AND
AND KIM.
AND KIM. WE BEGIN WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT SEVERE
REACTIONS FROM THE
COVID-19 VACCINE.
JUST YESTERDAY-- THE
STATE OF IDAHO
REPORTED TWO
HEALTHCARE WORKERS
EXPERIENCED SEVERE
REACTIONS AFTER
RECEIVING THE PFIZER
VACCINE.
OUR KATIJA STJEPOVIC IS
TRACKING THIS STORY
FOR US TONIGHT.
KATIJA-- HOW COMMON
IS THIS... AND WERE THERE
ANY UNDERLYING
FACTORS?
FACTORS?
JOE--
JOE-- THE
JOE-- THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE SAYS BOTH WORKERS
HAVE A HISTORY OF
DEVELOPING SEVERE
ALLERGIC REACTIONS
FROM INJECTABLE
MEDICATION.
ONE IS FULLY RECOVERED
AND THE OTHER IS IN
STABLE CONDITION.
MORE THAN ONE
MILLION PEOPLE IN THE
U.S. HAVE ALREADY BEEN
VACCINATED, WITH EITHER
PFIZER OR MODERNA.
WHILE THE RATIO OF
REACTIONS IS SMALL... IT
HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
ASKING ABOUT THE
SAFETY OF THESE
VACCINES.
6:21 THIS IS CERTAINLY
NOT COMMON, ITS
ENOUGH THAT WE WANT
TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
DR DAVID PATE IS THE
RETIRED CEO OF ST.
LUKES-- AND A MEMBER
OF IDAHO'S
CORONAVIRUS TASK
FORCE.
DR. PATE SAYS HES ONLY
AWARE OF 8 SEVERE
REACTIONS TO THE PFIZER
VACCINE ACROSS THE
NATION.
BUT AS HE EXPLAINS.. ALL
THESE INCIDENTS
INVOLVED CERTAIN RISK
FACTORS.
1:07 EACH OF THESE
PEOPLE HAD AN
UNDERLYING REASON TO
BE CONCERNED THEY
MOST OFTEN HAVE A
HISTORY OF HAVING
ANAPHYLAXIS TO AN
INJECTABLE OF SOME
SORT
SORT OR
SORT OR A
SORT OR A PRIOR VACCINE 1:24 IN THESES CASES... DR.
PATE SAYS IT DOESN'T
TAKE LONG FOR
SYMPTOMS TO DEVELOP.
TYPICALLY HAPPENING
WITHIN 10 MINUTES.
3:27 YOU ARE GOING TO
FEEL A SENSE OF DREAD, A
SENSE OF DOOM,
SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY
VERY WRONG SOME
PEOPLE WILL HAVE A
RAPID HEARTRATE, SOME
PEOPLE WILL FEEL VERY
LIGHT HEADED LIKE
THEY'RE GOING TO PASS
OUT 3:44 SOME PEOPLE
WILL BREAK OUT IN A
SWEAT 3:47
OTHER SYMPTOMS CAN
INCLUDE SWELLING OF
THE LIP OR TONGUE,
FEELING FLUSHED, OR
BURNING SENSATIONS IN
THE SKIN.
PATE SAYS PATIENTS WITH
A HISTORY OF SEVER
REACTIONS TO ANY
VACCINE WILL BE
OBSERVED FOR THIRTY
MINUTES AFTER IT'S
ADMINISTERED.
PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY
HISTORY ARE OBSERVED
FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES ...
AND IF YOU HAD
ANAPHLAXIYS WITH THE
FIRST SHOT OF THE
PZFIZER VACCINE ...
13:30 THEY ARE GOING TO
BE AT VERY HIGH RISK FOR
THE SECOND SHOT
BY THE TIME AT RISK
PATIENTS GET THE
SECOND SHOT, HE
BELIEVES THERE WILL BE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
PRE-TREATMENT, IN
HOPES THAT IT WOULD
PREVENT ANOTHER
REACTION. BUT THE BIG
QUESTION REMAINS...
WHAT IS CAUSING THEM
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
11:48 THERE ARE NOW
STUDIES UNDERWAY TO
FIGURE OUT, WHAT ARE
PEOPLE REACTING TO
BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKELY
THAT THEY ARE REACTING
TO THE MRNA THAT
MAKES UP THESE
VACCINES, ITS LIKELY
SOMETHING ADDED INTO
THE VACCINE 1210 TO
HELP STABILIZE IT
CURRENT STUDIES ARE
COMPARING THE
INGREDIENTS IN THE
MODERNA VACCINE TO
THE PFIZER VACCINE. PATE
SAYS BECAUSE THERE
HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED
SEVERE REACTIONS FROM
THE MODERNA VACCINE..
COMPARING THE TWO
INGREDIENTS WILL HELP
FIND THE CULPRIT
INGREDIENT... WHILE
EXPERTS TRY TO FIND THE
PROBLEM... DR PATE
SAYS... SEVERE REACTIONS
ARE EXTREMELY
UNCOMMON AND THAT
THE PROS OF GETTING
VACCINATED GREATLY
OUTWEIGH THE CONS.
21:20 WHATEVER YOU
HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING
ABOUT ITS TIME TO ROLL
UP YOUR SLEEVE 21:23 IF
YOU WANT TO CHANGE
THIS AND YOU WANT TO
GET RID OF THOSE
RESTRICTIONS, THEN YOU
NEED TO GET THE VACCINE
21:30
DR PATE SAYS IF YOUR
RESTRICTIONS, THEN YOU NEED TO GET THE VACCINE 21:30
DR PATE SAYS IF YOUR
SOMEONE
SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED ANAPLAXYIS FROM ANY OTHER
VACCINE, MAKE SURE YOU
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
BEFORE GETTING A COVID
VACCINE. JOE?
JOE?
KATIJA, BEFORE YOU GO...
SHOULD ANYONE WITH
FOOD ALLERGIES THAT
TRIGGER ANAPHYLAXIS BE
CONCERNED?
CONCERNED?