His second COVID-19 vaccine shot wiped Dr. Greg Poland out.
Poland, 65, said he suffered five hours of shaking chills, fever up to 101 degrees, severe headache, nausea, ringing in his ears and a sore arm after getting his booster dose of the Moderna vaccine.
“I’ve never had a reaction to a vaccine like that,” said Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group. “Ironic that it would happen to me.”
The second dose of the two COVID-19 vaccines has gained a reputation — initially from clinical trial data and now from the personal experience of millions — that it tends to cause harsher side effects than the first dose.
That’s because the second dose is amplifying the lessons of the first dose, which taught your body how to recognize the coronavirus as an enemy, Poland explained.
“We should stress it doesn’t mean that anything’s going wrong or that something bad is happening. It is an expected reaction to the vaccine, and it will be different between different people,” Poland said.
I have been told to expect EXTREME pain from the 2nd dose. We shall see…
Nobody will be putting that crap in my arm!
Is it just me but I am having a hard time that people are actually approaching me asking if I have had (or getting) the COVID
Vaccine? I don’t recall anyone asking if I had the Flu vaccine and every other vaccine that is out there. Thoughts?
My husband & I have both received the 2nd vaccine & had no side effects either time. We received the Pfizer vaccines here in Salisbury. I wish everyone well and hope that everyone gets the vaccines ASAP & this Covid mess is soon gone for the whole country.