Allergic reactions to the coronavirus vaccine: Should I be concerned?
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Nurse Kathy Ferris holds a container with a syringe filled with vaccine at Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center in Martinez.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Today’s question is fielded by The Chronicle’s Kellie Hwang.
Dear Advice Team: After learning that the two U.K. health care workers who were given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had allergic reactions and had to use epinephrine auto-injectors, I’m wondering if it will be safe for me to get the vaccine once it’s my turn. I have atrial fibrillation, so if I had an allergic reaction to the vaccine, I’m not supposed to use epinephrine. Also, I have allergies and eczema, and get skin rashes if I eat the wrong thing. Should I be concerned?
Was unable to post bail on DUII charge, had been on pain medication
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Thursday he d finished his review of the circumstances surrounding a county jail inmate s death early last month and determined it to be a suicide and a non-criminal incident.
The inmate was rushed to St. Charles Bend after the Dec. 3 incident and died three days later at the hospital.
In a news release, Hummel said he concluded that the manner of death was by suicide. The cause of death is still to be determined, as we are awaiting the final autopsy report from the medical examiner. Regardless of the cause of death, this was a non-criminal incident.
“Suicide rates have fallen globally, but they have climbed every year in the U.S. since 1999. And, in fact, they rose 35% in the last two decades. That is significant,” she said. “However, funding and prevention efforts for suicide prevention have continued to lag far behind those for other leading causes of death, like cancer or heart disease.”
In her experience on a college campus in 2020, Manassah said the pandemic exacerbated existing issues of loneliness and depression that were already present in American college students before coronavirus forced everyone indoors.
“Loneliness is an issue. College students, in the past, pre-pandemic, for the previous 23 years, we saw rates of loneliness increasing nationally for American college students,” she said. “So you can imagine that after the pandemic started and people were quarantining and in isolation, those feelings of loneliness and isolation only increased.”
Can I safely visit my grandson if he has tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies?
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La Jolla Institute physician Dr. Jennifer Dan measures antibody levels in the blood of individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.La Jolla Institute for ImmunologyShow MoreShow Less
Today’s question is fielded by The Chronicle’s Annie Vainshtein.
Dear Advice Team: My college aged grandchild has had a recent positive antibody test despite having had no symptoms. We are in our 70s. My understanding is that he is still not totally immune to COVID-19. But is it any safer to be in contact with him, knowing he has antibodies?
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