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Introduction – Dec 25, 2020

Vaccines are usually tested for years before being approved. Often this can take up to 10 to 15 years. In contrast, the Covid-19 vaccine has gone through this process in the aptly named “Operation Warp Speed” in less than a year.

Given the way Operation Warp Speed has been rushed through, it is hardly surprising that it is provoking more allergic reactions than expected.

Together with the authorities over-reaction to what is essentially a slightly more severe variant of seasonal flu, this is another reason why we should be wary of the Covid-19 vaccine. Ed.

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is causing allergic reactions at a rate that is higher than ‘what one could expect from’ other shots, says the chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed

  • Dr. Moncef Slaoui said that the last time he was updated on allergic reactions was on Tuesday, when there were six cases
  • ‘That frequency, as it stood yesterday, is superior to what one would expect with other vaccines,’ he said 
  • There are discussions between the vaccine makers and the National Institutes of Health to consider running clinical trials of the vaccines in very allergic groups 
  • Potential study may look at vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, although the reactions have only been reported by people who got Pfizer’s shot

Daily Mail.com – Dec 24, 2020

The chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed said on Wednesday that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is causing more allergic reactions than typically seen from other vaccines.

Dr. Moncef Slaoui said that the last time he was updated on allergic reactions was on Tuesday, when there were six cases, CNN reported.

‘That frequency, as it stood yesterday, is superior to what one would expect with other vaccines,’ he said.

Dr. Slaoui did note that the data on coronavirus immunizations is lagging behind the actual numbers.

He added that there are discussions between the vaccine makers and the National Institutes of Health to consider running clinical trials of the vaccines in very allergic populations, ideally those who carry an EpiPen with them.

Doing the trial could help understand what’s provoking the allergic reactions, Dr. Slaoui said.

On Monday, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official told CNBC that the United States is looking into why people have suffered severe allergic reactions after taking the COVID-19 vaccine.

A study is currently in the early planning phases and expected to include ‘several hundred’ people who have a history of severe allergic reactions, according to Alkis Togias, chief of NIAID’s Allergy, Asthma, and Airway Biology Branch.

His department will lead the study, which will hopefully begin in the coming weeks.

The study may look at vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, although the reactions have only been reported by people who got Pfizer’s shot.

A New York City healthcare worker became the sixth known person to suffer a ‘severe’ allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine.

Two British healthcare workers went into anaphylactic shock when they received it in the first week of it being given out and three in Alaska also suffered similar reactions.

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