(Britain has also authorized Moderna’s vaccine, but its 17 million doses won’t begin to arrive until the spring.) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, on Jan. 18 urged countries to spread coronavirus doses more fairly around the world. Early on, the Pfizer vaccination produced a few episodes of extreme allergic reaction among those who are very vulnerable, and that turned some off the vaccine. Social media is filled with stories about how the Oxford or Pfizer shot made posters feel the day after their first dose. His wife, a nurse, got the AstraZeneca vaccine at a vaccination center in Bristol.

Source: Washington Post February 21, 2021 12:01 UTC