Quick Poll: Booster Reactions

post by Elizabeth (pktechgirl) · 2021-12-21T07:40:07.347Z · LW · GW · 2 comments

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Lots of people are getting covid boosters now. To help myself and others plan I did an extremely informal poll on Twitter and Facebook about how people’s booster side effects compared to their second dose. Take home message: boosters are typically easier than second shots, but they’re bad often enough you should have a plan for that.

The poll was a mess for a number of reasons, including:

Nonetheless, the trend was pretty clear.

Of people who received three mRNA shots from the same manufacturer, comparing their second shot to their third:

Of people who mix and matched doses

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comment by VipulNaik · 2021-12-25T02:02:59.774Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I just got my booster dose today (December 24) and intend to monitor closely. I'll be regularly updating https://github.com/vipulnaik/diet-exercise-health/blob/master/notes/2021-12-24-pfizer-covid-vaccine-booster-dose.md with temperature readings and subjective details of my experience.

I did similar logging after the second dose, that you can see here: https://github.com/vipulnaik/diet-exercise-health/blob/master/notes/2021-06-25-pfizer-covid-vaccine-dose-2.md

comment by cistrane · 2021-12-22T15:04:35.702Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

How many were affected by more than 7 days?