A journalist has shared her story of being hospitalised after receiving the Pfizer jab, but there is a big reason why she is still pushing for others to be vaccinated.
Georgia Clark, 27, a reporter with The Daily Telegraph, is being treated in Concord Hospital’s heart ward after suffering from pericarditis, a rare side effect that results in inflammation of the heart.
The extremely rare side effect impacts about one in 74,000 people who receive the Pfizer vaccine.
Despite this, Ms Clark still plans on getting her second dose and is urging other Aussies to come forward and get vaccinated.
“If this is what the vaccine has done to me, who knows what would happen if I actually caught covid, I could die,” she told the Daily Telegraph.
“Hearing about that has inspired me to speak out, because I know this is nowhere near as bad as catching covid.”
Across the state on Wednesday, more than 100,000 jabs were delivered. But there have been some problems at NSW’s first mass vaccination hub, established at Sydney Olympic Park in May.
News.com.au has learnt of at least 15 separate occasions where people, all under the age of 39, who had booked in for a Pfizer shot at the hub being told they were no longer eligible for the mRNA vaccine.
On every occasion, this conversation was delivered just moments before the person was about to get their vaccine, with the nurse administering the jabs the one to break the bad news.
The person is then given a choice to receive an AstraZeneca shot, sitting on the table beside them, or to leave the hub.
In a statement, a NSW Health spokeswoman said “if a person chooses not to be vaccinated with AstraZeneca on arrival at the NSW Health Vaccination Centre at Sydney Olympic Park, they are referred to the onsite Help Hut, where their personal details are taken”.
There were 345 new local cases recorded in NSW on Thursday and two new deaths.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was happy that NSW broke a record by vaccinating 106,000 people in a single day.
“That is very encouraging,” she told reporters.
“Can I think everybody for coming forward and pleasingly we’ve seen people in those areas of concern especially come forward for vaccinations and that is exactly what we need to see.
“Can I please encourage anybody to come forward and get vaccinated, we know it will help us control the spread but also ensure people stay out of hospital.”
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