Akilah Jefferson Shah, MD, MSc Profile picture
Allergist-Immunologist. Internist. Ethicist. #Asthma #Allergy #Immunology #HealthPolicy #Bioethics | Opinions views are my own | She/her | ⚜️
Dec 9, 2020 14 tweets 4 min read
So much talk this morning about the headlines re:  #Pfizervaccine and #allergicreaction. Let’s not add to the fire. #MedTwitter #AllergyTwitter
#Allergists are losing it... myself included... a long thread... 1/ First, the reports do not give us any details about the reactions.  In allergy practice of the most important things is the history. What were the symptoms, what was the timing, what is the patient’s previous history? Without this, we shouldn’t jump to conclusions. 2/