Their update also said that a third patient had a “possible allergic reaction” but did not describe it. About 5% of children and 4% of adults in the United States have food allergies, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. As a member of the FDA advisory panel that met Thursday, Offit voted in favour of authorising the Pfizer vaccine. Schaffner said it seemed unlikely that the main ingredient in Pfizer’s vaccine, genetic material called mRNA, would cause an allergic reaction. Schaffner said he knew of no evidence that people with food allergies were more likely than anyone else to have a severe reaction to a vaccine.

Source: bd News24 December 13, 2020 11:03 UTC