Boston Medical Center Worker With History Of Allergies Has Allergic Reaction To Moderna COVID Vaccine

Boston MA

26 December, 2020

11:50 AM

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By Andrea Diaz and Jacqueline Howard, CNN (via CBS Boston) (CNN) — A health care worker who experienced an allergic reaction after receiving a Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Boston Medical Center on Christmas Eve tells CNN he has a history of allergies. This is the first known case of allergic reaction from a Moderna coronavirus vaccine, although there have been at least six similar reported cases in the United States associated with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. "After I got the vaccine, I felt tachycardic, but I felt like it was probably anxiety because I was scared after learning about Pfizer's reactions in the US, especially with those people who have shellfish allergies, like me," Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh explained to CNN. Tachycardia is a medical term that means rapid or irregular heartbeat. Read more at CBS Boston