# Got my COVID shot **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Created:** [September 20, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231 "2025-09-20T17:42:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231/61 "2025-10-26T19:14:21Z")
I got a Pfizer covid shot a couple days ago. No sore arm which I always experienced with Moderna. I was just a bit tired for one day. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231/62 "2025-10-26T19:38:26Z")
My flu shot this year hurt more than any flu shot I ever remember-- it’s usually a mosquito bite. But it still was not as bad as even the mildest COVID shot ever. And I’ll add that even though I had the omicron strain, **after** being vaccinated, and it was so mild, I have had many allergy attacks and plain old colds that were worse, I would not trade the WORST COVID shot I’ve had (the J&J vaccine as my first one ever) for my 4-day weekend with COVID and a pile of cold meds-- and when I had it, it was back when my work paid for COVID days, without docking our personal time, to make **sure** no one tried to come in sick. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231/63 "2025-10-31T14:11:58Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > I’m scheduled for a flu shot in a week. Hopefully, that will be less traumatic. > > NOT discouraging you, but I was told that the flu shot this year was worse than the modern Moderna Covid shot. I can’t tell, since I did both at the same time and in the same arm, but that’s largely true of my (small) group of IRL responders. But my simul-shot this year were slightly better than my Covid shots of years past. So… > > 🤞 Well, everyone is different. I got my annual flu shot Wednesday afternoon. That evening the arm was a little sore and a little itchy. By yesterday, i had to poke at the vaccination spot to notice any discomfort. Same today, there’s a slightly tender spot on my arm that i only notice if i poke at it. So, basically nothing. The covid shot wasn’t as bad as prior years, but it was bad enough that i had trouble brushing my hair and similar “raise my arm while using the small muscles” activities for a few days. And was painful even when i wasn’t using the arm or poking at it. So… Far, far more unpleasant than the flu shot, which continues to be a non-event. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231/64 "2025-10-31T15:23:44Z")
I got my flu and Covid shots last Friday. I was pretty wiped out on Saturday but mostly back to normal on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231/65 "2025-12-04T05:34:53Z")
I got flu, COVID (Pfizer), and TDAP today. If I hadn’t felt the bandaids, I would have completely forgotten about them. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231/66 "2025-12-05T07:06:43Z")
Partner and I got our shots at CVS a couple weeks ago. Sore arms, but no other reaction this time. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231/67 "2025-12-05T07:21:53Z")
Got mine around the same time OP did. My doctor was willing to write me a prescription since I’m at high risk, but I wound up not needing it because our governor issued a standing prescription to everyone in the state. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231/68 "2025-12-05T07:40:21Z")
Got mine Monday, along with Shot #2 of the 3 injection Hep B vaccine. Different arms, of course. Took until today for the covid arm to stop aching. Much more of a reaction than normal. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231/69 "2025-12-05T11:36:23Z")
It’s been a couple months now for me, but I had no reaction beyond the typical sore arm for a few hours until the teeny lump of liquid dispersed out of the muscle. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231/70 "2025-12-05T11:42:54Z")
I got both my Covid and flu shots at the end of October, got back from a conference two weeks ago, tested Covid positive last Tuesday after waking up sick. The worst of it was 3-4 days, so I think the vaccine helped. Luckily I didn’t share it with my wife. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-covid-shot/1023231.md?page=3)