If you had no/very mild side effects for Covid Vax

[Anonymous]

If you had no or very mild side effects after both vaccines, are you worried that maybe it isn’t as effective for you?

My only side effect to dose 1 was a headache that lasted for 3-4 hours and dose 2 was fatigue for 24 hours and a headache for about 2 hours. I feel lucky compared to those who felt miserable, but am wondering if this means my body didn’t create a strong immune response and perhaps I am more likely to get sick.

I don’t think this has been studied yet but does anyone else wonder this?

[Anonymous]

You don’t need to get violently ill in order for a vaccine to work.

[Anonymous]

This has been talked about a lot actually. It’s completely untrue that you need to feel ill for the vaccine to work. Do not worry about this or perpetuate falsehoods.

[Anonymous]

I question if it works at all, not if I had side effects. Some of the side effects are normal for me so I don't know if it was the vaccine or me. But, I'm on other antibody treatments and long term they are not very helpful and if anything helped for a few weeks and then never again.

[Anonymous]

Not one bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don’t need to get violently ill in order for a vaccine to work.

+1

[Anonymous]

No. This isn't something I worry about.

[Anonymous]

I had zero side effects from either dose of Moderna other than a slightly sore arm for a day. I'm not worried. I'm grateful!

[Anonymous]

Uh, no. That’s not how vaccines work.

[Anonymous]

If you're that worried about it, ask your doctor for a spike protein test to see if you're immune. She'll probably laugh at you, but maybe you'll get one.

[Anonymous]

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Inflammation does not mean anything for your immune response. Sounds like you had the typical side effects! You are protected.

[Anonymous]

I wonder the same thing.

[Anonymous]

There is a long-standing belief that a cure, to be effective, must be nearly as bad as the disease itself.

[Anonymous]

I did worry about this, even though it is irrational. This has been such a terrible year. Being able to get the vaccine now and end most (not all, of course) of the hardship due to this pandemic seems almost too good to be true. It's natural to feel this way. But you should be fine.