Booster - side effects?
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Vaccine side-effects
side effects were the second most commonly cited reason for not getting a booster. ... But I want to remind our listeners that the side effects we're talking about here are mild symptoms chills, low grade fever, fatigue, headache, not major safety concerns. These symptoms generally resolve, as I noted, within 12 to 24 hours after onset.
The symptoms you experience with a COVID infection could last for days, months. And as we've unfortunately talked about with long COVID even years …
there's really no way to know for sure who will experience severe and or long term symptoms from a natural infection.
We do know the vaccines can help reduce the risk of developing long COVID.
I know that many people, including some in our podcast family, are hesitant to get their boosters because they are too busy to take a day off of work or other responsibilities due to potential side effects.
I want to remind everyone who is in this position that you are really much, much better off taking one day off due to a side effect than a week or multiple weeks off due to getting infected, which could result in long COVID serious illness, hospitalizations or even deaths
Review estimates 69% 3-dose vaccine efficacy against long
A meta-analysis today in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology estimates a vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 69% for three doses of COVID-19 vaccine against long COVID, while two doses offer 37% efficacy.