As far as I've heard/seen anecdotally about aspiration is that at least in most cases there was no aspiration. People reporting many stories where they specifically asked for aspiration to be done, and nurses very frequently said, they are not trained for that any longer. Some nurses didn't even know what it was, and some other nurse aspirated AFTER the injection. Luckily there was no blood in this case.
It would be interesting to know how many nurses will aspirate, but given what I've seen/heard, it seems like 90% or more don't. Unless again, anecdotal stories are biased and only mention it when it's not done.
If I remember correctly, the couple got vaccinated around 2 weeks apart, I don't remember if the provider was the same. But story went something like they went to the ER because of her, but he was also asked how's he feeling and I think he mentioned something about chest/shoulder pains as well, and so they both got tested at the same time and received their diagnosis on the same day.
If aspiration wasn't done just in 10% of the cases, then yeah, this could skew with data and make a couple more likely to have it if they do go get it at the same provider and person who doesn't do it.
Interestingly, there was a study 7 years ago that found out 74% of end-users aspirated,
If that is the case then I'd definitely like to hear their explanation for how so many who have come to Myocarditis or long term issues felt metallic taste within 15 seconds.
It's not like this would be a placebo, if so many different sources report the exact same thing?
Besides text anecdotal stories, sources for at least 2 people on video experiencing that metallic taste:
And if it did happen to be true that, aspiration could've saved all of those people then I'm endlessly disappointed in capabilities of our medical communities. Especially with so many reports constantly flowing in, in the similar direction.
But generally what I've been reading about aspiration now is that there are pretty convincing reasons not to do it.
As far as I've heard/seen anecdotally about aspiration is that at least in most cases there was no aspiration. People reporting many stories where they specifically asked for aspiration to be done, and nurses very frequently said, they are not trained for that any longer. Some nurses didn't even know what it was, and some other nurse aspirated AFTER the injection. Luckily there was no blood in this case.
It would be interesting to know how many nurses will aspirate, but given what I've seen/heard, it seems like 90% or more don't. Unless again, anecdotal stories are biased and only mention it when it's not done.
If I remember correctly, the couple got vaccinated around 2 weeks apart, I don't remember if the provider was the same. But story went something like they went to the ER because of her, but he was also asked how's he feeling and I think he mentioned something about chest/shoulder pains as well, and so they both got tested at the same time and received their diagnosis on the same day.
If aspiration wasn't done just in 10% of the cases, then yeah, this could skew with data and make a couple more likely to have it if they do go get it at the same provider and person who doesn't do it.
Interestingly, there was a study 7 years ago that found out 74% of end-users aspirated,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC5333604/
I'm not sure how that compares to current circumstances 7 years later and considering there's probably a lot more activity.
EDIT: Also found this poll in Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/poll/qc1cct
This matches the idea of 90%+ did not aspirate. But very important, this is Halifax, so the percentage might vary wildly depending on the country etc.