Why Some People Have Stronger Vaccine Side Effects, According to the CDC

You shouldn’t take antibiotics to treat the skin reaction.

Even though the skin reaction reported in people who’ve gotten the Moderna vaccine might look like an infection, it’s advised not to treat it the same way.

According to Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD, associate chief of the MGH Infection Control Unit, who co-authored the NEJM letter, “Delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity could be confused—by clinicians and patients alike—with a skin infection.”

“These types of reactions, however, are not infectious and thus should not be treated with antibiotics,” she added. Those who experienced this unpleasant skin reaction treated it with ice, antihistamines, or corticosteroid medication.

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