# Anyone had the J&J vaccine? Is there a reaction?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 6, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-had-the-j-j-vaccine-is-there-a-reaction/937336 "2021-03-06T15:38:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-had-the-j-j-vaccine-is-there-a-reaction/937336/61 "2021-04-15T00:23:46Z")

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> [@Fair\_Rarity](#):
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> My arm hurt a lot, then got better, then got worse again. I had frozen shoulder several years ago and while it healed for the most part, it never got back to 100%. Like 95%. The shot seems to have flared that old injury up. Or in a huge coincidence, I somehow injured it when I haven’t done anything for a week. But I don’t know if I would count that as a real side effect or just a really weird thing that would only happen to me.

Hmm…that’s interesting. I had frozen shoulder a few years ago (PT healed me entirely, though). I didn’t think to connect the shoulder pain I had the week after I had the shot to the shot itself, but now that there’s two of us, I guess it’s a scientific fact. 😄

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**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-had-the-j-j-vaccine-is-there-a-reaction/937336/62 "2021-04-15T11:35:59Z")

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> [@mistymage](#):
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> I hope you don’t mind… but here’s a hug for you

Thanks - you’re sweet. I like hugs. It’s weird but I am a huggy person.

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-had-the-j-j-vaccine-is-there-a-reaction/937336/63 "2021-04-15T13:46:22Z")

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> [@Merneith](#):
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> Thanks - you’re sweet. I like hugs. It’s weird but I am a huggy person.

I am too-- as long as they are people I know-- the strangers or near-strangers who want to hug, or people who hug on first introduction are not for me-- but hugs from friends and family are great. My favorite aunt is in her 70s, and I’m in my 50s, and sometimes I still cuddle up next to her like I did as a child.

It’s not weird. It may not be at the top of the bell curve, but it’s not weird.

{{{Merneith}}}

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**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-had-the-j-j-vaccine-is-there-a-reaction/937336/64 "2021-04-15T23:01:45Z")

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Yeah it doesn’t have the acute “OMG IS SOMEONE TRYING TO RIP MY ARM OFF?” feel of the height of it being frozen, but it has the dull ache right in the joint and a light sensation of pulling. Maybe any shot in my arm would have made my arm hurt. Any shot besides flu shot because that didn’t bother me last fall.

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