"Nurse Who Fainted After Receiving COVID Vaccine Is Fine"

Korean Doctor Working at Same Hospital Shares Vaccination Experience
"Even Safe Medicine Has Side Effects in One out of a Million"
"If It's Safer Than Getting COVID, You Should Get Vaccinated"

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] A fellow doctor of a nurse who fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States has shared his own vaccination experience. He said the nurse likely fainted due to nervousness, and introduced that the nurse completed her work normally and went home, and also worked normally the next day.

Korean doctor Jang Young-sung revealed a scene of COVID-19 vaccination on his YouTube channel (Photo captured from Sigoljwi TV).

Dr. Jang Young-sung, a Korean doctor working at CHI Memorial Hospital in Tennessee, shared his Pfizer vaccine inoculation scene and his experience through his YouTube channel 'Sigoljwi TV' on the 20th.

Dr. Jang said, "The nurse fainted because she was too nervous during the interview," and added that it was unrelated to the vaccine, saying, "She probably fainted simply because she was nervous, excited, and trembling in front of the camera." He said the nurse got up fine, finished the rest of her shift, went home, and came to work normally the next day.

Tiffany Dover, the head nurse at this hospital, fainted on the 17th (local time) after receiving the vaccine while speaking in front of TV cameras, saying she felt dizzy. A few minutes later, she got up and said, "I often faint. It's nothing unusual for me," and "I'm fine now."

Dr. Jang said, "After receiving the vaccine, my arm did not turn red or swell," and added, "It seems better than the flu vaccine." He also showed his vaccination card and warned, "They say there will be a reaction to the second dose, which I will receive in three weeks, so I will have to see then."

When asked if he was anxious about the new vaccine, Dr. Jang said, "I'm not anxious at all," and explained, "There is anxiety because it is a newly developed vaccine. Even the safest medicine can have side effects in one out of a million people. If the COVID vaccine is safer than getting COVID, then you should get vaccinated."

Meanwhile, Moderna's vaccine is scheduled to begin its first inoculation in the United States on the 21st. President-elect Joe Biden also plans to receive the vaccine on the same day.

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