The Tennessee nurse faints live minutes after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, but says it’s a condition that makes her collapse when she’s in pain.
- Nurse Tiffany Dover fainted on television 17 minutes after receiving the vaccine
- He talked about why it was important for health workers to receive him
- Dover later said she has a condition that makes her faint when she feels pain
- She says she is not skeptical about the vaccine nor is she worried about side effects
A Tennessee nurse was filmed fainting live on television 17 minutes after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Thursday.
Nurse Tiffany Dover was one of the first nurses in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to receive the vaccine.
He was giving an interview to the local news channel News News 9 when he suddenly started to feel bad.
“It’s really … I’m sorry to feel dizzy. I’m sorry … she said before falling to the ground as two companions rushed to catch her.
Nurse Tiffany Dover was one of the first nurses in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to receive the vaccine Thursday
Dover was doing an interview with a local news outlet when he started getting dizzy
As he pulled away from the microphone, Dover collapsed. Two companions hurried to help her
He then recovered and his teammates insisted he had nothing to do with the vaccine.
“It’s a reaction that can happen very often with any vaccine or shot,” said Dr. Jesse Tucker, medical director of critical care medicine at CHI Memorial, who also received the vaccine.
On Friday morning, Vice President Mike Pence received the shot, as did General Surgeon Jerome Adams.
President-elect Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris have also received the vaccine, and the country’s top doctors say it is safe.
There is still a lot of skepticism about the vaccine.
Many fear that not enough research has been done on long-term side effects or safety.
There is no data on vaccine safety for children under 16 nor information on how long immunity provides.
Two British health workers who were among the first in the world to receive the vaccine when it became available went into anaphylactic shock later.
Both recovered later.
The Pfizer vaccine is the only one in the world that has been approved. Moderna is still being reviewed, as is AstraZeneca.
Polls vary on how many Americans are willing to get the vaccine.
A recent ABC News poll said up to 80% were, but 44% wanted to wait to find out more.
This is higher than most surveys that say up to 40 percent of Americans are suspicious of and do not want to do.