On Jan. 21, Fauci told White House reporters that he had gotten his second vaccine dose two days prior, as tweeted by Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb “I was hoping that I wouldn’t get too knocked out. I did for about 24 hours. Now I’m fine,” he explained. According to Jacobs, Fauci also said he was “a little achy” and “chilly,” but not actually sick from the vaccine. And for more insight from this infectious disease expert, Dr. Fauci Says You Need One of These at Home to Avoid COVID. Fauci received his first dose of the Moderna vaccine on Dec. 22, and he also discussed his side effects then. Per CNN, Fauci said he only experienced some aching in his arm at that time. “The only thing I had was about maybe six to 10 hours following the vaccine, I felt a little bit of an ache in my arm that lasted maybe 24 hours or a little bit more, then went away and completely, other than that, I felt no other deleterious type of effects,” he said during a Dec. 27 interview on CNN’s State of the Union. “It was really quite good. It was even as good or better than an influenza vaccine. So, nothing serious at all.” And for more up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter. Side effects may be more common and more severe after the second COVID vaccine dose. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), more people experienced side effects from their second dose of the vaccine in both the Pfizer and Moderna trials. In an interview with KY3, CoxHealth’s infectious disease doctor Robin Trotman, MD, said this stronger reaction is expected because the second dose is what’s really doing the work to boost your immune system. And for more on the vaccine, If You Take These OTC Meds, You Have to Stop Before Getting the Vaccine. The CDC says you could experience multiple side effects after the vaccine, regardless of which dose you’re getting. On the arm where you got the shot, you may have a little bit of pain and swelling, and throughout the rest of your body, you could experience fever, chills, tiredness, and headache. However, the agency says these side effects should last, at most, a few days. You only need to contact your doctor if the redness or tenderness where you got the shot increases after 24 hours, or if your side effects don’t seem to start disappearing after a few days. And for more coronavirus news, The White House Just Mandated Masks in These 5 Places.
