"I'm pretty sensitive and I have a pretty low pain tolerance," she told TODAY, so dealing with the soreness after having one shot in each arm was a challenge. That's what happened to Lindsay Mann, who received her Moderna booster alongside her flu shot last month. But if you do experience side effects later, it will be difficult to know which vaccine is responsible. That's completely safe and a convenient way to cross both shots off your to-do list in the same appointment, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Making matters even more confusing is the fact that some people may get their flu vaccine at the same time as the booster. ( Mixing and matching could make it even more challenging to predict which side effects you'll experience.) Aaron Milstone, associate hospital epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, told TODAY. They may be more or less severe than the ones you experienced previously, Dr. The side effects you experience after your booster dose may be different than what you felt after your first dose(s). An especially sore arm might make it difficult to work out or cook breakfast, for instance, and chills may leave you tossing and turning for a night. But, for some people, those symptoms can be so intense they have trouble doing their usual tasks.
"I haven't seen as much with Moderna, so it's going be interesting because they're using a half dose, whether they'll see less of the both local and systemic side effects but also whether there will be less of this swollen lymph node issue as well."įor the Moderna vaccine, the booster shot is a half dose of what was used for the initial vaccination series, the doctors noted, while Pfizer and J&J booster shots use the same dose.All adults are now eligible for COVID-19 booster shots, which means more people than ever have already or will soon be experiencing side effects from their boosters.Īs with the original vaccine doses, most COVID-19 booster shot side effects are mild, flu-like and temporary. "There's some evidence that the rates and severity of the Pfizer vaccine in the booster are almost identical to the second dose," Boston Medical Center's Dr. Israeli data suggests that the booster shot might be a little bit easier to tolerate than the second dose, Dr. Will the booster side effects be as bad as the second dose? The data available for J&J was more limited, but people reported fever, fatigue and headache after receiving a second dose of that vaccine, according to the agency. "I'm certainly hearing a lot about that, you know, and it may be more than the first and second shot but it is harmless."
Shira Doron of Tufts Medical Center said.
"With the Pfizer booster, and I think this has been confirmed, there appears to be a fair amount of swelling of the lymph nodes in the underarm area on the side of the vaccine," Dr. The most common side effects reported after getting a third shot of an mRNA vaccine, the type made by Moderna and Pfizer, were pain at the injection site, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and fever, followed by chills and nausea. Local doctors, clinics and pharmacies can start administering COVID vaccine booster shots Friday in Massachusetts now that federal health officials approved the mix and match approach.
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