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Scotland: Severe reaction to Astrazeneca vaccine turned woman’s legs into ‘giant blisters’
A Scottish mother feared she would lose her legs after suffering a severe reaction to the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. More...
CDC: Information about COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines for people with allergies
If you are allergic to an ingredient in a COVID-19 vaccine: If you have had a severe allergic reaction or an immediate allergic reaction—even if it was not severe—to any ingredient in an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, you should not get either of the currently available mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna). More...
CDC: Allergic reactions including anaphylaxis after receipt of the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
“During December 14–23, 2020, monitoring by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System detected 21 cases of anaphylaxis after administration of a reported 1,893,360 first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (11.1 cases per million doses); 71% of these occurred within 15 minutes of vaccination.” More...