# POLL: How was your vaccine reaction? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 6, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463 "2021-04-06T01:15:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/301 "2021-11-26T18:00:45Z")
Moderna booster last Saturday. Sore arm over the next day, fatigued for two days, then all back to normal, no other perceivable aftereffect. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/302 "2021-12-16T21:41:00Z")
Pfizer booster Tuesday afternoon. Sore arm Tuesday evening. Yesterday I had a slight temperature of 99.5 and decided to work from home. Around 2:00 pm (24 hours after the shot) I suddenly felt tired and took a nap, which lasted until 5:30. When I awoke I had a higher fever (101), ate dinner with a headache then went back to bed. Woke up today around 8 am feeling perfectly fine. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/303 "2021-12-16T21:52:17Z")
I had my Pfizer booster (3rd shot) Tuesday. All day Wednesday it felt like I had been punched in the shoulder. Today the shoulder only feels sore if I jab at it with my finger, so, you know, I avoid doing that. This is pretty much the same after effect I had with my 2nd shot. The 1st shot, I had no side effects. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/304 "2021-12-17T01:44:21Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > A Moderna booster is [a 1/2 dose of the regular Moderna shot.](https://www.fda.gov/media/153354/download) I can’t seem to find a cite, but my understanding is that a Pfizer booster is a full dose of the Pfizer vaccine, same as shots 1 & 2. Great, I’m getting the Pfizer next Sunday. I already primed them at work that I might not be there on Monday. > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I had another miserable night, freezing for hours, then burning up and congested. I’m starting to wonder if I should see a doctor…not that I would actually go, but damn. My bedroom is set up with wall switches by my bed. one turns on the ceiling fan, one turns on a space heater at bed level. I’m just going to put a couple of yeti glasses full of ice on the night stand and max out the doses of ibuprofen and Tylenol. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/305 "2021-12-17T01:50:26Z")
Sounds smart to me. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/306 "2021-12-17T12:49:03Z")
I took my gf for her third Pfizer Wednesday night. I asked how she felt last night and she told me her arm was slightly sore, more sore than her other arm. I was puzzled by that statement until she told me she got her flu vaccine also. ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/307 "2021-12-17T13:04:30Z")
Moderna #1: A roughly 2cm-diameter spot centered on the injection site was a little tender every time I poked at it like an idiot, otherwise _nada_. Moderna #2: Ditto. Moderna #3 booster: Finally learned to stop poking at the injection site(s). A little tired for a day, but it should be noted that I received my 2nd Shingrix vax in the other arm and that vax is known to have that effect too. On the whole, I wish I’d had notable reactions and could thus be reassured that my immune system was doing its job. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/308 "2021-12-21T00:56:00Z")
Maxing out doses of ibuprofen and Acetaminophen paid off. Not as achy as the first shot. Work still sucked but it was bearable. The Pfizer booster over J&J was what I expected except it feels like I was punched at the site of the shot. I didn’t experience that with the J&J. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/309 "2021-12-21T03:16:18Z")
I’ll add that my whole arm now hurts. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/310 "2021-12-22T00:29:23Z")
Just got my booster yesterday. Pfizer/Pfizer/Pfizer. Mildly sore during the day, but went to bed with chills. Slept pretty poorly, half the time too cold and half overheating. By early morning I also had a screaming headache. Woke up, took a Tylenol, which improved the remaining soreness but not the headache. Felt better after a hot shower, then napped for a few hours. Almost back to normal after waking up. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/311 "2021-12-22T18:28:18Z")
No reaction to first Moderna shot. No reaction to second Moderna shot. I just got back from my Moderna booster, arm hurts, head is pounding, feeling a bit nauseous. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/312 "2021-12-22T19:20:28Z")
My reaction took about eight hours to set in, both times. Could your headache and nausea be about something else? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/313 "2021-12-23T03:14:18Z")
If you have an oximeter check what your oxygen level is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463.md?page=15)