Norman Swan

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What's That Rash? · Vaccines arrive in Australia. Now the challenge begins · 15 Feb 2021 podcast

So this is rare. matched

As far as I'm aware, nobody has died of the anaphylaxis, although some people have got quite sick. matched

So if you've had anaphylaxis, you really do need to report it so they can watch you closely. matched

So the message here is you do need to consult the Commonwealth government's website on vaccines about the current advice if you've had anaphylaxis. matched

It's also whether or not you've just had a mild allergic reaction to something rather than a true anaphylactic reaction. matched

There's a lot of people, for example, who think, just to take an example, they're allergic to penicillin. matched

And it turns out with research they're actually not. matched

they've had some other kind of reaction or it's not been a true allergic reaction. matched

So you wouldn't want to miss out on the COVID-19 vaccine if you haven't had true anaphylaxis. matched

So this is something to talk over with your GP, look at the government advice, the TGA advice at any one period of time and follow that. matched

Yeah, it's a fascinating process. matched

It's like they get the ingredients from Astra and then they cook the ingredients up into vast amounts for the vaccine. matched

Yeah, it was great. matched

think the government is obviously leery of it, making too many firm commitments because you just don't know what's around the corner. matched

But it does look as though it's under control. matched

The contact tracers are doing great work and I suspect there's no good reason to keep it going beyond Wednesday, but we'll see. matched

Yeah, it creates as many questions almost as answers. matched

They looked at non-human primates and they also looked at humans and the extent to which they shed virus. matched

And what they found was that the younger you were and the thinner you were, the less likely you were to be a spreader. matched

And the older you were, then conversely, obviously, the colder you were and the higher your BMI, your body mass index, the more likely you were to spread respiratory infections. matched

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