All American adults became eligible for the COVID-19 booster shots last week after both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration approved the shots.
- But now there are lingering questions about side effects for people who get the booster shots, especially if they’ve decided to mix different vaccines.
What are the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster side effects?
- In September, the Food and Drug Administration released data from Pfizer that explained some of the side effects from those who received the booster shot in a trial. The data found 63.7% had fatigue, 48.4% suffered from headaches and 39.1% felt muscle pain.
Most symptoms were mild or moderate, as I wrote for the Deseret News. However, Pfizer said that 44 booster recipients out of 306 had at least one unexpected side effect, according to CNBC.
What are the Moderna COVID-10 vaccine booster side effects?
The FDA said that the side effects from the third shot will be similar to that of the initial dosage, per Fortune. Those symptoms include:
- Muscle and joint aches.
- Swelling or soreness at the injection site.
- Fatigue.
- Headache.
- Chills or fever.
- Swollen lymph nodes.
Any other COVID-19 vaccine booster side effects?
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The U.K.’s National Health Services said there are a number of symptoms you might experience from the booster shot, including:
- A sore arm at the injection site.
- Feelings of tiredness, fatigue.
- Headache.
- Body aches.
- General sickness.