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A FEW COVID VACCINE RECIPIENTS DEVELOPED A RARE BLOOD DISORDER

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One day after receiving her first dose of Moderna’s Covid vaccine, Luz Legaspi,
72, woke up with bruises on her arms and legs, and blisters that bled inside her
mouth.

She was hospitalized in New York City that day, Jan. 19, with a severe case of
immune thrombocytopenia — a lack of platelets, a blood component essential for
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