Condell Medical Center advocates discontinue COVID-19 vaccinations after reported “reactions.”

LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois – Attorney Aurora Health, a health care system in Wisconsin and Illinois, said Friday that it stopped COVID-19 vaccinations after health workers “experienced reactions” to the Pfizer shooting.

Four members of the team at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Illinois, experienced “tingling and increased heart rate,” according to a press release. The center’s vaccination program is temporarily discontinued as experts investigate.

“These four team members represent less than 0.15% of the approximately 3,000 who have received vaccinations with Aurora Health’s lawyer so far. At this time, we can share three team members who are at home and doing well, and one receives additional treatment, “Aurora Health’s lawyer said in a statement.

They explained that the reactions are an expected side effect of vaccination and still encourage others to get vaccinated to end the coronavirus pandemic.

“These vaccines are very immunogenic, which means they stimulate a strong immune response, and therefore the likelihood is that if you have symptoms after a vaccine, your body responds incredibly well to the vaccine,” said Dr. Grace Lee, a physician. pediatrician. doctor for infectious diseases at Stanford, a report from December 15 told KGO-TV.

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Three of the workers are doing well at home, and a fourth is receiving additional treatment.

Vaccinations at all other Advocate Aurora Health locations in Illinois and Wisconsin continue without delay, according to the statement.

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