Bonnie Blue, the first of the participants in the Moderna vaccine trial at the University of Illinois at Chicago, spoke about her experience on Tuesday, saying she took a “huge risk” in the trial.
Blue, who in his daily coronavirus update to the Illinois government. Joined JB Pritzker, a 68-year-old former senior case manager at the HIV program at Provident.
Cook County Hospital with Asthma, who said his “body is fragile.”
He chose to take part in the trial despite the objections of his loved ones for being dangerous.
“For someone who has been on life support many times, it was a big risk for me to take part in this trial. The risk was that my family and friends were not happy with what I was taking, but I am here,” he said. .
U.S. Biotech firm Modernna vaccines U.S. Is one of many vaccines close to approval in the U.S., if this week goes well, the FDA said. Pfizer will allow the vaccine crisis in Moderna, which has also submitted its EUA application.
But, as thousands prepare to be vaccinated, and thousands more participate in other COVID vaccine tests, residents will wonder – what do we know about the potential side effects of the vaccine?
Both companies have said that taking their vaccine could have similar side effects to mild covid symptoms. Think muscle aches, colds and headaches.
Blue said she experienced some fatigue and headaches, but overall she didn’t have “terrible side effects” from the trial.
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“I’m fine. I haven’t had any horrible side effects from anything. You have a little fatigue and a little headache, but it resolves, and then you’re able to move on and live your life.”
It was not immediately clear if Blue knew if he had received the actual vaccine or placebo.
UCSF Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong said that 25-50% of the 75,000 patients involved in Pfizer and Moderna trials experienced some side effects. Fifteen percent of them were more serious and needed more than a day to recover.
Chin-hong said, “This is trying to activate your body’s immune system because it is seeing this new thing and the way it is activated is the way you are feeling which is inflammation.” “The virus is not in the vaccine, this vaccine is completely infection-free.”
A Pfizer trial participant was interviewed by CNBC. Said that after the second shot, he woke up from the cold, so that he was trembling and cracking his teeth. He said, “It hurt even keeping the bed in my bed sheet.”
In contrast, Carson Clark, who took part in the Pfizer vaccine in September, said he felt a little tired.
“The day I got the shots, I had a sore throat, the next day I got some kind of general fatigue,” Clark said.
He said he was not upset because he was given this list of side effects which included instability, chills, loss of appetite, muscle aches and sweating.
“It only lasted one day,” he said. “He was gone the next day.”
The FDA said that while side effects of the Pfizer vaccine are common, there are no safety concerns that prevent EUA issuance.
Meanwhile, the AstraZeneca vaccine trial was stopped when a patient experienced spinal inflammation. The case has been reviewed and allowed to continue, but little is known about its side effects.
Due to the number of reports of serious adverse reactions, Moderna stopped testing the highest dose of its vaccine during the trial.
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