Dr. Sabra Klein, professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and co-director of the Center for Women’s Health, Sex, and Gender Research, spoke to
Rolling Stone about what researchers do and don’t know about the reasons why women have reported more reactions to the covid vaccines, while men have been effected more severely by the virus itself.
Is it accurate to say that women are experiencing more adverse events from vaccines than men?
Yeah, I think that’s completely accurate. [But], to qualify the accuracy of that statement, a majority of adverse reactions are mild to moderate. “Mild” might be local reactions, like soreness at the site of injection, maybe a little bit of redness, swelling. “Moderate” might start to move into some of those more systemic, like having a headache or some chills, maybe some nausea, fatigue or even a mild fever. Women report that they are more likely to experience side effects from vaccines. And I purposely use that
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