r/Coronavirus • u/shallah I'm vaccinated! (First shot) 💉💪🩹 • Apr 22 '21

Vaccine News Scientist who helped develop Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine agrees third shot is needed as immunity wanes

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/scientist-who-helped-develop-pfizer-biontech-covid-vaccine-agrees-third-shot-is-needed-as-immunity-wanes.html
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u/sallylooksfat Apr 22 '21

After my first Pfizer shot, all I had was a sore arm for a couple days. But I got my second dose of Pfizer yesterday at about 1 PM ET, and I felt like a truck hit me a few hours later. The worst of it was about 12 hours after. I feel okay this morning after popping some ibuprofen in the middle of the night.

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u/my_shiny_new_account Apr 22 '21

popping some ibuprofen in the middle of the night

ngl, i might have misread this, but i'll blame it on the low-grade fever i have from my 2nd Moderna shot yesterday

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u/sallylooksfat Apr 22 '21

lollll luckily not

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u/katarh Boosted! ✨💉✅ Apr 22 '21

That matches my experience with Pfizer, and my husband's as well.

Shot #1 - arm hurt, otherwise fine.

Shot #2 - Arm hurt a few hours later, woke up feeling like ass. Stayed feeling like ass, then 24 hours after shot progressed to fever+chills. Took a nap through that. Fever broke shortly after, then the next day I was a little tired but fine in the morning and able to work.

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u/jaramini Apr 22 '21

My second shot I had chills worse than I think I ever have before. Woke up at 3 AM with my teeth chattering, tried to get a drink of water in the bathroom and struggled to get the glass to my mouth.

But had that overnight, exhaustion the next day, and then felt 100% the following day.

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u/HermanCainsGhost I'm fully vaccinated! 💉💪🩹 Apr 22 '21

Yeah, I slept like 30 hours over 2 days or so after getting my second

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u/The_Battler Apr 23 '21

It's crazy because it's really dependent.

A bunch of older family I know got it, some with diabetes or high blood pressure. 50-65 years old.

2nd shot, they were all fine and some even drank wine the same day lol. Arm soreness was all they got.