In this episode, I discussed your chances of getting COVID-19 after getting the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. Generally, your chances are low and your chances of having side effects are low. If you do get COVID-19 and want to talk with a doctor about ivermectin, thien contact Dr. Syed Haider for a phone visit here.
A new research study published in the Lancet journal studied 1,607.620 patients in the United Kingdom. The most common and expected symptoms for both COVID vaccines were systemic and local.
Patients reported their symptoms in a tracker app after being vaccinated with either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. These patients were compared with patients who did not get the vaccine. The study was done between December 8th, 2020, and March 10, 2021. If I remember correctly, the UK variant was prevalent during this time.
You have a higher chance of having systemic (SSE) and local side effects (LSE) from the first Moderna vaccine (33.7%, 58.7%, respectively) than the first Pfizer vaccine (13% SSE, 71% LSE, respectively) according to the study.
The study did not have results from the second Moderna vaccine. To no surprise, the authors stated that people who got the second dose of Pfizer was were more likely to have side effects in the second dose about 41 days later (22% SSE, 68% LSE). The average time people experienced side effects was 24 hours.
In this study, the Pfizer vaccine reduced COVID-19 by 58%, but the Moderna vaccine reduced COVID-19 by 60%. So, fewer people came down with COVID-19 once they received the Moderna vaccine.
Women, younger people, and people who previously had COVID-19 were more likely to have side effects from the vaccines than men, the elderly, and people who never had COVID-19.
