The CDC has said COVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects for a few days that include fever, chills, headache, swelling or tiredness, “which are normal signs that your body is building protection.” However, severe reactions are extremely rare.
More time is needed to gather relevant data from people who have been vaccinated:
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A: Providers administering Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine must report to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) and to Pfizer the following information associated with the vaccine of which they become aware:
Vaccine administration errors whether or not associated with an adverse event
Serious adverse events (irrespective of attribution to vaccination)
Cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
Cases of COVID-19 that result in hospitalization or death" Available at: https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/mcm-legal-regulatory-and-policy-framework/pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-frequently-asked-questions
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Like all vaccines, COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Most side effects are mild or moderate and go away within a few days of appearing. If side effects such as pain and/or fever are troublesome, they can be treated by medicines for pain and fever such as paracetamol.
Side effects may occur with following frequencies:
Side effects like headache, muscle soreness or fever are effects that occur with almost every vaccine we normally do, so I wouldn't consider those as a problem.
Serious side effects I have heard of are fainting, anaphylactic shock or even death. Well, let's analyze them:
From the 2 cases of strong anaphylactic shocks in the UK is later emerged the patients had serious allergic problems with several records of hospitalizations in their past.
During the test of Pfizer BioNTech vaccine instead, 6 people reportedly died: 2 had received the vaccine, the other 4 had instead received a placebo composed by saline solutions, hence harmless. It is worth remembering these 2 death given by the actual vaccine are to be compared to the number of people to whom the vaccine has been injected during the tests, that is 20000. This number is therefore statistically irrelevant.
There is no need to worry, vaccines have been studied, tested and analyzed even by competent national and federal agencies. Vaccines are safe.
The CDC has said COVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects for a few days that include fever, chills, headache, swelling or tiredness, “which are normal signs that your body is building protection.” However, severe reactions are extremely rare.
The CDC has saidthat COVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects for a days that include fever, chills, headache,swelling or tiredness “which are normal signs that human body is bilding protection. However, severe reactions are extremely rare.