Many people who receive the second dose of COVID-19 report symptoms
Although many who have received the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine report symptoms, doctors say that most of the symptoms are completely normal and that your immune system is working.
PHOENIX – Health workers get the second dose Covid-19 vaccine in Arizona and some feel the side effects, which according to experts are all part of the process.
Doctors say that this vaccine is not different from many others, in the sense that you get the immune response, but these flu symptoms that some feel show that the vaccine is doing its job.
Many of the second doses are administered Arizona’s Vaccination Facility 24/7 at Glendale’s State Farm Stadium.
“This time I had a lot more pain, body aches, muscle aches … a little headache and chills,” says Dr. Andrew Carroll, a family doctor.
He received his stimulant, or the second dose, on January 11, and the good news is that his symptoms are normal.
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“The second time, it’s a big reaction, what we want. We want good immunity,” said Dr. Ross Goldberg, president of the Arizona Medical Association, explains and added, “The second one is like an energy wave and boosts our immune system and increases the production of antibodies.”
According to doctors, 50-80% of people who get the vaccines react with flu-like symptoms.
“It’s your immune system that works. It lasts a day or two and you feel how your body is at work,” Goldberg said.
After that window of feeling a little sick, you should be up and running within about a week or two after receiving the final dose.
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Doctors say it is worth it, even with the symptoms of the vaccine.
“We want to travel. We are excited. This summer we will be able to travel and enjoy places because we are vaccinated because we do not have to worry,” Goldberg said, looking forward to a better vaccinated community.
If you experience symptoms that last longer than several days, or symptoms that are not usually as you feel with a vaccine response, such as coughing or runny nose, then it may not be a reaction to the vaccine.
As of January 12, Maricopa County is in Phase 1B of vaccinations. The phase includes K-12 school staff, child care workers, law enforcement and protection services and adults 75 years and older.
The group will also include adults in the congregational area and other essential workers.
To vaccinate, people in phase 1B must do so make an appointment. No boarding is allowed. Limited appointments will be made on pod sites that have not yet been fully booked for second doses or for people from phase 1A.