UncleEbenezer wrote:XFool wrote:Somebody I know has just had their second Pfizer vaccination, at the same clinic I had both my AZN vaccinations.
They and everyone else was asked to wait 15 minutes before leaving. When I had the AZN vaccination I was told both times to wait 15 minutes, but only if I was driving. As I was walking I just left straight away both times.
Is there any known explanation for this apparent difference in policy, or simply different people giving out differing advice?
(Just reread the immediately preceding post - could be an explanation?)
I had to wait after both Pfizers. Seemed to be an indiscriminate blanket requirement.
If I'd been driving, the wait would definitely have been justified, due to (very mild) lightheadedness and hint-of-nausea. Neither remotely serious at walking pace. Yesterday's post-jab malaise was worse, but is now (touch wood) gone.
As I understand it: waiting after a shot of Pfizer was originally required because of a remote possibility of an allergic reaction, including life threatening anaphylactic shock requiring immediate treatment. Has this concern been abated? If not the method of transport should have little to do with it.