Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s leading expert in infectious diseases, said he suffered mild side effects after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
“I was hoping I wouldn’t get knocked out. I did this for about 24 hours. “I’m fine now, ‘he said during an event in the White House on Thursday.
Fauci, an adviser to President Joe Biden on Covid-19, said he feeling tired and sore, “not sick.”
The mild side effects are consistent with what vaccine manufacturers have reported in their clinical trials, and these are signs of the body’s immune response to the vaccination.
Fauci received the shot from Moderna Inc. in a public ceremony last month to build confidence in the vaccine.