NYU Langone pulmonologist Dr. Qanta Ahmed provides insight on ‘Fox and Friends Weekend.’
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Jedediah, this is a Fox news
Jedediah. This is a Fox news,
alert
youre, looking live at a
distribution center in
Mississippi, where Modernas
newly approved vaccine is set to
ship out this morning, as the CDC
is now issuing new guidance
warning of Covid 19 allergic
reactions.
In a statement they said, if you
ever had a severe allergic
reaction in Covid, 19 vaccine
CDC recommends that you should
not get that specific vaccine f.
You have had a severe allergic
reaction to other vaccines or
injectible therapies. You should
ask your doctor if you should
get a Covid 19 vaccine,
we have a pulmonologist at Nyu
Langone.
Thank you for being here.
Obviously a lot to unpack. Here
I want to get your take on
Moderna the vaccine. The fact
many people will soon have
access to it.
If you can also give us your
take in that same breath, perhaps
on the reactions and some
concerns, people have with
allergic reactions to the
vaccine.
The Moderna, like the Pfizer
vaccine, is an incredible
technology.
If you read really about the
molecular biology involved,
theyre injecting proteins that
are extremely similar to the
spike protein in the
coronavirus
that sets our immune system in
motion, which is so intelligent
within a few weeks, well have
antibodies for this virus, which,
by the way, will cover many
variations of the virus were
now encountering.
The allergic reactions are
expected.
Put this in perspective,
six allergic reactions in
two hundred and seventy two thousand Covid 19 vaccines
administered,
so its a very miniscule chance.
I think I actually have food
allergies
im planning to get the vaccine
minor allergies, latex
allergies, Aller byes to dyes
and so on in terms of food dyes
should not prohibit you
if you ever had allergic
reaction to the flu vaccine or
intravenous contrast for a CT
scan. This Pfizer vaccine you may
skip,
even though each patient getting
the vaccine at Nyu getting this
is watched for thirty minutes.
We know if someone has a
reaction. There is preparation to
treat that immediately.
We know how to treat allergic
reactions
that is much more reversible
than a severe case of Covid 19.
This is not anything to be
alarmed about, and it is not
surprising
Jedediah. You talked about the
vaccine and what it can and
cant address.
On that topic. The UK imposed new
lockdowns
theyre, trying to curb a new
covid 19 strain that is out
there.
Theyre saying it is more
contagious.
Would the vaccine coming out in
the United States right now?
Would that address different
strains, or would you need a
separate vaccine to address each
strain of the virus,
because both the Moderna and
Pfizer vaccine work several
different places to deter the
coronavirus spike protein? This
new, we think its a mutation
theyre, seeing in the southeast
of England and now London is
addressed by the current
vaccine.
That is absolutely likely to be
treated
were also seeing, even though
this thing seems to be very
transmissible in London, they
detected twenty three new letters in the
viral code. In this new version
of the coronavirus, which is
spreading very rapidly even
spreading rapidly, it is not
resulting in more severe
disease.
I think what will become
difficult and already apparent
is that this may not be as con
takennable as previous versions
of the coronavirus vaccine
im very worried.
My family lives in London.
They are in Britain,
so this is a concern, but it is
not representing more severe
disease.
The vaccines will address this.
It makes it even more important
Americans, british people, the
people around the world to be
quickly vaccinated.
Britain is slightly ahead.
Three hundred and fifty thousand people have been
vaccinated in short period of
time.
They had one week head start
above the: U dot s. I think in that
Jedediah Doctor were running
out of time. Unfortunately, but
thank you very much for joining
us with your insights
Jedediah my pleasure.
Merry Christmas.
Everybody should be confident.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-20.