Most people are eager to get a COVID-19 vaccination to gain protection against the deadly virus. But in the allergy community, safety concerns have arisen. People with food, drug or other allergies are seeing reports of a small number of severe reactions to the novel Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. While the CDC assures that these reactions are rare – a rate of fewer than 1 in 100,000 people – allergy patients understandably want to know more.
In this episode of Allergic Living's Allergy Clinic, host Gwen Smith puts key questions to 3 leading allergists. You will learn about:
• Who with an allergy history is and isn't at risk for a reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine?
• How often does anaphylaxis happen?
• If you're worried about a potential reaction to the COVID-19 shot, what precautions can you take?
• Is polyethylene glycol the culprit behind these reactions or what else might be?
• What is in the ingredients, and what makes mRNA shots different from previous vaccines?
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Dr. James Baker, director of the Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center at the University of Michigan; allergy researcher and vaccine expert. See his blog: [ Ссылка ]
Dr. Kimberly Blumenthal, Quality and Safety Officer for Allergy, Massachusetts General Hospital; drug allergy researcher.
Dr. Brian Vickery, Director of the Food Allergy Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; food allergy researcher.
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