The association also points out that it is not always certain whether there is an allergy. “Many complaints that are described also fit with tension complaints. A feeling of a lump in the throat or an increased heart rate, for example.” After the consultation with the allergist, these people could still report to the GGD for the second shot.
Lareb, on the other hand, writes that the actual number of allergic reactions may also be higher, because not all cases are reported to the center.
Wait fifteen minutes?
Due to possible allergic reactions, it is necessary to wait fifteen minutes after an injection at the injection site has been created. A group of general practitioners pleaded decided last week to stop doing that after the booster shot, to speed up the booster campaign. Without the ‘booster quarter’, the injections can also be administered in GP practices.
Health economist Jochen Mierau pointed out that with the booster shot it is known who does and who does not react badly to a vaccine. “We can let go of that waiting time, at least for people who didn’t have a negative reaction with the first vaccines within 15 minutes.”
The Lareb writes that in more than half of the cases the complaints arose within half an hour; for anaphylactic reactions, it is 80 percent within half an hour, and 72 percent within fifteen minutes.
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