A 56-year-old Florida doctor died two weeks after receiving the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech. The cause of his death was considered a rare blood disorder.
Dr. Gregory Michael, a gynecologist-obstetrician, lost his life 16 days after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus vaccine, which was the first to be approved in the United States.
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Following his death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Florida Department of Health and the Miami-Dade Medical Office have begun an investigation into the matter.
“The cause of death is pending completion of studies by the medical examiner and the Centers for Disease Control,” said office director Darren Caprara. “The case is still under investigation, so nothing is over.”
Although a direct link to the vaccine has not yet been established, local health authorities do not rule it out either. Michael’s condition is related to a rare condition that affects the body’s ability to clot the blood.
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Pfizer has also launched an independent investigation into the matter and has admitted that the doctor’s death was due to a “very unusual clinical case of severe thrombocytopenia”, and also hinted that so far its researchers believe there is much less chance that “there is is any direct connection to the vaccine.”
The news came just days after it was revealed that a pediatric surgery assistant in Port also lost her life two days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Although, Sonia Acevedo, 41, who worked in pediatrics at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology, had shown no side effects after receiving the vaccine.