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Scientists may be zeroing in on what has caused severe allergic reactions in at least six people who have received a dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines contain tiny nanoparticles of PEG polyethylene glycol. The manmade compound is used as part of the packaging of the messenger RNA. PEG helps carry the vaccine to human cells and also acts as a boost to our immune response.
Allergic reactions to vaccines are expected to be one in a million doses. But the Pfizer vaccine experienced six such allergic reactions in just 272,000 patients.
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Countries across the globe have closed their borders to Britain after health experts revealed last week that a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has emerged in the country. The new variant is believed to be about 70% more contagious than other strains.
Anthony Fauci, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that it’s “certainly possible” the new strain of the virus is already present in the US.
President-elect Joe Biden receives Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine on live TV
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On December 21, 2020, U.S. president-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech live on national television, reassuring Americans of the vaccine s safety and telling the people to go get themselves inoculated if they had the chance.
After both he and his wife Jill received shots at a hospital in Delaware, Biden said that he did it to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it s available to take the vaccine, and that there s nothing to worry about.
Biden s vaccination comes following recommendations from Dr. Anthony Faucci – the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – for him to receive protection against the virus before his upcoming inauguration on January 21, 2020.
Coronavirus: Top US scientist Anthony Fauci gets Moderna vaccine
The widely respected doctor said he was taking the shot ‘as a symbol to the rest of the country’ about his confidence in its safety and efficacy
A new poll shows Americans’ willingness to take a coronavirus vaccine as soon as they can has jumped to 46 per cent – up from 26 per cent in October
Pfizer, Moderna Testing COVID-19 Vaccines Against New Mutated Variant - Reports Tue 22nd December 2020 | 03:54 PM
US companies Pfizer and Moderna are testing the effectiveness of their COVID-19 vaccines against a new and more contagious strain of the coronavirus that was recently discovered in the United Kingdom, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing vaccine developers
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd December, 2020) US companies Pfizer and Moderna are testing the effectiveness of their COVID-19 vaccines against a new and more contagious strain of the coronavirus that was recently discovered in the United Kingdom, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing vaccine developers.
Last week, the UKgovernment announced that the mutated coronavirus strain that can transmit up to 70-percent faster has been actively spreading in London and the surrounding areas. The authorities have responded to the spread of the new strain, named VUI-202012/01, by introducing the highest level of alert in some a