re: For those of you who work for a company that mandated the vaccine. What did you do?

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What is your point?

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A small number of people are reporting ear ringing, referred to as tinnitus, after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Unlike body aches or fatigue, tinnitus is not officially listed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a vaccine side effect. Experts say there's not currently enough scientific evidence to suggest the tinnitus cases are caused by vaccination. Still, tinnitus reports have surfaced in both clinical trials and after authorized vaccination. Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinical trials included six non-severe tinnitus cases within 28 days of vaccination, though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later ruled they were unrelated to the shot.1? The U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database has documented 1,486 cases of tinnitus following vaccination with any brand, meaning 0.95% of vaccine recipients report experiencing the potential side effect.2 ? Peter Gulick, DO, professor of medicine and infectious disease expert at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, tells Verywell that the fear of experiencing tinnitus should not stop you from getting the vaccine. “After giving millions of people a [COVID-19] vaccine, tinnitus is not a red flag that popped up prompting scientists to say, ‘You know, this is kind of a big issue with COVID-19 vaccines,’” he says. Why Are Your Ears Ringing? What’s Causing Tinnitus? The British Tinnitus Association classifies tinnitus as a very rare COVID vaccine side effect, indicating fewer than 1 in 14,700 people in the U.K. have reported it.3? While there’s not a single explanation for the small number of tinnitus cases following vaccination, Gulick says a preexisting condition or a history of tinnitus could cause the ear ringing to act up. “Tinnitus is not very common from COVID-19," he says. "But suppose somebody already has a preexisting problem in the ear. In that case, the virus—or the vaccine—can affect those little hair cells in the cochlea that are responsible for causing ear ringing or a little nerve irritation. Usually, you see tinnitus more often in somebody that's already had the problem. It's unlikely to start happening all of a sudden." At least one researcher hypothesizes that in some people, the robust immune response triggered by vaccination might additionally trigger neuroinflammation, worsening any existing hearing issues, according to an article in Drug Discovery & Development.

“Preexisting tinnitus is not a contraindication to getting the vaccine, but if you experience tinnitus after the first dose, and if it’s not going away, or it’s getting worse, then see what a doctor says before you consider your second dose,” Gulick says. While there’s no official cure for tinnitus, your doctor can prescribe steroids or cognitive behavioral therapy to help manage symptoms. Your doctor can also report your symptoms to VAERS for data collection. New Device Helps Objectively Detect Tinnitus For First Time Research on tinnitus as a potential COVID-19 vaccine side effect is limited, so the best thing the public can do is continue to report any unusual or persistent side effects for possible causative effects between a symptom and the vaccine. “If we want to see if a [symptom] is specific to one vaccine or another, we need to accumulate as much information as possible on it," Gulick says. "Without data, it's hard to see if tinnitus is going to be something permanent or not because we haven't studied it long enough to know.”

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Is there a link between COVID-19 vaccines and tinnitus? COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency or permanent use in the United States have undergone extensive safety testing. For the vast majority of people, vaccines are safe and effective at reducing the spread of COVID-19. But mild side effects are fairly common. Some researchers hypothesize that there may be a link between COVID-19 vaccines and tinnitus, but as of now, there isn’t enough research to confirm a relationship. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) keep track of vaccine side effects reported by healthcare professionals, vaccine manufacturers, and the public in its Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database. Of more than 362 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the United States through August 2021, VAERS data reports 9,166 cases of people experiencing tinnitus after receiving a vaccine. This means that tinnitus has been reported roughly once per every 40,000 vaccine doses. But it’s important to note that just because there’s a correlation, it doesn’t mean receiving the vaccines causes tinnitus. It could be that someone’s tinnitus is unrelated to the vaccine. It’s also possible that tinnitus is more common, assuming that not every case of tinnitus was reported. Tinnitus is a fairly rare side effect of some other types of vaccines, like: hepatitis B rabies measles H1N1 Johnson & Johnson’s clinical trials In phase 3 clinical trials of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, 6 out of 19,630 (0.03 percent) experienced tinnitus after receiving a vaccine, compared with 0 people in the placebo group. All six people who developed tinnitus had at least one condition that could have increased a chance of developing the condition: a history of tinnitus allergic rhinitis medication use depression hypothyroidism high blood pressure After reviewing the clinical trial, the FDATrusted Source concluded that there was insufficient evidence to determine that the vaccine directly caused tinnitus. Why might COVID-19 vaccines and tinnitus be linked? It’s still not clear why some people develop tinnitus after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. In a March 2021 study published in the International Journal of Audiology, researchers described three case studies of people who developed tinnitus soon after COVID-19 vaccination. The authors of the study speculated that a hypersensitivity reaction may play a role in the development of tinnitus. They thought the reaction could lead to an abnormal autoimmune response or a change in blood flow that damages the cochlea, which converts sound vibrations to electric signals your brain can interpret.

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Not everyone feels the same way you do - I'm really sorry that this offends you so much.

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