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Publications on social networks assure that a nurse fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, thus seeking to raise doubts about her safety.
However, the nurse they refer to has a history of fainting, and a doctor said there was no reason to believe the vaccine was responsible for the syncope.
A post on Facebook on December 17, 2020, read: “Watch this nurse faint after receiving the COVID vaccine.
Very safe, no?
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Other posts about the incident can be found on Facebook here, on Instagram here, and on YouTube here.
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The video shows Tiffany Dover, a nurse at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, speaking to the press after receiving the vaccine.
She says she is "feeling very dizzy" as she puts her hand to her temple, before beginning to collapse and being helped by two men.
COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed across the United States, where the disease has killed about 312,000 people.
Even so, some remain reluctant to receive the vaccine, although the number of those who say they are willing to get it is increasing.
"On Thursday, December 17, 2020, CHI Memorial administered its first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to six people, three doctors and three nurses," the hospital administration told AFP via email.
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“Shortly after, and while giving an interview to the press, one of the nurses began to feel dizzy and was helped to lie down on the floor.
He never lost consciousness and recovered quickly, ”he said.
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The nurse says she has a history of fainting
"I have a history of having an overactive vagal response and so if I have pain from something, in the nail or if I hit my toe, I can pass out," said Tiffany Dover, according to a video from the WRCB Chattanooga television channel. .
“I've probably fainted six times in the last six weeks… it's very common for me,” Dover said.
Jesse Tucker, a CHI Memorial life care physician who also received the vaccine, said in the same video that "there is no reason to suspect it was due to the vaccine in any way."
“It's like when you go to the doctor and they draw your blood.
Some people get dizzy when they see the needle go into their skin, it's exactly the same reaction, "Tucker said.
According to the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Fainting is caused by many types of medical procedures.
In fact, the CDC has received reports of people fainting after almost every vaccination. "
"Fainting is generally not serious, but related falls or other related accidents can cause injury," they say.
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Some publications, as well as a Facebook group entitled "Justice for Tiffany Pontes Dover RIP" claim that the woman died after receiving the vaccine.
That is also false.
"Tiffany is fine.
He has asked for privacy, ”the hospital administration said by email.
The hospital also released a video of Dover surrounded by her colleagues on December 21.
AFP has denied other examples of inaccurate information about COVID-19 vaccines, including that they cause sterilization in women or change the patient's DNA.
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