Advocate Condell Medical Center pauses COVID-19 vaccines after “reactions” are reported

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. – Advocate Aurora Health, a health care system in Wisconsin and Illinois, said Friday she paused COVID-19 vaccines after health workers “experienced reactions” to the Pfizer shot.

Four members of the team at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Illinois, experienced “tingling and high heart rate,” according to a press release. The center’s vaccination program is temporarily halted as experts investigate.

“These four team members represent less than 0.15% of the approximately 3,000 who have received vaccines so far at Advocate Aurora Health. At this time, we can share that three team members are at home and doing well, and one is receiving additional treatment “. Aurora Health said in a statement.

They explained that the reactions are an expected side effect of vaccination and still encourage other people to get vaccinated to end the coronavirus pandemic.

“These vaccines are very immunogenic, meaning they stimulate a strong immune response and therefore the likelihood is that if you have symptoms after a vaccine, your body is responding incredibly well to the vaccine,” the doctor said. Grace Lee, pediatrician. infectious disease doctor at Stanford, a December 15 report told KGO-TV.

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Three of the workers are doing well at home and a fourth is receiving additional treatment.

According to the statement, vaccinations at all other Advocate Aurora Health locations in Illinois and Wisconsin continue without delay.

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