The federal government has expanded its list of confirmed COVID-19 vaccine side effects for which it will provide compensation. A person who suffered “severe febrile reaction,” or a high fever, after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine will receive compensation from the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), according to the Health Resources and Services Administration, which administrates the program. It’s the first time officials with the program have confirmed that one of the COVID-19 shots causes severe fever, which can in rare cases lead to death.
The administration did not respond to requests for details, including whether the patient survived and how it determined a shot caused the reaction. The Epoch Times has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to try to uncover more information about the case. “Very high fever has long been recognized as a classic reaction to live virus and inactivated vaccines that stimulate a strong inflammatory response in the body,” Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center, told The Epoch Times in an email, pointing to how U.
S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials acknowledge that certain vaccines can cause high fevers. “Even a mildly elevated fever can provoke febrile seizures in those who are more susceptible, especially children.
Although most short febrile seizures are considered to be harmless, some that are more complicated may be followed by brain dysf.
