Pregnant Health Care Workers Can Get COVID-19 Vaccines Despite Lack of Safety Data Says CDC
The supply of emergency use authorization (EUA) COVID-19 vaccines in the United States is initially expected to be limited and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided recommendations to federal, state and local governments about who should be vaccinated first.1 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended that healthcare […]
Two Elderly Men Die Hours After Getting COVID-19 Vaccines in Israel
A 75-year-old man suffered a heart attack and died two hours after receiving the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 vaccine for COVID-19 at a local health clinic in Israel.1 2 3 The elderly man, who was reported to have cancer and a history of heart attacks, was administered the vaccine at […]
Many Health Care Workers Concerned About Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines
Story Highlights Many health care workers are hesitant to get the experimental COVID-19 vaccines. One of the most common reasons given by health care workers for not getting the vaccine is a lack of data on the long-term effects of the vaccine. The CDC reported that addressing vaccine hesitancy among health care workers is their […]
Patient in Georgia, Health Worker in New York Suffer Anaphylaxis After Getting Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
On Dec. 22, 2020, a patient at Decatur Morgan Hospital in Decatur, Alabama suffered a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis just minutes after receiving Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 vaccine for COVID-19.1 2 3 In a press release, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) stated the patient, who reportedly had a history of […]
When Even The New York Times Doesn’t Pass Facebook Muster
Opinion | If you’re on Facebook, by now you probably know that it has long ceased to be a social media platform where you can post freely without the threat of censorship. This is particularly true if you post something related to vaccines and vaccine policy or law that may not conform 100 percent to […]
Alaska Health Worker Has Serious Allergic Reaction to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
There’s a report from The New York Times that there’s been a severe reaction from a health care worker in Alaska after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Now, they report that the person is in stable condition. But the person had been hospitalized after this allergic event. They are citing three people familiar with this event. […]