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If you dont bleed from the covid-19 vaccine does that mean it was not administered into the muscle but the subcutaneous fat instead?

Q: if you dont bleed from the covid-19 vaccine does that mean it was not administered into the muscle but the subcutaneous fat instead?

: Doesn’t mean anything, good or bad. So long as the needle penetrated the skin, you received the vaccine

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Dr. Arnold Lentnek answered

Doesn’t mean anything, good or bad. So long as the needle penetrated the skin, you received the vaccine

Dr Ferranti and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/24/2021

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A member asked:

If you dont bleed from the covid-19 vaccine does that mean it was not administered into the muscle but the subcutaneous fat instead?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Arnold Lentnek answered

Dr Ferranti and another doctor agreed

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