Alaska clinician is third in state to have allergic reaction to COfID-19 Pfizer vaccine this week
- Fairbanks clinician, Alaska, suffered anaphylactic symptoms 10 minutes after receiving Pfizer’s blow
- The worker was treated with epinephrine and released from the hospital about six hours later
- She said she would “recommend it to anyone, despite my reaction, to help our country get immunized.”
- Two health workers in Juneau suffered reactions when they received fire earlier this week
A Fairbanks clinician suffered anaphylactic symptoms after being given the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, a hospital said Friday, becoming the third Alaska worker to have an adverse reaction to the new drug.
The clinician, whose name has not been released, began showing symptoms about 10 minutes after he was inoculated Thursday, according to Foundation Health Partners, an operator of Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.
The health worker was treated in the hospital’s emergency room with epinephrine and released about six hours later, Foundation Health Partners said in a written statement.
An Alaska clinician is the third in the state this week to suffer an adverse reaction from the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine
The clinician worked at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
The health worker still recommends the shot, which was seen in Arizona on December 18, despite its side effects.
Two health workers in Juneau suffered side effects from the drug earlier this week. One of them was briefly hospitalized in that city for anaphylaxis after being vaccinated on Tuesday. The second had a milder reaction on Wednesday and was treated at the hospital’s emergency room and released.
“Allergic reactions, although less common, can occur with injections of drugs and vaccines,” said in a statement the chief physician of the Health Partners Foundation, Dr. Angelique Ramirez.
The Fairbanks clinician issued his own statement which was included in the Foundation Health Partners version.
“I would receive the vaccine and recommend it to anyone, despite my reaction, to help our country immunize, necessary for the health of all Americans, for the economy, to make families embrace again, to bring children back to school. and take the country to the other side of this pandemic, “the doctor said.
Alaska received its first deliveries of the Pfizer vaccine Sunday night, state officials said. The lots were shipped across the state, including by seaplane and boat to more distant locations.