Covid-19 vaccine booster for the immunocompromised – who is eligible?

Booster jab, anyone?

10th October 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo

Updated 17th October 2021

You would have caught a bit of the announcement that some people may be due a Covid-19 vaccine booster. As usual, the announcement is not precise or detailed enough and now everyone is confused whether they are the intended target group for the booster. It is not a call to boosters for most vaccinated people.…

Covid-19 vaccination booster – why, when, what?

23rd September 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo

Booster anybody?

You have to agree that the covid-19 vaccines have been pretty effective in reducing the case numbers of covid-19 worldwide. However, over the last few months, with the emergence of the delta variant, there have been resurgence of the virus. Is it because delta variant is more contagious? Perhaps, the efficacy of the vaccines has waned as it’s coming up to 6 months for those who had their vaccines earlier in the year.…

Delta variant – are the vaccines any good?

real world data

26th August 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo

The Delta variant, first identified in India in December 2020, spread rapidly throughout a mostly unvaccinated country and caused massive numbers of cases, hospitalisations, and deaths. It’s now responsible for the outbreaks spreading across the world. This includes countries that have high vaccination rates. In the UK, the Delta variant has spread rapidly.…

Covid-19 vaccines – can we mix and match yet?

8th August 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo

Mix/Match?

We know that the incidence of thrombocytopaenic thrombosis syndrome (TTS) can occur with the AstraZeneca (AZ) Covid-19 vaccines although it is pretty uncommon. What do you do with patients who had TTS with the first jab and it’s now ready for the next jab? Obviously, they can’t have the second jab with AZ.…

AZ jab 2 at 6 weeks – should we?

23rd July 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo

AZ Jab 2

It’s all too confusing. And annoying. They keep releasing updates in the lay media and says “see your GP to discuss” but did not update us. You will recall that 2 weeks ago the recommendations to have the second AstraZeneca vaccination moved to 6 weeks after the first vaccination in areas with the outbreak which is pretty much all of Sydney.…

AZ vaccine and clots – number crunching time

13th April 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo

Every time the government overpromise and underdeliver, we are the ones that have to deal with the public whose expectations have been led unnecessarily high for political reasons. With the issue of clots relating to the AZ vaccine on the front page over the last week or so, patients are now utterly confused and look to their GP for advice as to where and when to proceed.…

AZ vaccine and clots – media hype?

27th March 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo

cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST)

It all started when the Austrian regulatory authority suspended the use of a batch of AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine on March 9th after a patient was diagnosed with multiple thrombosis and died 10 days after vaccination, and another was hospitalised with pulmonary embolism after being vaccinated. At least 16 other countries follow suit and suspended the use of AZ vaccine.…

Covid-19 vaccines and pregnancy – what do you need to know?

13th February 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo

Covid-19 vaccine

As often occurs with new medications and vaccines, pregnant individuals were excluded from the clinical trials for these vaccines. As the vaccine roll out begins, women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant will want to discuss the safety of the vaccines with their GP. We better be up to date with the relevant issues so that we can have a meaningful discussion with our patient.…

The big Covid-19 vaccine roll out con – don’t fall for it

24th January 2021, Dr Chee L Khoo

The big vaccine roll-out con

PERSONAL OPINION

Is it deliberate that we are given 10 days lead time to submit an expression of interest (EOI) to participate in the national Covid-19 vaccine Phase 1b roll-out? 18 pages of information released on a Friday afternoon in the hope that we might skim over the details and sign up without reading the fine print?…