After getting Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, a doctor in Boston with a shellfish allergy experienced a serious allergic reaction, the New York Times reported on Friday, quoting the doctor.
The NYT confirmed that Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a fellow in geriatric oncology at the Boston Medical Center, said he had a bad reaction almost instantly after being vaccinated, feeling dizzy and with a pounding pulse.
It is the first significant reaction widely related to Moderna’s vaccine, which is being carried out nationally in the first week.
David Kibbe, a spokesperson at the Boston Medical Center, said in a statement on Friday that Dr. Sadrzadeh “felt he was developing an allergic reaction and was allowed to self-administer his personal epi-pen. He was taken to the Emergency Department, evaluated, treated, observed and discharged. He is doing well today.”
