Kaiser says the vaccination against Pfizer probably does not cause the death of the woman in California

A woman with a history of cardiac death died shortly after receiving her first dose of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday, February 12, although her death was not believed to be related to the vaccine. said the authorities. .

The 78-year-old woman received the injection around noon at Cal Poly Pomona, said Dr. Michael E. Morris, medical director of Kaiser Permanente’s vaccination program COVID-19 in Southern California, said.

She was then sitting in an observation area when she complained of discomfort and later lost consciousness while being evaluated by medical staff, Morris said.

Paramedics immediately started CPR, but the woman died, he said. The cause of death was not immediately known, but officials said there were no signs of a serious allergic or anaphylactic reaction.

The woman, who has not been identified, was survived by her 57-year-old husband, who also received his first dose of vaccine and said he plans to receive his second in a few weeks, Morris said.

Officials kept the vaccination site open and continued to fire shots as long as supplies were available, Morris said.

The woman’s death comes a month after a 60-year-old Orange County medical worker died after receiving his second dose of Pfizer vaccine, Jan. 9.

Tim Zook, an X-ray technologist at South Coast Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, complained shortly after receiving his second dose of an upset stomach and difficulty breathing. Several tests are negative for COVID-19.

Orange County coroner’s officials have ruled that Zook’s death is unconvincing, pending the results of toxicological tests. His death was reported to the Vaccine Reporting System, which is managed by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control.

At the end of January, the reporting system – which officials warn was a ‘passive surveillance system’ and unverified reports of health events occurring after vaccination – collected more than 130 reports of death after vaccination in 2021. the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were administered.