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It's probably not a coincidence that Moderna 1) has a higher dose, 2) has more side effects, and 3) is more effective. I got the Moderna vaccine. The second sh
by creato 5y ago
It's probably not a coincidence that Moderna 1) has a higher dose, 2) has more side effects, and 3) is more effective.
I got the Moderna vaccine. The second shot hit me pretty hard, I was definitely knocked down for a day. But honestly I was happy about that, being out for one day and then back to normal isn't that big of a deal, and it's a signal that the vaccine did something significant.
Non-medically educated opinion ahead: I think symptoms of illness are mostly a result of immune system activity, and so vaccine side effects are an indication that the immune system is working hard. That's the whole point of a vaccine.
- pseudo0 5y agoIt was a solid couple days for me after the second shot, with a nasty fever and chills. Once, I can deal with, but I'm seriously not looking forward to the prospect of booster shots every 6-12 months. As someone in an extremely low risk demographic, the cost/benefit seems quite poor.
- creato 5y agoMy uninformed eyeballing of the study linked in this thread is that Moderna might not need a booster, or at least not on the same interval as Pfizer. The graph of Moderna cases in the linked paper looks roughly proportional to the unvaccinated cases to me, which suggests there was little to no reduction in effectiveness over that time period. In contrast, the Pfizer cases look to be growing more quickly than the unvaccinated cases, indicating a reduction in effectiveness over time.