Two experts in vaccines and immunology are urging Nova Scotians to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible because herd immunity alone may not be enough to protect those who aren't immunized.
Why Some People Feel COVID Vaccine Side Effects And Others Don’t
“We do see that, in general with vaccines, women tend to be more likely to have a reaction. Patricia Treble, Maclean s Updated
April 30, 2021
Justin Trudeau receives a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine in an Ottawa pharmacy on Friday, April 23, 2021. (Photo: Adrian Wyld/CP/Bloomberg.)
On April 23, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, got their AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots at a pharmacy in Ottawa. Four days later, the PM reported, “We’re feeling great.”
But some people are feeling downright rotten after getting a shot. My colleague Shannon Proudfoot spoke for many when she noted, “Just to offer encouragement to anyone else experiencing the AstraZeneca hangover, I felt like absolute garbage fever, chills, headache, muscle aches until about 27 hours after my shot, then things improved rapidly. So it’s brutal but brief, courage!”
Why some people feel COVID vaccine side effects and others don t
Vaxx Populi: Some research has found more side effects after one dose of AstraZeneca than of Pfizer. But there’s no evidence that a stronger reaction means stronger immunity.
April 29, 2021 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receives his COVID vaccination in Ottawa, Friday April 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
On April 23, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, got their AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots at a pharmacy in Ottawa. Four days later, the PM reported, “We’re feeling great.”
But some people are feeling downright rotten after getting a shot. My colleague Shannon Proudfoot spoke for many when she noted, “Just to offer encouragement to anyone else experiencing the AstraZeneca hangover, I felt like absolute garbage fever, chills, headache, muscle aches until about 27 hours after my shot, then things improved rapidly. So it’s brutal but brief, courage!”
If you’ve ever wanted to be a human guinea pig, now’s your chance. Before a COVID-19 vaccine can become a household name, it goes through months of testing by researchers around the world. Here in Halifax, scientists at the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology are working on three made-in-Canada vaccines Medicago, VIDO and VBI in hopes of finding the next Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca. And they are looking for human guinea pigs who want to be test subjects. “Right now, we’re doing the first clinical trials of new COVID vaccines, featuring those that have been developed, that are based on Canadian technologies,” says Scott Halperin, an infectious disease specialist involved with the research. These vaccines are all created by Canadian companies that received federal funding: Medicago in Montreal, VIDO in Saskatchewan and VBI in Ottawa.
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