People who suffer from ‘significant’ allergic reactions should not take Covid vaccine, UK regulators warn. The UK’s drug regulator has warned that people with have a history of “significant” allergic reactions should not receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued the warning after two NHS staff members who … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2020
Almond allergy #101
I lived my whole life thinking I was allergic to almonds but never quite knowing for sure. I knew I'd been exposed to them by mistake in a snack bar years ago which contained nibbed almonds and I didn't react. At the time I continued to avoid them because I was too scared to risk it and worrying about cross contamination. Allergy blood tests recently confirmed - I am not … [Read more...]
Scratch Covid – don’t make rash decisions!
Apologies to anyone coming here for some serious journalism and well research blogging. I received this on one of my many Whatsapp groups and in my sleepy morning state I glanced at it and thought, 'Oh this might be a cool article to craft a blog around...' And apologies I don't know the source, (if you do know the source please let me know) but when I read it properly I … [Read more...]