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Z is associated with COVID-19 vaccination. The US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) reported 232 HZ-related adverse events among COVID-19 vaccines
may be the missing link between COVID-19 vaccination and Bell’s palsy, providing a plausible explanation for the facial palsy.
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Footnotes
Contributors CJW: data collection, figures, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript drafting, critical revision of manuscript. OHIC: data analysis and interpretation, literature review, manuscript drafting, critical revision of manuscript. BC: study conception, study supervision, project planning, data interpretation, manuscript drafting, critical revision of manuscript.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests The authors declare no conflict of interest. No funding was received to assist with the preparation of this manuscript. OHIC was supported by the University of Hong Kong Summer Research Programme.
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