Two people in Alaska have had an allergic reaction after getting the Pfizer vaccine: https://nyti.ms/3r3lePi We're up to 4 people globally out of tens of thousands of people who have received it, which means this reaction is still very, very rare.
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If we just go with the confirmed number of the 44,000 of us in the trial, 4 people having an anaphylactic reaction is .009%. And the *actual* number is smaller than that, because I can't find a number for how many people have actually received the vaccine.
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It's going to be important to hang out for 15 or 20 minutes after you get your shot. Because this is very treatable and you will be fine if you're one of the >.009% as long as help is right there.
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep
This is the standard procedure in the UK. We're not taking chances on this. The formal advice is quoted in this news report, but is too long for a tweet.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/09/pfizer-covid-vaccine-nhs-extreme-allergy-sufferers-regulators-reaction …
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this sort of advice is very unhelpful because I carry an epipen in case my reactions to certain things turn severe but I have never had anaphylaxis to vaccines. One antibioitic. I have food allergies, but not severe, and a dust allergy. They need to figure out what the allergy is
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because for those of us who aren't actually allergic to the components but want to take it, this is very stress inducing.
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