Dr. Amanda Cohn, a member of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said recently that there are three common side effects to the COVID-19 vaccine that people should remember.
- Side effects include “pain, potentially fatigue and low fever,” said Cohn.
- The side effects are “expected and should disappear after a day or two,” she added.
- Cohen also said that these side effects “are not COVID. It is your body building an immune response to the protein that mimics the disease. ”
THE CDC warned in the same way that the vaccine “will help protect you against the disease with COVID-19. Some people may experience mild side effects after vaccination, which are normal signs that their body is building protection against the disease. “
Other potential side effects
Several people in the United States said they had a rash on their arms after receiving the Modern COVID-19 vaccine, according to CBS Minnesota. This symptom is now called the “COVID arm”.
- “A lot of people called me to talk about the injection site, and sometimes it extends up and down the arm too,” Dr. John Swartzberg, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, said. KOMO News.
Dr. George Morris told CBS Minnesota that “COVID arm” is nothing to be concerned about.
- “We saw reactions like that even with other vaccines,” he said. “We know that when you get a flu shot, many people have a local reaction in their arms. Vaccines against tetanus. Tiles vaccines. “
Meanwhile, at least 36 people have reported a rare blood disease after receiving the coronavirus vaccine, according to The New York Times. “It is not known whether this blood disorder is related to the COVID vaccines,” according to The New York Times.
- According to Fox News, there have been no cases of blood disease reported during tests of the COVID-19 vaccine by Moderna and Pfizer.