David PS
Member
The rate of increase of the use of PRN medication from dose to dose is astounding. For years, if not decades, healthcare workers have been mandated to get vaccines for the flu and the like. They are now suffering from shortages in both for these emplyment fields.There was a prospective study among health care workers in Germany. They looked for sick leave and pro re nata medication usage after the injections. Medication usage increased with every dose.
"After administration of the first COVID-19 vaccine dose, a total of 22·6% (385/1,704) HCWs reported intake of PRN medication, after the second dose 46·2% (784/1,698) and after the third dose 86·0% (1,165/1,355; Figure 4A)"
As a sidenote: 40 out of 1,831 participants were excluded due to study participation below 14 days interval after latest infection or injection.
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