5 Reasons to NOT Aspirate: a response to Dr John Campbell’s misinformation on vaccine injection
Recently this "aspiration before injection" thing has taken off on YouTube, mainly spread by John Campbell, a retired nurse with a PhD in nurse education. I'm a practicing medical doctor in Canada, and many of you have asked me for my thoughts on the subject. Here is my in-depth response. Note that I have tried to contact John Campbell multiple times using different methods (Email, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter...). So far he has not yet responded to my request for a discussion. Chapters: 00:00 - Why aspiration is being discussed and why I made this video 02:35 - Reason 1: The aspiration rationale contains misinformation 06:15 - Reason 2: Medicine isn't dictated by a single mouse study 10:53 - Reason 3: Vaccination without aspiration is still beneficial 14:06 - Reason 4: Not aspirating is safe, based on scientific evidence 21:54 - Reason 5: Aspiration is impractical and often impossible 24:07 - Why such misinformation is concerning to public health ▬ Disclaimers ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ The medical information presented here is for educational purposes only. It should not be used as a substitute for a health care professional in diagnosing and treating medical conditions. Reliance on the information in this video for medical purposes is solely at your own risk. If you need medical care, please consult your family doctor. I have no conflicts of interest. I have no financial interests in any company making or developing treatments for Covid-19, including vaccines or antivirals. I made this video on my own time and with my own money and equipment, with no incentives or sponsorship. ▬ Additional links and resources ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ On identifying misinformation: -Dr Greg Tucker-Kellogg's guide: • How you can spot scientific misinformation... -"Back to the Science", created by Dr Susan Oliver, with accurate information: / backtothescience -"Debunk the Funk", created by another reputable researcher Dr Dan Wilson: / debunkthefunkwithdrwilson -My video on fighting misinformation: • Misinformation: how to fight it -Another relevant reading in https://skepticalscience.com/history-... Reason 1: -Cherry-picking of experts: • Professor Hoiby, message to world leaders -Oversimplified explanations: • Need for vaccine aspiration confirmed, why... , • Aspirate to vaccinate! Reason 2: -Jumping to conclusions based on a flawed mouse study: • Inadvertant intravenous injections -Called out by "mom" at 02:19 of this video: • Aspiration, more information Reason 3: Health Canada links: Vaccine safety database: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/cov... Vaccine distribution data: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/cov... Canadian COVID19 data as of Dec 2021: Total COVID19 cases in Canada: 1,827,691. Total deaths of COVID19: 29,900 (1.6%) Total COVID19 cases in Canada with hospitalization data: 1,318,820. Total COVID19 hospitalizations: 93,472 (7.1%) Blood clot frequency on birth control pills (conservative estimate) - 10 in 10,000 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Car accident frequency in Canada: 2019 data, number of vehicle collisions divided by ~35M total population (https://tc.canada.ca/en/road-transpor...) Reasons 4 and 5: PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ Review papers suggesting there is no evidence to support aspirating before intra-muscular vaccination: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25871... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Grateful to my friends and colleagues who peer-reviewed this video prior to its publication.
