Covid Shot - Side Effects?
 

Just had one. Grounding myself for a few days..

‘’You?

Not over reacting, not listening to mainstream or ant media, just roll with the flow.

Yes smart to do a self grounding but unnecessary, in my opinion.

I had minor side effects for less than 24 hours. Then again I’m grossly overweight, had KFC, Maccas and half a carton after it.

In EASA land, they recommend 48 hours no fly post jab.
I had the AZ jab and I needed those 48 hours off. I had Covid a year ago, so did Checkboard, although, we experienced different symptoms.
About 7-8 hours after the jab, the chills kicked in, then felt hot, this cycled all the way through the night plus felt nauseous too. By morning, that had gone away but was left with a headache that wouldn't budge and fatigue that didn't let up until the evening. Headache finally went away. The next day, just very tired. Slight tenderness under the arm, jab site, fine.
Checkboard (who is long covid with altered sense of smell and taste), very mild chills and fever but had bad joint/back pain for about a day.

Can't wait for the second one... It should be better...

Casa advice https://www.casa.gov.au/licences-and...al-specialists


Have had 2x Pfizer. 24hr grounding after each (as it happened I didn’t have to fly for a longer period than that).
slight discomfort at the injection site for maybe up to 36hrs but a stubbed toe hurts more. otherwise fine.


To compare, moderna vaccine, FAA requires minimum 48hours.

Sore arm about four hours after the first shot. Akin to a gym workout. Lasted about 36 hours.

Second shot the arm soreness was about two hours later. Lasted the 36 hours again. Felt very flat the next day- as though I’d been flying all night and woken up after only a few hours sleep. Not a head ache, just lethargic. 36 hours later and all was good.

I had the Pfizer vaccine.

First time I had a slightly sore arm which lasted less than a day. Felt a little lethargic but otherwise fine.

Second jab, much the same without the lethargy. Would quite happily have operated.

I've had both shots of the Pfizer vaccine. The first shot caused a mildly sore arm about 2 hours afterwards which lasted until the following evening. Then around day 3 or 4 I felt super tired and needed a 10 hour "nap" during the day. It really floored me, like I've just done back to back all-nighters. With the second shot I surprisingly had zero discomfort in my arm. However like the first one, after a few days I felt really tired and needed a (much shorter) nap during the day. Other than that, no chills, no fever, no headache, no nausea.

There was an interesting study re-published on CNN that said the more side effects you suffer after the vaccines the more susceptible to severe Covid you are likely to be. I.e, the most aggressive forms of Covid are normally due to an 'over active' immune response which causes those people to react more to the vaccines. I had the 2 shot Pfizer, had a sore arm after both doses and that was it. My wife was floored for 3 days after the second shot.

Interesting. From my statistically-insignificant sampling consisting of those in my family, no one had much reaction to the 1st shot (merely sore arm) but only the females, ranging in age from 35 to 70, had negative reactions to the 2nd shot. Seems to be the same for both Pfizer and Moderna. I don't know anyone who got the J&J.

G’day Bafanguy, long time no see. Hope you’re well. Moderna not yet approved in Australia and neither is J&J. Just Pfizer and AZ at the moment with AZ now being restricted to the over 50s.

Mrs stall has done the vaccine administrating course and the notes say that for side effects the AZ is generally worse on the first jab and minimal on the second. Pfizer is the reverse. YMMV

Well I’m a contrarian. After my first Pfizer jab I had pretty much my standard response to all my previous vaccinations - bit of a sore arm for a couple of days and feeling just a little bit ‘off’. Not enough to stop me doing anything though. After my second Pfizer jab, nothing, nada, zip, nil symptoms. Didn’t even know I’d had it.
Interestingly though, I did have this years flu shot 16 days after my second Pfizer and I did know I’d had that. Ever muscle ached for about two days. Nothing significant, but enough that I couldn’t get comfortable in bed and had two restless nights sleep.

Keg,

Long time indeed. I'm just older, uglier, crankier and poorer !

Pfeizer in Uk no side effects in either of the 2 shots. Same with my mates.

Wife had AZ first jab with very mild tiredness. Still awaiting 2nd jab.

I'm in the UK. Had the AZ first dose a couple of months ago. Stabbed mid-morning and felt fine for the rest of the day, felt a little out of sorts in the evening and virtually curled up in bed feeling very sorry for myself for the next two days. Interesting to see how varied the individual reactions are.

Had the Pfizer jab ten days ago. General lack of stamina on my part and occasional chills. MrsVJ has a nasty rash in armpit said to be a "good" reaction but now needing doctor's advice.

Double dose of the Pfizer, no side effects at all.

After one treatment with Pfizer I had a raging erection for 24 hours. It became extremely uncomfortable. .....Oh wait you guys are talking about another pfizer product.

AZ First shot yesterday, no i’ll effects except slight headache. panadol fixed that

This seems to be my experience of people I know who've had either. I had Pfizer - first shot - really only a sore arm for 2 days starting about 8 hours later. Second shot, as above but an all over body ache akin to being hungover, and a slight fever on day 2. All back to normal apart from the sore arm on day 3.
Grateful to be vaccinated as I sure as hell don't want covid (and I'm at the southern end of the <50 category), and i'm keen to life to get back to normal asap...

For those who’ve had both Pfizer shots, what was the gap between shots?

Wondering if the side effects for Shot 2 are worse if you get them close together, right on the 3 weeks, as opposed to spacing them out closer to 6 weeks.

AZ.
No side effects at all. Totally none.
Only had first dose so far.

I had no adverse reaction and I had my second shot at 42 days.

25 days between the two.

I've had x2 Pfizer jabs and as others have said, first one no problems apart from slightly sore arm in the evening and next day. Second one affected me for 3-4 days. Felt hot (temp was Ok though), tight gripping headache, nausea, fatigue and generally hung over feeling. Having said that, it appears that I was the only one in my work group of 10 or so who did have any side effects.

Mrs TS has had the first one this week with no problems, will see how the second one goes in a couple of weeks or so.

Not in my case. I had my second Pfizer shot exactly 3 weeks (almost to the minute) after the first. I had absolutely no side effects after the second jab.

The adults on both sides of my family have been vaccinated. Most people had no side effects. I only know one person who had fever-like symptoms for about 24 hours, then bounced back to normal. None of the doomsday predictions by the anti-covid vaccine crowd have happened.

2 x Pfizer. 3 weeks apart. Absolutely no reaction to first shot. The second: nothing immediately. The day after, a slightly sore arm in vicinity of jab site for a few hours after waking, nothing by end of day.

I'm in OZ, in my mid 80s & a type 2 diabetic. I have to have the AZ vaccination, no option.
Has anyone in my age & condition had the AZ & if so what side effects if any.
Cheers

No Covid shot yet but my arm sure as hell hurts where I got my flu shot 18 hours ago.

AZ (1st dose) - had really bad fever and chills the night of the shot, however no issues after 24 hours other than a sore arm for a couple of days. 2nd dose is due in about 5 weeks

My father who is in his 70s had the AZ about 2 weeks after me with no side-effects.

Pfizer both shots. 21 days apart.
Sore upper arm on both. That said no more so than any other intra muscular shot that I’ve had in the past. Second shot lump in the armpit for a day or so. Other than that, nothing. Colleagues, and SWMBO, had the usual slight fever sensations, and general feeling of malaise, for 24 hours or so, then fine.
Here we have a 48 hour requirement before back to flying etc. Seems like a reasonable idea.
Certainly less reaction than the TABT shots as a kid, or the yellow fever shots that I’ve had in the past.
Can’t speak to the AZ shots directly. Although I’ve heard no negative feedback from those that have had it.

This article may be of interest to you...
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/...16-p57jtb.html

Someone I know personally had the AZ recently. Next day she became unsteady and seriously unwell and called the ambulance for herself then spent 4 days in deep **** in hospital.
F. that!

Someone I know personally had the Covid recently. Next day she became unsteady and seriously unwell and called the ambulance for herself then spent 4 weeks in deep **** in hospital. Then died an agonising death.
F. that!

Really? Both of you guys knew personally a 1:200,000 incidence of complications? Huh.

Both my spouse and myself have had dose 1 of Astra Zeneca. Neither of us have had any side effects. Just a tiny bit of soreness at the injection site. Less than most flu shots I've had.

Both of us had dose 1 AZ yesterday. Slight headache and sore arm today.

I had exactly the same symptoms as you Redsnail. Was a little worried at the time as I've never had side-effects to anything before.... also I think the nurse doing the jab could've explained a bit more about possible side effects and likelihood of them. It was very much a production line for getting the jab, literally didn't even sit down - it was queue up, confirm name and date of birth, jab, on your way....

However... do I think it was worth having? YES! Will I go for the second one? YES!

Good luck to all :)

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