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I'm struggling to the find the primary source for the statistics, but they've basically been the same short-term side-effects as you might get from a flu shot,
by Exmoor 6y ago
I'm struggling to the find the primary source for the statistics, but they've basically been the same short-term side-effects as you might get from a flu shot, but at slightly higher rates and and severity:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/fever-aches-pfizer-moderna-jabs-aren-t-dangerous-may-be-intense-some https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/fever-aches-pfizer-m...
> The independent board that conducted the interim analysis of Moderna’s huge trial found that severe side effects included fatigue in 9.7% of participants, muscle pain in 8.9%, joint pain in 5.2%, and headache in 4.5%. For the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the numbers were lower: Severe side effects included fatigue (3.8%) and headache (2%).
Typically these will be included on the official government sites once the vaccine is approved, so we should see it shortly.
As for long-term side-effects, none have been found. Long-term side effects (so things that may occur within a month or two of the vaccine, but last a long time) are extremely rare. You can really only say there have likely they've occurred in two different vaccines in the last 50 years, and even those were a tiny, tiny percentage (Like 0.001%) of the people vaccinated. Keep in mind billions of vaccines are given annually.
Long-term effects the are delayed in occurring past two months have never been found in the entire history of vaccines, so you won't find any data on it.
- generalizations 6y agoThing is, you're leaving out the fact that mRNA vaccines are very different from vaccines we've used in the past. From wikipedia: > Given the novel nature of the mechanism of action of RNA vaccines, and their drug delivery vehicles, little is known about the medium and longer-term side effects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_vaccines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_vaccines