DP: Yes. My teen had Pfizer for first 5 shots. Had reactions with all---headache, fever, mini flu symptoms. With the 5th Pfizer they had 102 fever, nauseaous for 15 hours and headache that lasted 3 days. Got them Novavax this fall and they had literally NO reaction. I'd had 5 to 6 Moderna. Had minimal reaction with the later ones, but first 3 were bad. Got novavax and other than the sore arm had no reaction. Same for my parents---no reaction at all to Novavax despite having reactions with the mRNAs. So I highly recommend novavax for many reasons (I also think it's good to introduce a different type of vaccine to your body, maybe it will help more with the different spike proteins) |
Why are kids getting boosted? Because we don't fully understand the long term effects of covid on our body. But from initial studies, covid in kids does cause vascular issues---it's apparent in most kids in studies. So some of us would prefer to prevent our kids from starting out life with major health issues |