{"id":130023,"date":"2021-09-13T02:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/?p=130023"},"modified":"2023-03-03T02:33:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T09:33:31","slug":"will-the-covid-19-booster-shots-have-side-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/will-the-covid-19-booster-shots-have-side-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Will The COVID-19 Booster Shots Have Side Effects?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Additional doses or booster shots are likely rolling out in the United States later this month. President Biden\u2019s administration said that people should receive their third dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines starting September 20th, 2021. This plan is currently pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a potential third dose on the horizon, people have one primary question: Will these COVID-19 booster shots have additional, similar, or fewer side effects? <\/strong>Some people wonder why there is a need for another shot, but the \u201cside effects\u201d question seems more pertinent. Many health experts tout the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines against more contagious strains. Current clinical studies about the efficacy of additional doses are still ongoing. In fact, only a select number of countries started administering additional doses.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people frown on the administration of additional COVID-19 vaccine doses, especially when other countries have not had sufficient access to vaccines. The other side of the argument is that many immunocompromised people face danger from the more contagious delta variant<\/a><\/strong>. Those types of people were the first to receive the initial doses of the vaccines. Unfortunately, it\u2019s been nearly eight months since that time, meaning that protection is waning against the delta variant, and other future variants. This explains the higher amount of breakthrough cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID-19 Booster Side Effects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As with most vaccines, including the recent COVID-19 vaccines, side effects can vary from person to person. A study from the United Kingdom found that only 22% of people experienced fatigue, headache, or chills after the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. 68% of people experienced local reaction such as site pain. Health experts predict that the third dose will cause minimal discomfort, but it\u2019s possible to experience similar side effects to the first two shots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One person doesn\u2019t have a higher tendency to experience side effects than another, and the third dose shouldn\u2019t be worse than the original two doses. Ongoing studies find that the third dose may cause some minor flu- or cold-like symptoms, though. Pain at the injection site is almost a given, and the CDC says that fatigue is also very common. Pfizer recently offered an initial list of symptoms that one may experience after the third dose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n