COVID-19 Survivors More Than 4 Times Likelier To Experience Significant Side Effects To COVID-19 Vaccine

New research from Johns Hopkins University has shown that people previously infected with COVID-19 are 4.5 times more likely to experience significant side effects from the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Significant side effects included fatigue, fever and chills, with side effects such as injection site pain, mild fatigue and headaches considered mild. The good news is that 953 of the 954 healthcare workers studied developed strong antibody responses, regardless of any side effects experienced.

Although COVID-19 survivors were more likely to experience serious side effects with the first dose of the vaccine, they were less likely to experience side effects with the second dose. Previous research also shows that COVID-19 survivors develop a strong immune response after just one dose of the vaccine, possibly explaining why the reaction to the two doses is different.

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