LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Government Pete Ricketts on Friday shared some details about the CDC’s investigation into how the COVID-19 vaccine may have contributed to the death of a Nebraska can in their 40s in January.
He usually said that a vaccination is caused by a severe allergic reaction. Therefore, those who receive the vaccine are asked to wait about 15 minutes after receiving it – but this was probably not the cause.
“In this case, the person died one or two weeks after receiving the first dose of the vaccine, so it was not an anaphylactic reaction,” Ricketts told a news conference Friday morning. “It is not clear that this person died as a result of the vaccine he named and that it was one of the causes on the death certificate, but that is why we are investigating.”
Some information about the death will not be shared to protect the privacy of the person, but officials will try to provide as much information as possible as the investigation progresses, the governor said.
Dr. Gary Anthone, Nebraska’s chief medical officer, agreed that the Nebraskan who died 10 to 14 days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine was unlikely to have an anaphylactic reaction.
The COVID-19 vaccines had a very safe profile, ‘he said. The Pfizer vaccine reported 5 anaphylactic reactions per million vaccination doses and the Moderna vaccine reported 3 anaphylactic reactions per million doses. This is consistent with flu vaccinations as well as measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations, says Anthone.
The governor said about 165,000 Nebraskans have received COVID-19 vaccinations to date.
“It would be very unusual for someone to die ten days to two weeks after receiving the vaccine. Therefore, we need this (CDC) investigation,” Anthone said.
Ricketts, who talks more about vaccine vaccination, reiterated that Nebraska was in Phase 1B, with priority given to ages 65 and older, but noted that there may be rare exceptions where someone does not “exactly fit the profile” of the current age group. a vaccine. This is because clinics have a few doses left over, they look to those who need to vaccinate in other upcoming priority groups so that no doses are lost.
In the registry system, providers can notice when they have to throw away a vaccination dose, but the system cannot extract the information at the moment, said Ashley Newmyer, chief data strategist at DHHS.
Officials are not giving details on doses of COVID-19 vaccine that the state may have had to throw away.
A Douglas County Department of Health spokesman said Friday that DCHD ‘threw away one dose due to a needle failure. “Other than that, he said, the department has a ‘call list’ for extra doses, ‘so they all get used to it.’
Ricketts said the federal government has selected 33 of the 43 pharmacies that have applied for the grant of retail pharmacies. The governor was again critical of the federal government’s handling of the implementation of the retail pharmacy program, saying the state’s health districts had not begun planning enough of the vaccine part preparation.
The governor said the state’s record of COVID-19 distribution of vaccines via local health departments was faster and faster than the federal pharmacy program. He said officials are working on a plan to use any FEMA assistance the state can get to replace volunteers who help with the test and vaccine administration with paid staff.
WEATHER WARNING: Ricketts also warned Nebraskane of the extreme cold weather forecast for the weekend, urging them to stay home if they did not need to go out – or to make sure they had a cold weather kit with them. .
Watch Friday’s news conference
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