Allergic reactions to the first COVID-19 vaccine: a potential role of Polyethylene glycol?

[Emily]

https://authorea.com/users/382412/a...ccine-a-potential-role-of-polyethylene-glycol

Natalija Novak, Cezmi Akdis, Beatriz Cabanillas. Allergic reactions to the first COVID-19 vaccine: a potential role of Polyethylene glycol?. Authorea. December 11, 2020.
DOI: 10.22541/au.160769266.63428422/v1
This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary.

 

[Mary Wilson]

Suspicions grow that nanoparticles in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trigger rare allergic reactions

By Jop de Vrieze
Dec. 21, 2020 , 5:10 PM

... A similar mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna, which was authorized for emergency use in the United States on Friday, also contains the compound, polyethylene glycol (PEG).

PEG has never been used before in an approved vaccine, but it is found in many drugs that have occasionally triggered anaphylaxis—a potentially life-threatening reaction that can cause rashes, a plummeting blood pressure, shortness of breath, and a fast heartbeat.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...id-19-vaccine-trigger-rare-allergic-reactions

 

[Emily]

That's a good article, Mary. Thank you.