Prognosis
Pfizer Booster Causes Similar Side Effects to Second Dose: Study
- Most report feeling the same or better in Israeli study
- 4,500 responded to survey after getting doses July 30-Aug. 1
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Most people who got a booster shot of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine had similar or fewer side effects than they did after the second dose, according to a preliminary study conducted by Israel’s largest health maintenance organization.
Of the 4,500 respondents to the survey, 88% reported “a similar or better feeling” than their reaction to the previous dose, with 31% saying they had localized effects like pain or swelling in the area of injection, according to a statement from Clalit Health Services late Sunday.