The world and especially the USA is raging with COVID-19 infection. In an emergency, USA FDA approved two vaccines for mass immunization; Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. As the vaccine rolled out from the lab to the public, gradually the side-effects and contra-indications are trickling in. The Pfizer vaccine is causing more allergies in people than was expected. Besides, the Moderna vaccine has been found to be unsafe in people with facial fillers!
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Allergies and Pfizer jab for COVID-19
Operation Warp Speed’s
chief scientific adviser, Dr Moncef Slaoui stated that the frequency of
allergic reactions with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is more than
expected. The incidence of allergies found with the new vaccine is more than
that with the other jabs used in the past for other diseases. Dr Moncef said
that by Tuesday 22 December 2020, 6 cases of allergies to the vaccine had been
reported. But more data on it is awaited. He said:
“That frequency, as it
stood yesterday, is superior to what one would expect with other vaccines,”
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Moncef added that they
are talking to the vaccine makers and the NIH to start having clinical trials
in allergic individuals. The main sufferers of side-effects with the vaccine
for coronavirus are those who have severe allergies and have to always carry
the anti-allergic EpiPen. The scientists are trying to find out the reason for
allergies in those with severe allergies. They plan to start a study on such
people. Alkis Togias is the chief of the NIAID’s Allergy, Asthma, and Airway
Biology Branch. He told CNBC:
“Several hundred people who have a history of
severe allergic reactions will be involved in a study.”
Moderna coronavirus
vaccine and facial fillers-the new caution
The FDA advisory
committee has now said that people who have a history of cosmetic facial fillers
may experience swelling and inflammation with Moderna vaccine. The committee
stated that many of the recruits in the clinical trials who had facial fillers
developed this side-effect with the vaccine. Dr Shirley Chi is a dermatologist
from California. She said:
“Your immune system
which causes inflammation is revved up when you get a vaccine, that’s how it’s
supposed to work,”
“So it makes sense
that you would see an immune response in certain areas where they see some
substance that is not a naturally occurring substance in your body.”
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But these symptoms are
mild and easily treatable. Hence, she feels that people with facial fillers can
get the vaccine. She added:
“In these cases the
patients all had swelling and inflammation in the area that was given the
filler,”
“A couple of the
patients had cheek filler six months prior to their vaccine and one patient had
lip filler done two days after the vaccine. All were treated with steroids and
anti-histamines and all of their reactions resolved.”
Moderna vaccine for
COVID-19 was the second to get an emergency use authorization fro US FDA.
More on the two COVID-19 vaccines
NIH Director appeared
optimistic and said that the two vaccines are even better than what they were
hoping for. He said:
“Science is working
here, science has done something amazing.”
Large, yet incomplete
clinical trials of the two vaccines have shown that the two vaccines are strongly
protective and also safe. Besides, Moderna vaccine is easier to handle since it
does not require the storage at ultra-frozen temperatures.
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