Social media users have shared posts showing a video of a nurse passing out after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, claiming that if people continue to use the vaccine, it will become a “mass genocide.” This claim is false: The nurse in the video confirmed that she has a condition where she passes out when she feels pain, and that the vaccine has undergone safety testing.
The posts (here, here) show a video of a nurse speaking in a TV interview after getting the vaccine: she talks about how excited she was to get the vaccine, then says she feels dizzy and passes out . The post caption reads, ‘Watch this nurse pass out after getting the COVID vaccine. However, it is so safe, right? This will be a massive genocide if people keep following these rabid dictators. “
Tiffany Dover, a nursing manager at Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee (here) passed out after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as seen in this video by local news outlets WTVC-TV NewsChannel 9 here and WRCBtv 3 here.
After she recovered, she told WTVC-TV NewsChannel 9: “It hit me suddenly, I felt it coming. I felt a little disoriented, but I’m fine now and the pain in my arm is gone ”(here).
Dover said she has a medical condition where she often faints when she feels pain, as seen in this WRCBtv 3 video after 2 minutes and 17 seconds here and in another video here.
A CHI Memorial spokeswoman confirmed to Reuters by email that the nurse “recovered quickly” after the incident.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acknowledges on its website that it is not uncommon for people to pass out after vaccinations. It says that while there is no definitive answer as to why this happens, “scientists think fainting is due to the vaccination process and not the vaccines themselves” (here).
There is no evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine is harmful. On Dec. 11, the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) issued the first emergency use authorization allowing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be distributed in the United States, after concluding that the benefits outweigh the known and possible risks (here, here). The FDA reviewed and analyzed safety data from clinical trials conducted with more than 43,000 participants and the manufacturing information submitted by Pfizer-BioNTech (here).
The CDC explains that clinical trials are evaluating COVID-19 vaccines under study in many thousands of study participants to generate scientific data that the FDA can use to determine how safe the vaccine candidates are, and that the safety of the vaccine will be monitored after the vaccines have been administered. approved for use: “The US vaccine safety system ensures that all vaccines are as safe as possible. Safety is a top priority as federal partners work to make a 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine (s) available. “(here here)
According to the FDA, the most commonly reported side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are injection site pain, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, chills, joint pain, and fever (here).
Some people have experienced allergic reactions to the vaccine, and as a result, the FDA has said that while most Americans with allergies should be safe to receive the vaccine, people who are more likely to have severe allergic reactions to vaccines or ingredients in this particular vaccine should avoid getting the photo (here).
Reuters recently debunked other false claims regarding the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (here, here, here).
JUDGMENT
False. There is no evidence that the vaccine is intended to harm: the nurse manager, who is prone to passing out if she feels pain, recovers; the FDA approved the vaccine after analyzing safety data from clinical trials involving more than 43,000 participants.
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