“My Experience With The Pfizer Covid Vaccine”: Trial Participant’s Honest Post Goes Viral
After Pfizer and BioNTech announced the leaps they’ve made while developing their Covid-19 vaccine, people instantly went crazy. Finally, some good news in 2020.
To give people a better understanding of the pharmacology product that is supposed to save us from the global pandemic, Imgur user mademsmith — who has been participating in the Coronavirus vaccine trial — decided to share her experience and made a post on the platform, detailing everything she went through in the trial.
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According to Pfizer’s press release, primary efficacy analysis demonstrates the vaccine to be 95% effective against Covid-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose; 170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were evaluated, with 162 observed in the placebo group versus 8 in the vaccine group.
“Efficacy was consistent across age, gender, race and ethnicity demographics; observed efficacy in adults over 65 years of age was over 94%,” the company wrote, adding that it is planning to produce up to 50 million vaccine doses in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses by the end of 2021.
Coming back to mademsmith, the pandemic and global lockdown hasn’t really affected her or her partner. “Fortunately, we do not know anybody who has died and all our family and friends are safe and healthy,” she told Bored Panda. “The biggest change is that we don’t go out as much as we would like to.”
“The trial was pretty manageable,” mademsmith said. “The nurses were fantastic, we felt safe and well informed. Even when my partner passed out due to the vaccine side effects, the nurse went above and beyond to make sure he was okay and safe to go home.”
“I would highly recommend the vaccine to anybody eligible to get it. Trust science and the scientific method, vaccines are good!”
Here’s what people said after reading the story
As someone who is currently recovering from covid, those side effects (sore throat, fever) are what I felt right at the beginning- only mine lasted days and were just the beginning of an onslaught of covid attacks on my body. I am now three weeks after diagnosis and feeling better but unable to do anything without feeling breathless and exhausted. I know I am very lucky to still be here, but covid is no friggin joke. I am relatively young and healthy too. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
I'm six months later and still out of breath way sooner than I was before. It's horrible. (I also am relatively young and I was healthy). Hope you have better luck!
Load More Replies...How long before the built up immunity? The flu vaccine takes up to a month for protection.
I don’t know why people downvote when someone asks a legitimate question and a really good one at that.Here’s an upvote.
Load More Replies...I just want to say a huge thank you to all the people giving up their time and their bodies to science/medical research etc. We would not have the vaccines, medicines, treatments etc that we have without you. A massive thank you and applause from me to you.
It is fascinating how fast the work to find a vaccine for SARS-COV-2 (the virus that causes Covid-19) has proceeded. Let us hope that they will make this widely available for people in ALL countries and that the anti-vaxxers will shut the f*^ck up. That is unless they want to prove to the rest of us that they are competing for the Darwin award. Until we all get the vaccine, please wear a mask, keep your distance, wash your hands, and, especially during the darker months, take extra Vitamin D! Protect yourself in order to protect others.
the oxford/astra zeneca vacine is apparently going to be available at cost (or very low profit) which I thought was good news. We should all remember to support the companies that have gone above and beyond for us during covid. Not just the medicine manufacturers but all of them. Those that did nothing to help we should forget even exist. There are a large number of people that willingly put their lives at risk to benefit others and they deserve praise
Load More Replies...Not sure why you got down voted. I think it's a valid hypothesis.
Load More Replies...A friend of mine also participated in this study (or was it the Moderna one? I can't remember) and he said it made him vomit pretty badly that night and through the next day. That being said, he still strongly recommends everyone get vaccinated, whether the side effects are horrible or not. Better a day or two of feeling like s**t than possibly dying or infecting other people.
Ye, it's the last part people don't get. If you are healthy enough to handle the vaccine you should get vaccinated to make sure you don't infect those who cannot get it.
Load More Replies...I've signed up for a vaccine trial for which the Inserm (the French national institute for health and medical research) is looking for 25,000 volunteers. I don't know if they will call me but since I'm in my thirties, healthy without any preexisting condition, and I've never an adverse reaction to any vaccine, I just thought I could do my part in this global fight against the virus. Meanwhile, a sincere thumbs-up to all those who do whatever they can to bring the vaccines research into fruition!
I can't even imagine how long the lines/waiting lists are going to be for the vaccine when it first becomes available. I can't think of anything that so many people across the world will want to do at the same time. Except maybe buying toilet paper in March.
Apparently systems have been put in place in the US and elsewhere, to distribute the vaccine efficiently. Will it work? Who knows. Vaccines often have short term side effects that some people will experience. The actual illness is much worse. I had a mild case back in early April. Four days I don't remember, a week of dreadfully ill, plus two months getting part of my strength back
Load More Replies...The mask has intensified my acne, but saved money on lipstick. Would I consider not wearing one? Never
Load More Replies...I am a test volunteer test subject for the Pfizer Covid-19. The main symptom I got was a feeling of being tired and run down after the first shot and both times my arms were really sore for about a day. My family physician thinks that indicates that I got the vaccine.
This is interesting. However, I think it cannot be stated too strongly that this is an anecdotal case, one out of 30 000 or more. Thus, it tells more about a positive atittude towards a vaccination than about the vaccination itself.
Thank you! The anecdotal information always gets more attention than it should. In some ways I wish they hadn't share their experience with side effects. Trust me, when the vaccine is distributed, accurate and helpful information about the side effects will be available. There is the anti-vax movement and those who believe COVID is a hoax, they can, and probably will, use this as an excuse to skip the vaccine. Will their refusal to be vaccinated prevent herd immunity? Still I am grateful to people who were tested.
Load More Replies...@bumble: Thank you so much for sharing you're experience! I truly hope you feel better. thank you for calling attention to this problem. it's super important to me since MY aunt had covid too. thanks again.
Thank you for doing this. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks for participating in the testing. And out of curiosity since I don’t have kids yet, when kids, babies, toddlers have vaccines done do they usually get slightly sick afterwards? I don’t recall getting sick after I was vaccinated from hepatitis and MMR in the 6th grade, but when I got the flu vaccine a few years ago I did get pretty sick the next day. I also never had the flu before then so I’m not sure if that was a factor or not. I’m just wondering for the panda parents out there, do children usually get slightly sick after vaccines? (No this won’t deter me from vaccinating more or less to prepare for that in the future)
The side effects depends greatly in the type of vaccine (live attenuated, inactivated, etc.) and your general state (if you are tired or stressed for example). Like adults, some babies react ti vaccine with a light fever and probably fatigue, but they can't exactly tell us about the last one - parents will often say they are cranky.
Load More Replies...Big thank you to all those volunteering to trial the vaccine, and to our heroes in lab coats (of all genders) who developed it! Good to read a first-person account of the vaccine. It sounds like it's going to be annoying, so everyone, prepare yourself mentally to suck it up and get vaccinated anyway (unless your actual medical doctor tells you not to). You can practice 'sucking it up' by wearing your mask.
Thank you to you and all the other volunteers. I would love to take part in this trial but live with someone extremely vulnerable so unfortunately for us the risk would be too great. You see all these posts about not living in fear. It's hard not to when someone you love has a real chance of dying if they contract the virus. This vaccine gives us hope that we will soon be able to live with a little less fear. So thank you once again for giving us hope.
I sometimes feel like that after a flu shot. But I get rewarded with feeling like a million bucks and twenty years younger, shortly after those lows. Pity, it doesn't last :-) Vaccines can be quite an onslaught on the body, but they are the miniature version. So imagine waht the real thing would feel like.... I am a bit surprised about th felling of sickness, though, I thought the RNA vaccines work differently than traditional ones. Anyway, the moment, it'S available to me, I am getting one!
I'm watching a BBC report on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine right now. Doesn't need cold storage and is much cheaper and easier to manufacture. They have committed to selling it at cost to poorer and developing nations.
That's not too bad, but these are fairly young adults. I've heard the other one might have a side effect of a horrible migraine. This should be interesting. At least a migraine is treatable.
Uhhh, why are all the names of the COVID vaccine developers slightly stupid?
As someone who is currently recovering from covid, those side effects (sore throat, fever) are what I felt right at the beginning- only mine lasted days and were just the beginning of an onslaught of covid attacks on my body. I am now three weeks after diagnosis and feeling better but unable to do anything without feeling breathless and exhausted. I know I am very lucky to still be here, but covid is no friggin joke. I am relatively young and healthy too. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
I'm six months later and still out of breath way sooner than I was before. It's horrible. (I also am relatively young and I was healthy). Hope you have better luck!
Load More Replies...How long before the built up immunity? The flu vaccine takes up to a month for protection.
I don’t know why people downvote when someone asks a legitimate question and a really good one at that.Here’s an upvote.
Load More Replies...I just want to say a huge thank you to all the people giving up their time and their bodies to science/medical research etc. We would not have the vaccines, medicines, treatments etc that we have without you. A massive thank you and applause from me to you.
It is fascinating how fast the work to find a vaccine for SARS-COV-2 (the virus that causes Covid-19) has proceeded. Let us hope that they will make this widely available for people in ALL countries and that the anti-vaxxers will shut the f*^ck up. That is unless they want to prove to the rest of us that they are competing for the Darwin award. Until we all get the vaccine, please wear a mask, keep your distance, wash your hands, and, especially during the darker months, take extra Vitamin D! Protect yourself in order to protect others.
the oxford/astra zeneca vacine is apparently going to be available at cost (or very low profit) which I thought was good news. We should all remember to support the companies that have gone above and beyond for us during covid. Not just the medicine manufacturers but all of them. Those that did nothing to help we should forget even exist. There are a large number of people that willingly put their lives at risk to benefit others and they deserve praise
Load More Replies...Not sure why you got down voted. I think it's a valid hypothesis.
Load More Replies...A friend of mine also participated in this study (or was it the Moderna one? I can't remember) and he said it made him vomit pretty badly that night and through the next day. That being said, he still strongly recommends everyone get vaccinated, whether the side effects are horrible or not. Better a day or two of feeling like s**t than possibly dying or infecting other people.
Ye, it's the last part people don't get. If you are healthy enough to handle the vaccine you should get vaccinated to make sure you don't infect those who cannot get it.
Load More Replies...I've signed up for a vaccine trial for which the Inserm (the French national institute for health and medical research) is looking for 25,000 volunteers. I don't know if they will call me but since I'm in my thirties, healthy without any preexisting condition, and I've never an adverse reaction to any vaccine, I just thought I could do my part in this global fight against the virus. Meanwhile, a sincere thumbs-up to all those who do whatever they can to bring the vaccines research into fruition!
I can't even imagine how long the lines/waiting lists are going to be for the vaccine when it first becomes available. I can't think of anything that so many people across the world will want to do at the same time. Except maybe buying toilet paper in March.
Apparently systems have been put in place in the US and elsewhere, to distribute the vaccine efficiently. Will it work? Who knows. Vaccines often have short term side effects that some people will experience. The actual illness is much worse. I had a mild case back in early April. Four days I don't remember, a week of dreadfully ill, plus two months getting part of my strength back
Load More Replies...The mask has intensified my acne, but saved money on lipstick. Would I consider not wearing one? Never
Load More Replies...I am a test volunteer test subject for the Pfizer Covid-19. The main symptom I got was a feeling of being tired and run down after the first shot and both times my arms were really sore for about a day. My family physician thinks that indicates that I got the vaccine.
This is interesting. However, I think it cannot be stated too strongly that this is an anecdotal case, one out of 30 000 or more. Thus, it tells more about a positive atittude towards a vaccination than about the vaccination itself.
Thank you! The anecdotal information always gets more attention than it should. In some ways I wish they hadn't share their experience with side effects. Trust me, when the vaccine is distributed, accurate and helpful information about the side effects will be available. There is the anti-vax movement and those who believe COVID is a hoax, they can, and probably will, use this as an excuse to skip the vaccine. Will their refusal to be vaccinated prevent herd immunity? Still I am grateful to people who were tested.
Load More Replies...@bumble: Thank you so much for sharing you're experience! I truly hope you feel better. thank you for calling attention to this problem. it's super important to me since MY aunt had covid too. thanks again.
Thank you for doing this. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks for participating in the testing. And out of curiosity since I don’t have kids yet, when kids, babies, toddlers have vaccines done do they usually get slightly sick afterwards? I don’t recall getting sick after I was vaccinated from hepatitis and MMR in the 6th grade, but when I got the flu vaccine a few years ago I did get pretty sick the next day. I also never had the flu before then so I’m not sure if that was a factor or not. I’m just wondering for the panda parents out there, do children usually get slightly sick after vaccines? (No this won’t deter me from vaccinating more or less to prepare for that in the future)
The side effects depends greatly in the type of vaccine (live attenuated, inactivated, etc.) and your general state (if you are tired or stressed for example). Like adults, some babies react ti vaccine with a light fever and probably fatigue, but they can't exactly tell us about the last one - parents will often say they are cranky.
Load More Replies...Big thank you to all those volunteering to trial the vaccine, and to our heroes in lab coats (of all genders) who developed it! Good to read a first-person account of the vaccine. It sounds like it's going to be annoying, so everyone, prepare yourself mentally to suck it up and get vaccinated anyway (unless your actual medical doctor tells you not to). You can practice 'sucking it up' by wearing your mask.
Thank you to you and all the other volunteers. I would love to take part in this trial but live with someone extremely vulnerable so unfortunately for us the risk would be too great. You see all these posts about not living in fear. It's hard not to when someone you love has a real chance of dying if they contract the virus. This vaccine gives us hope that we will soon be able to live with a little less fear. So thank you once again for giving us hope.
I sometimes feel like that after a flu shot. But I get rewarded with feeling like a million bucks and twenty years younger, shortly after those lows. Pity, it doesn't last :-) Vaccines can be quite an onslaught on the body, but they are the miniature version. So imagine waht the real thing would feel like.... I am a bit surprised about th felling of sickness, though, I thought the RNA vaccines work differently than traditional ones. Anyway, the moment, it'S available to me, I am getting one!
I'm watching a BBC report on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine right now. Doesn't need cold storage and is much cheaper and easier to manufacture. They have committed to selling it at cost to poorer and developing nations.
That's not too bad, but these are fairly young adults. I've heard the other one might have a side effect of a horrible migraine. This should be interesting. At least a migraine is treatable.
Uhhh, why are all the names of the COVID vaccine developers slightly stupid?
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