new research showing that side effects some people had after receiving the covid-19 shot like fever, headache, muscle pain, may be linked to having a greater antibody response to the vaccine. so, in other words, those symptoms could be signals of the vaccine s effectiveness. cnn health reporter jacqueline howard is with us now. okay, jacqueline, explain this. because i know a lot of people are curious about what this means, whether they had those symptoms or did not. that s right. but, you know, this research really tells us what vaccine experts have long suspected, that if you feel crummy after getting your covid-19 vaccine, like having a headache, fever, or chills, it is a sign that the vaccine is working and could be eliciting a greater immune response compared if you didn t have these symptoms. if you look at the data here, researchers emphasize if you re someone who did not have any kind of side effects after getting the vaccine, don t worry, the vaccine is still
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as we see more data, because right now we have, again, a press release that the updated vaccine generated a good antibody response in animals. we don t have human data yet. so now to the first part, this is great. we want to see that. and the fda has already said they re not going to require lengthy clinical trials with their updated vaccines. think about flu every year. we change to adapt new strains. i m not concerned about its safety or efficacy. we just don t have that solid data yet. but if you potentially is a candidate for a booster, talk to your doc and see if you should wait or get it now. for many, many months now, at the start of the pandemic and really, you know, as i think things continued to be bad here in this country, dr. fauci was the face of the administration s pandemic response. i remember being in those briefings. he was out doing a lot of media around this. he s been around a while, his work on hiv and aids, et cetera. what does this mean for the broader medical
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