and staying in lanes, but it just feels SAFER. (Because it is!) 2. I have NO side effects at all.... 3. People keep sending me posts of "people took the vaccine and then this happened" posts: Bells Palsy, strokes, heart attacks, people dying. This is where the News gets you: The Three C's that get us confused: Causation, correlation and coincidence. Causation: when A causes B. Correlation: when A and B are linked in analyses of outcomes over many cases. Coincidence: when something seems related due to timing. The news uses coincidence in time to make you think there's causation. Just because something happens after the vaccine shot does NOT mean it was caused by the shot. That's just coincidence. Most of these articles are using coincidence as causation. 4. I am distressed that many people (esp my BillsMafia!) STILL don't get the 3 Cs of Covid!! These three things are to be avoided at all costs: Contained spaces, Close conversations, Crowded places. If you need to have a heart to heart, do it with masks on, outside or better yet on Zoom! It's free for 40 minutes. 5. I want to be clear: I did NOT premedicate with Tylenol or advil. I WAITED TIL I GOT SYMPTOMS. There is a theoretical and mechanistic concern with ibuprofen/advil as it works on the COX2 inflammatory pathway. You want your body to have a response to the vaccine. Premedicating could blunt that response. Tylenol gets lumped in there (I don't see a mechanism frankly) but just to be safe, UCLA says not to take Tylenol before either. ***IMPORTANT : of course if you have an allergic issue or your doctor says to premedicate, then IGNORE ME!!** #pfizercovid19vaccine #vaccinesafe #BillsMafia #vaccinesafetyadvocate

Covid Vaccine Update: ***this is from January 2021**** I got a message from a friend with a link showing the first person known to have died after the vaccine has been confirmed to be most probably related to the vaccine, a doctor in Florida. They are not sure yet if thr vaccine caused or just contributed to his death but it seems likely. This is sad, for sure. ... My friend asked me, "How are you recommending it, when it's not 100% safe- Someone died." This is a false choice between taking and not taking the vaccine. What you need to look at is the risk of dying from the disease versus the risk of dying from the vaccine. The risk of dying from the disease: 383,000 deaths 23,000,000 cases = 1.6% risk of death The risk of dying from the vaccine 1 death 11,000,000 doses given = 0.000009% risk of death. This is a 100,000x bigger risk of dying from Covid-19. I think the numbers speak for themselves, but you be the judge! #COVID19 #covidvaccine2021 #vaccinesideeffects