Covid booster reactions

[Anonymous]

+1 to Novavax. Slightly sore arm for a few hours, but that’s it. Walked into CVS, no appointment needed.

[Anonymous]

I finally got the new one for this season. No symptoms except my arm hurt for three days and that never happened for any vaccinations.

[Anonymous]

I’m never doing another booster agian.

[Anonymous]

I had no reaction to the last booster (November) other than a sore arm.

[Anonymous]

i had zero reaction to most recent booster (pfizer) but had big initial bad reaction to my first 3 moderna (e.g. shingles, fainting, fevers, etc). i'd do pfizer if you don't want side effects (but moderna is higher dose and probably more effective)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had no reaction to the last booster (November) other than a sore arm.

Me too, with Moderna. My previous Moderna covid shots had left me really sore with high fever, chills, and headache and body aches in bed for 24+ hours. I took off a day of work after my shot but didn't end up needed to use the sick day

[Anonymous]

No reaction

[Anonymous]

Fever and chills with Moderna booster last year. Had Pfizer last week and felt nothing but my sore arm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Novavax is a great option for people who have side effects from mRNA

Fewer side effects?

Yup. I was one of those people who is knocked out for days after Moderna and Pfizer.

With Novavax, only a sore arm and some fatigue.

+4 of us - Novavax was great, and pleasant surprise after having bad side effects from Moderna. Costco has it. You don’t have to be a member, and the service there is great (if you can stomach the parking lot!)

Novavax has no mRNA, protein based vaccine like the others we take

[Anonymous]

I don't get the boosters anymore because ever since I got the OG Covid in Feb 2020 (we lived in eastern Europe; it was first wave) I've had horrible reactions to all the vaccines unfortunately. And every time I got the vax, I still got very ill from Covid anyway. I do get other vaccines, but no more Covid unless there is another huge, deadly surge again.

[Anonymous]

For what it’s worth, it’s not a booster - it’s a full shot like the first one we got. But I didn’t have a reaction except a very sore arm.

[Anonymous]

4 of us had the latest shot. Nobody had more than a sore arm. My teen was convinced he’d feel miserable but it didn’t happen.

[Anonymous]

Both my kids had boosters and were sick (vomitting) with fever for 3-4 days. I just felt a bit crappy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our pediatrician is not recommending covid booster for otherwise healthy children. Why are kids being boosted?

I had the Moderna booster and I was unable to function for 2 solid days with flu like symptoms. Decided to not get another booster because I've yet to actually catch covid.

Do they recommend yearly flu shots for otherwise healthy children?

[Anonymous]

I’ve had strong reactions to all four of my shots—J&J, Moderna, Pfizer, and Novavax. The MRNA vaccines caused me fever and achiness for 3+ days. I was hopeful that the Novavax would be better, but I had post-vax symptoms for a week and ended up taking an eight-day course of glucosteroids to get over it. I am likely an edge case, having had such consistent strong post-vax reactions.