ONALASKA, Wis. - (WXOW) - Allergist from Gundersen Health System, Doctor Todd Mahr, has a son, Sam, with allergies to peanut and wheat, and they sat down to share what you should know about receiving the vaccine if you have food allergies.
Dr. Mahr said that for the general population, it will be months before the vaccine is available to them, and we will know more by then which is a positive thing. For now, he said the main questions are, what are people reacting to? and what should they do if they have allergies? There is one culprit, Polyethylene glycol, or PEG, that they are talking about and that we know has caused problems in some other patients. It is a different form of PEG than has been in other vaccines and so that might be what s different about it, said Dr. Mahr.