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COVID Vaccine Allergic Reactions in Alaska Were Expected : Official Newsweek 12/17/2020 Kashmira Gander © Win McNamee/Getty Images Doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 are shown on December 16, 2020 at a hospital in Arlington, Virginia, unrelated to the allergic reaction in Alaska. Two healthcare workers in Alaska have had allergic reactions after receiving the Pfizer COVID vaccine but the state s chief medical officer, Dr. Anne Zink, has said such responses are expected and sites that administer the shots are equipped to deal with them. A healthcare worker in Juneau with no history of allergies had an anaphylactic reaction to the vaccine on Tuesday, according to Alaska s Department of Health and Social Services. Anaphylaxis is a severe, potentially life-threatening reaction. Ten minutes after having the jab, the woman became flushed and short of breath. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that those who get vaccine

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