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CDC Says 1 in 100,000 Had Severe Allergic Reaction to Covid Shot
- Vaccine benefit outweighs risk of severe reaction, agency says
- 29 Americans have had allergic reactions to Covid vaccines
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Roughly 1 in 100,000 people have had a severe allergic reaction to the first Covid-19 vaccine, a rate that’s higher than the flu vaccine but still quite rare, U.S. health officials said.
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Wednesday outlined 21 cases of anaphylaxis among the first 1.9 million recipients of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine, a rate of 11.1 per million doses administered. No anaphylaxis deaths have been reported, the CDC said.