Tennessee nurse passes out live in mid-air minutes after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine – but she says it’s due to a condition that causes her to collapse when she feels pain
- Sister Tiffany Dover passed out on TV 17 minutes after the vaccine
- She talked about why it was important for health workers to get it
- Dover later said she has a condition that makes her pass out when she feels pain
- She says she’s not skeptical of the vaccine or worried about side effects
A Tennessee nurse was filmed live on television passing out 17 minutes after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday.
Nurse Tiffany Dover was one of the first nurses in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to receive the vaccine.
She was interviewing the local news channel News Channel 9 when she suddenly started to feel unwell.
‘It’s really … I’m sorry I feel really dizzy. I’m sorry… ”she said before falling to the ground as two colleagues rushed to catch her.
Nurse Tiffany Dover was one of the first nurses in Chattanooga, Tennessee to receive the vaccine on Thursday
Dover was interviewing a local news outlet when she began to feel dizzy
When she stepped away from the microphone, Dover collapsed. Two colleagues rushed to her aid
She then recovered and her colleagues insisted it had nothing to do with the vaccine.
“It’s a reaction that can happen very often with any vaccine or injection,” said Dr. Jesse Tucker, medical director of intensive care medicine at CHI Memorial, who also received the vaccine.
Friday morning, Vice President Mike Pence received the shot, as did Surgeon General Jerome Adams.
President-elect Biden and elected Vice-President Kamala Harris have also received the vaccine, and the country’s top medics say it is safe.
However, a tremendous amount of skepticism about the vaccine remains.
Many fear that not enough research has been done on its side effects or long-term safety.
There is no data on how safe the vaccine is for children under the age of 16, nor is there any information on how long it provides immunity.
Two British health workers who were among the first in the world to receive the vaccine when it became available then went into anaphylactic shock.
They both recovered after that.
Pfizer’s vaccine is the only one in the world that has been approved. Moderna’s is still under review, as is AstraZeneca’s.
Polls vary on how many Americans are willing to take the vaccine.
A recent ABC News poll said a whopping 80 percent were, but 44 percent wanted to wait to know more about it.
That’s higher than most other polls, which say that up to 40 percent of Americans are suspicious and unwilling to accept it.