I understand the need to tell ourselves this is nothing, but the scientists are telling us it's absolutely something. This could absolutely be a barrier to approval here.
But a vaccine that triggers dangerous reactions in people with severe allergies poses a major challenge in the U.S., said Dr. Peter Hotez, a pediatrician and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
"If you start issuing recommendations that anyone with an EpiPen doesn't get vaccinated, that could be a showstopper for Americans," he said. About 3 to 4 million Americans carry epinephrine with them at all times in case of allergic reactions, Hotez noted, and 50 million have less severe allergies.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/09/covid-pfizer-vaccine-allergic-reaction-uk/6505867002/
If you keep scrolling, it appears the general consensus is that British officials overreacted with their guidance, which appears to be based just on a couple cases rather than any hard science.
First of all, don't insult me, I posted the article, of course I read the whole thing. Did you read it because I don't know where you got "general consensus?"
The article mentioned one doctor, exactly one, who said he thinks they reacted. Then his objection, discussing anaphylaxis shock in previous vaccines is irrelevant for two reasons, first, the patients didn't with the reaction didn't go into anaphylactic shock, they had anaphylactic reactions. Secondly, and most importantly, the ingredients that typically caused anaphylaxis were not added to this vaccine which is the largest reason the people in Britain want to study farther and why Pfizer isn't objecting to it. I'll give Dr. Poland the benefit of the doubt that he gave that quote before he had that information because this was such a rapidly developing story.
