A nurse from the University of Washington receives the dose of Pfizer vaccine.
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The assistance of a hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, who fainted after receiving vaccine pfizer this Thursday against COVID-19 He said he suffers from a condition that, when he feels pain, makes him dizzy.
This Friday’s Associated Press report indicates this Tiffany Dover, one of the first five health workers to be immunized against coronavirus In the condition mentioned above, he lost consciousness momentarily while the television cameras broadcast the procedure.
A few minutes after the vaccine was administered, when reporters interviewed her, Dover put her hand on her head, apologizing, saying she was dizzy.
In the pictures, the nurse is seen fainting while the doctors hold her and place her on the floor. Quickly, the woman joins.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) They have reports of people fainting from inoculation, an effect associated with anxiety or pain caused by the process.
However, Dover later denied that it was the direct result of the vaccine injection.
Dr. Jesse Tucker, medical director of critical care at the hospital, told WTVC reporters that vaccines can cause such a reaction in some people.
“It’s a reaction that can happen very often with any vaccine or injection,” he said.