New safety info on #CovidVaccine via @CDCgov ACIP meeting https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-01/06-COVID-Shimabukuro.pdf
⭐️~1 in 12 People registered for vsafe & checked in at least 1x
⭐️>15K Pregnant people reported pregnancy to Vsafe(& As 1 of them, I can verify they do call to follow up & request OB records) 🧵
⭐️Anaphylaxis after vaccination remains rare
⭐️No signal of association with serious events like Guillain-Barre or encephalitis, or even other things like Bell’s palsy or appendicitis(2/)
injection site pain, fatigue, chills are common.
⭐️However, it is important to look at the randomized studies where the baseline rate of some of these in the placebo arm was 20 to 30%! ⭐️good reminder that the baseline incidence of these things are not zero(3/)
There have been concerns about deaths in the very elderly after news reports from Norway, sometimes for getting the baseline mortality in this vulnerable population
⭐️these data show no signal of ⬆️mortality s/p vaccine (4/)
The bottom line here is
⭐️ they are systematically collecting data (good!)
⭐️The vaccine continues to appear safe
⭐️We will eventually have lots of data on the pregnant population (But shows why we should have been included earlier) (5/5)
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