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"But wait 15 minutes to see if your child gets anaphylaxis from them. We could have tested for allergy before giving the vaccine but its more convenient to have you wait around after."

The waiting period of 15 minutes after a vaccine has always been recommended. It's standard medical recommendation and safety.

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These type of complaints has actually been really enlightening for me regarding how many people can't even be bothered to get the flu vaccine or their tetanus shots.

I got a tetanus shot a year ago and they didn't ask me to wait around afterwards. They just handed me the paperwork and showed me the door (this was after they had already stitched me up.)

I see the CDC website says that a 15 minute wait after getting a tetanus shot is recommended due to a fainting risk. But I bet this is not widely observed. I surmise they had already judged me to not be a fainting risk, since I didn't faint when they were sewing me.

The CDC discusses anaphylaxis as a possible side effect of the tetanus shot too[1]. It would seem the difference between the two is an adherence to protocol as opposed to risk profiles.

According to the CDC the rate of anaphylaxis is incredibly low with the COVID shot[2].

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/general-recs/adve... [2] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7002e1.htm

VAERS includes thousands of reports of death including broad anaphylaxis following their vaccination for CV. So what are you saying? Those lives are an acceptable cost for the convenience of skipping failsafes?

You're essentially giving full confidence to an industry - so why stop at covid? Shouldn't you prophylactically vaccinate yourself against all the viruses on earth?

That's like saying you don't need to look both ways before crossing the street because its not the status quo

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