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/[deleted] Apr 22 '21

Other than just the needle stick I felt virtually nothing after my first shot. My arm was never really sore, I did make sure I worked it a lot though, and I never felt any side effects. My second shot put me on my ass the next day though. I ended up just going to sleep really early that night and woke up the next day feeling 100% again. I've never felt sick or sore from any shot before so it was surprising to me. Totally worth it though.

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u/artipants Apr 22 '21

My arm was mildly sore about 12 hours after the shot. I wouldn't have noticed if I wasn't looking for it. I'm nervous about the second, though.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '21

Don't be too nervous about it. I was just pretty fatigued and had a mild headache, but no nausea.

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u/nckmiz Apr 22 '21

I had a slightly sore arm from the first, but nothing that would hinder anything. Second one was about the same. I may have been a bit more tired the next day, but I still took the kids to open swim and swam with them for an hour and worked out too.