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BigmanPigman

(52,250 posts)
Mon Oct 24, 2022, 06:02 PM Oct 2022

Covid booster side effects is a good thing....

Last edited Mon Oct 24, 2022, 06:37 PM - Edit history (1)

"Covid-19 vaccine study links side effects with greater antibody response"

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/24/health/covid-antibody-response-vaccines/index.html

(CNN)"People who reported experiencing side effects to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines such as fever, chills or muscle pain tended to have a greater antibody response following vaccination, according to new research."

"Having such symptoms after vaccination is associated with greater antibody responses compared with having only pain or rash at the injection site or no symptoms at all, suggests the paper published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open." In conclusion, these findings support reframing postvaccination symptoms as signals of vaccine effectiveness and reinforce guidelines for vaccine boosters in older adults," the researchers -- from Columbia University in New York, University of Vermont and Boston University -- wrote in their paper."

"This is more to reassure people who have had a reaction that that's their immune system responding, actually in a rather good way, to the vaccine, even though it has caused them some discomfort," Schaffner said. The researchers analyzed data on 928 adults who self-reported what symptoms they experienced after receiving Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna Covid-19 vaccinations, as well as submitted a dried blood spot to test for antibodies. Most of the participants were White adults, with a mean age of 65. The researchers found that after either vaccine dose, 446 or 48% of participants reported systemic symptoms while 12% reported only local symptoms and 40% reported no symptoms at all."

*** I had a bad response but my brain knew that was a good thing! I got the flu and latest booster Oct 4th and had a bad migraine as opposed to an average one with past boosters. I figured that if my body is reacting this strongly to a little dose than if I actually did get Covid it would be very bad for my system.

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Covid booster side effects is a good thing.... (Original Post) BigmanPigman Oct 2022 OP
Great, something to worry about if you didn't have side effects nt Shermann Oct 2022 #1
Robust immune responses still seen in those with virtually no side effects. This is just to reassure hlthe2b Oct 2022 #4
First four Rebl2 Oct 2022 #7
I got flu shot 2 weeks after Booster #2 (non-Omicron) bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #2
I had reactions to all the Covid shots except the latest one Freddie Oct 2022 #3
I had awful side effects with all of them but the last one. redstatebluegirl Oct 2022 #5
Same thing here. murielm99 Oct 2022 #6

hlthe2b

(106,340 posts)
4. Robust immune responses still seen in those with virtually no side effects. This is just to reassure
Mon Oct 24, 2022, 06:56 PM
Oct 2022

those who do have a reaction that it has benefits--to reassure them and hopefully prevent some from determining not to have booster vaccines again.


I have never had a reaction beyond the most limited and short-lived noticeable slight pain at the sight of the injection. Ditto for flu vaccines. Yet, I am exposed all the damned time to COVID-19 through my work--despite the precautions I take. While luck has something to do with it, my immune system surely must be doing its thing as thus far I have never been infected (crossed fingers, knock on wood, throw the garlic or the pepper over the shoulder, or whatever the current talisman for good luck).

Rebl2

(14,682 posts)
7. First four
Mon Oct 24, 2022, 08:06 PM
Oct 2022

Covid vaccine shots I got the only thing I had was a sore arm. First booster I was a little tired. This last booster (5th shot) had a sore arm and actually didn’t feel all that great for a few days.

bucolic_frolic

(46,979 posts)
2. I got flu shot 2 weeks after Booster #2 (non-Omicron)
Mon Oct 24, 2022, 06:25 PM
Oct 2022

and the flu shot hit me like a Mack truck, fever, chills, aches, fatigue. But it was over quickly.

Now, 4 weeks past actual Covid, and it was mild after 3 days, my arm hurts where the injections took place. I must be doing good!

Freddie

(9,691 posts)
3. I had reactions to all the Covid shots except the latest one
Mon Oct 24, 2022, 06:33 PM
Oct 2022

With the omicron variant. Just a mild sore arm. I’ve read several places that people are reporting fewer, mild or no reaction to this one.

redstatebluegirl

(12,477 posts)
5. I had awful side effects with all of them but the last one.
Mon Oct 24, 2022, 06:57 PM
Oct 2022

I got it last week. I had a little fatigue and some muscle pain but nothing like the other ones.

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