Nurse faints LIVE after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
In a Tennessee hospital a nurse talking to the media, moments after receiving his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, When suddenly she said she felt extremely dizzy and fainted in front of the reporters who broadcast live.
the nurse, CHI Memorial Hospital Manager in Chattanooga, Tiffany Dover, recovered moments laterBut the setback once again hit a public health initiative to promote confidence in the coronavirus vaccine.
Fortunately, a doctor was there to stop the fall of Dover who after several minutes, got back on his feet and explained that the reaction is not uncommon in it.
“It just hit me all of a sudden, I could hear it coming,” Dover said. “I felt a little disoriented, but now I feel good, and the pain in my arm is gone.”
I have a history of having a hyperactive vagal response, so if I get hurt about something or if I hit my toe, I can faint.
Fainting is not a vaccine reaction
A member of the CHI Memorial medical staff said the adverse reaction was not related to the vaccine ingredients, developed jointly by Pfizer and the German firm BioNTech and approved earlier this month by the Food and Drug Administration.
“It’s a reaction that can happen very often with any vaccine or injection,” Dr. Jesse Tucker, medical director of the hospital.
While public health officials across the country are working to bolster confidence in the new vaccine, developed at breakneck speed and accelerated by FDA emergency authorization, the incident in Chattanooga was not the only major one. public relations failure due to Pfizer immunization this week.
Another of the failures has been the past in a hospital in El Pas, Texas, which was unveiled on Tuesday and was unveiled by The Truth News was, when to a nurse apparently was applying a vaccine with an empty syringe, which sparked a series of puzzling questions and reactions online.
While the hospital claims that all staff seen in the event footage received full doses of the vaccine, without offering an explanation for the visibly empty syringe, it said the nurse in question was vaccinated a second time. to “eliminate any doubt” and “further strengthen confidence in the vaccination process.”
In Texas, a nurse is vaccinated twice, after a fictitious vaccination with an empty syringe.
But being suspicious of a second application, the hospital said that “Re-vaccinating the nurse will not cause any adverse effects.”
Countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Mexico have approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, but some regulators have warned of possible adverse effects.
Allergic reactions in the United Kingdom
In the UK, a British regulator issued a warning suggesting that those with a “significant history of allergic reactions” should avoid jab.
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Meanwhile, in the United States, at least two Alaskan health workers have experienced serious side effects after receiving their first dose, although it is unclear what the reactions were to the vaccine.
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