A 56-year-old doctor from Florida died two weeks after receiving the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech. The cause of his death was considered a rare blood disease.
Dr. Gregory Michael, an obstetrician-gynecologist, lost his life 16 days after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus vaccine, the first to be approved in the United States.
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After his death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Florida Department of Health and the Miami-Dade coroner’s office began an investigation into the matter.
“The cause of death is pending completion of the studies being carried out by the coroner and the Centers for Disease Control,” said the office’s director, Darren Caprara. “The case is still under investigation, so nothing has been finalized.”
Although a direct link to the vaccine has not yet been established, it is also not being completely ruled out by local health authorities. Michael’s condition is linked to a rare condition that affects the body’s ability to clot blood.
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Pfizer also initiated an independent investigation into this matter and admitted that the doctor’s death was caused due to a “highly unusual clinical case of severe thrombocytopenia”, and also hinted that so far its researchers believe there is a much less chance of ” there is any direct connection to the vaccine. “
The news came just days after it was revealed that a pediatric surgery assistant from Porto also lost her life two days after receiving the vaccine COVID-19. Although, Sonia Acevedo, 41, who worked in pediatrics at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology, had no side effects after the vaccine was administered.