Eric Clapton had a severe reaction to covid vaccine

debodun said:
Another thing to consider is that COVID can be transmitted by inanimate objects. Think of all the money that is transferred from hand to hand.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274069/
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That article was from June of 2020 and I believe it's been said now that it isn't likely to be transmitted through surfaces and inanimate objects but mainly by droplets in the air.
 

Irwin said:
I'm surprised this hasn't been in the news. Eric Clapton had a severe reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine and can no longer play guitar.
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I think that fewer news-casters and audience are old enough to even know who Eric Clapton is.
I hope he recovers completely, Clapton is one of the few living rock legends from back in the day.

fuzzybuddy said:
...And, even if you believe there is this evil Covid-19 cabal, every nation is doing the same thing- encouraging vaccination. It's hard to fathom that the entire world was hood winked into this vaccination conspiracy'.
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Some people gobble up the conspiracy stories floating around the internet, it's so much easier than thinking on one's on.

My favorite conspiracy quote:
Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
Benjamin Franklin
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Pam said:
He does have peripheral neuropathy which has caused him problems in the past. In 2016 he said that damage to his nervous system made it difficult for him to play the guitar.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36511857

https://mccannltc.net/news/eric-clapton-peripheral-neuropathy-may-end-career-and-more
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He admitted that in the video but he also said the way it was progressing it be about another 10 years before he couldn't play or use hands periods. I think he's in his early 70s and thought the progression wouldn't totally affect him until his 80s. Said the speed of progress jumped from a 3 to an 8.

It took 3 weeks for him to get the use of his hands/get feeling back etc.
 
DH and I both got our 2nd shots a couple of weeks ago. The first one we had absolutely no reactions, the second one I had a bit of a sore arm for a couple of hours he had nothing. We had the Pfizer vaccine both times. If in a years time we need a booster, we will do that too. The shots beat the heck out of having Covid 19, because we know we are in our 80's with preexisting medical problems and if we get it we are dead! So even if we had a bad reaction it would still have been better than having Covid!
 
And Cream: Eric Clapton (guitar), Jack Bruce (bass) and Ginger Baker (drums).

Edited to correct "base" to "bass".
 
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hollydolly said:
Eric Clapton... Award winning English musician, songwriter & producer ... ( even an asteroid is named after him )..

Yardbirds
Cream
Derek & the Dominoes..

Most famous music../Songs of hundreds

Layla

Tears in Heaven

Wonderful tonight...

I shot the sheriff...

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I love the song I Shot the Sheriff. So don’t know him, but know his work 😂. Thanks
 
WhatInThe said:
He admitted that in the video but he also said the way it was progressing it be about another 10 years before he couldn't play or use hands periods. I think he's in his early 70s and thought the progression wouldn't totally affect him until his 80s. Said the speed of progress jumped from a 3 to an 8.

It took 3 weeks for him to get the use of his hands/get feeling back etc.
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he's 76
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Eric Clapton is someone with an obvious agenda. He has his beliefs. I'm thankful that he endured his illness, and is well enough to make a video. Of course, no one can positively know if his symptoms were cause by the vaccine, or not. But, out of the almost billion of injections given, there have been few deaths, and long term complications. In life, there are no guarantees. No one can guarantee that you won't be killed by a falling plane. Yet, there aren't bodies piling up outside of vaccination centers, either. And, even if you believe there is this evil Covid-19 cabal, every nation is doing the same thing- encouraging vaccination. It's hard to fathom that the entire world was hood winked into this vaccination conspiracy,
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Just as an FYI, everybody has an agenda, beliefs and leanings. It's not necessary to pin a label that everyone has on Clapton.
 
For me, some of EC's best guitar work was on John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. He was only 20 years old, but his playing and tone on that is still some of the best of any guitarist in history.

 
I have yet to figure out why being a rock star, guitar player, or any other kind of music "legend" makes anyone an expert on a potentially fatal illness and its vaccine.

Eric Clapton and Van Morrison are entitled to whatever feelings and opinions they have. Van Morrison was adamantly against the lockdown, never mind that the lockdown probably saved thousands, maybe millions of lives. Why should his opinions serve as vindication for the anti-science crowd? In Clapton's case, since he already had medical issues, that could have been the cause of his (apparently temporary) symptoms.
Van Morrison is an excellent songwriter; Into the Mystic is one of my favorite songs. But how does that make him an expert on immunology?

Here's an idea: how about if all the actors, rock stars, famous athletes, etc. who received the vaccine and had minimal or no side effects wrote articles about how happy they are to be able once again to mingle with people normally, without risking their lives? Would that change anyone's mind? I didn't think so.
 
Sunny said:
I have yet to figure out why being a rock star, guitar player, or any other kind of music "legend" makes anyone an expert on a potentially fatal illness and its vaccine.

Eric Clapton and Van Morrison are entitled to whatever feelings and opinions they have. Van Morrison was adamantly against the lockdown, never mind that the lockdown probably saved thousands, maybe millions of lives. Why should his opinions serve as vindication for the anti-science crowd? In Clapton's case, since he already had medical issues, that could have been the cause of his (apparently temporary) symptoms.
Van Morrison is an excellent songwriter; Into the Mystic is one of my favorite songs. But how does that make him an expert on immunology?

Here's an idea: how about if all the actors, rock stars, famous athletes, etc. who received the vaccine and had minimal or no side effects wrote articles about how happy they are to be able once again to mingle with people normally, without risking their lives? Would that change anyone's mind? I didn't think so.
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Yep, but things going normally don't make the news. When was the last time there was a story about an airline making a safe, uneventful flight? That's what we expect. It's just when the unexpected occurs that it's news, and then it gets blown all out of proportion and made to look like it was the norm and not just a rare anomaly.

Of course, it all depends on a person's source for "news." Look at unreliable sources and you get unreliable news. Look at respected sources and you're more likely to be well informed. But many people in this day and age just want information that conforms to their world view—facts be damned.

So for those who choose not to get vaccinated because of a rant by Eric Clapton, that's their choice, as long as they don't put anyone else at risk. Likewise, businesses should be allowed to require their employees to get vaccinated. If their employees don't like it, they can go find another job. Nobody is entitled to a job at a private enterprise.
 
“In the lowest moments of my life, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead. It was the only thing I thought was worth living for, and the idea that people were about to try and remove me from alcohol was so terrible that I drank and drank and drank, and they had to practically carry me into the clinic.” – Eric Clapton in his autobiography

Love this song

 
Tom 86 said:
I've got a good post in the Conav-19 thread about what I went through & still going through it after only ONE Moderna shot on Jan 12th. Don't listen to those Idiots on the radio or TV.
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I'm sorry for what you're going through. There are many who have benefited from others telling the truth about their vaccine experiences. Whether bad or good. We need to make informed decisions about something so important.
 

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