WATCH: Nurse who fainted after receiving COVID-19 vaccine did not die
A video of a nurse who fainted after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot, live on TV, has resurfaced.
Social media users have been sharing posts that claim that the nurse who fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is dead. Apparently, that's not true.
According to reports, the hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where Nurse Manager Tiffany Dover works, confirmed that she is well.
In a video that has gone viral, the nurse, Tiffany Dover who received the shot was addressing a press conference, when she suddenly put her hand on her forehead, apologised and said she was feeling dizzy. "Sorry, I'm feeling really dizzy," before she fainted live on television.
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Many people were shocked and took to social media to share their disapproval of the COVID-19 vaccines.
An expert has also responded to the video on Twitter asking people to stop 'fear-mongering'.
The University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center's VP and Chief Quality Officer Faheem Younus said that this was not an allergic reaction to the vaccine.
Watch the video below.
This viral clip;
— Faheem Younus, MD (@FaheemYounus) December 19, 2020
- Is not an allergic reaction
- It’s vasovagal response. Google the term
- Requires no tests/treatments
- Nurse is doing well (link below)
- Stop fear mongering. Please https://t.co/vkGR0k9u8U pic.twitter.com/hiHDRe5Z1E