A 56-year-old Florida physician died two weeks after receiving the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. The cause of his death was considered a rare blood disease.
Dr. Gregory Michael, an obstetrician-gynecologist, died 16 days after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus vaccine, which was first approved in the United States.
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Following his death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Florida Health Department, and the Miami-Dade medical examiner’s office launched an investigation into the matter.
“The cause of death is pending completion of investigations being conducted by the medical examiner and the Centers for Disease Control,” said the office’s director, Darren Caprara. “The case is still under investigation, so nothing has been finalized.”
While no direct link with the vaccine has yet been established, it is also not completely ruled out by local health authorities. Michael’s condition has been linked to a rare condition that affects the body’s ability to clot blood.
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Pfizer has also launched an independent investigation into this case, admitting that the doctor’s death was caused by a “very unusual clinical case of severe thrombocytopenia,” and also hinted that their investigators so far believe there is a very small chance is that “there is a direct connection to the vaccine.”
The news came a few days after it was revealed that a pediatric surgery assistant in Port also died two days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Although, Sonia Acevedo, 41, who worked in pediatrics at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology, had shown no side effects after administration of the vaccine.