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Allergic to the vaccine, she cannot receive her passport
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Allergic to the vaccine, she cannot receive her passport

A citizen wishes to receive an exemption from the government and public health since she is not able to receive the vaccine and therefore a vaccine passport due to her allergy. • Read also: Against the vaccination of her children: an antivax mother dismissed in court • Read also: WHO sees possible end to acute phase of pandemic • Read also: How to keep morale up with this 5th wave? Even if the chances of being allergic to a substance found in vaccines against COVID-19 are very rare, Isabelle Castonguay-Côté is intolerant to polyethylene glycol and cannot obtain her vaccine passport. “We've known this for a long time because I've already had colonoscopies and there's this product in several products and I suffered a respiratory arrest. I am very very very...
Allergic to the cold… for real
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Allergic to the cold… for real

A teenager has to be extra vigilant when going out since she developed a rare allergy... to the cold. A headache as much during polar temperatures, in winter, as for swimming, in summer. • Read also: Avalanche of cold across the province "The first time it happened to me, I found myself with a very intense skin reaction, I did not understand what was happening to me because the only thing I had done was go to the cold explains Eryn Margolese, a 15-year-old girl who lives in Hampstead, on the island of Montreal. It was after this outing in March 2020 that the young girl noticed that her legs and arms were covered with red patches. Accompanied by her parents, she goes to the Montreal Children's Hospital. Not a soap At first, the doctors thought it was wash...