I received my first(Pfizer) covid vaccination this past Friday..

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12. Just had 2nd Moderna yesterday.

I couldn't get comfortable enough to sleep all night. My arm is more sore after the second shot and it seemed to get sore faster than it did the first time. The sore arm is very common, especially for younger people. I also was getting hot flashes last night, which didn't happen the first time.

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/vaccine/getting-your-second-dose-of-coronavirus-vaccine-heres-what-to-expect/95-e77a072b-d309-4891-a17a-5cb18b41c671

"Whether it's Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson, all three vaccines have similar side effects. But they're more pronounced after the Pfizer and Moderna second doses. According to data from the Food and Drug Administration, 78% of people ages 18-55 who received the Pfizer second dose, experienced pain at the injection site. 59% had fatigue, while more than a third of recipients experienced chills, and only 16% reported a fever.

Meanwhile people who got the Moderna shot had it worse, especially after the second dose. "Body aches, hot flashes, my arm was red and swollen," said Gale Cornute. "I felt like I had the flu. That's what it felt like."

The FDA found that a whopping 90% of Moderna second-dose recipients experienced pain at the injection site, 68% experienced fatigue, 62% had headache, and almost half experienced chills.

According to health officials, younger people are more likely to have more severe side effects after the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to Dr. Dean Blumberg, a specialist in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Health, it's because younger people have a stronger immune response to vaccinations. As a result, they have higher antibody levels following immunization, meaning their immune systems are working harder.


Women also fared worse than men, which is no surprise to doctors, since women tend to produce stronger responses to most vaccines."