Why do I keep hearing from everyone and their mother that the COVID vaccine doesn’t hurt and it just feels like a little pinch and may feel sore a day or two after at the sight of injection. I mean, is this really a novel experience? We’ve been getting vaccines for years now, why do people talk about it like it’s some new invention that no one has heard of before?????

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Well, it’s a vaccine that could finally end a pandemic that has ruled the lives of basically everyone on the planet for over a year. Kind of a once in a lifetime experience. People are excited about it and want to talk about it.

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Because a lot of people:
1. May not have had vaccines in many years (I haven’t since college which was 2 decades ago)
2. are having more noticeable reactions (similar to having the flu or severe infection for one or more days)
3. May have had severe reactions to prior vaccines (as a child, I couldn’t walk for several days after a vaccine)
4. May be trying to remind you whatever suffering from the vaccine is far less than the disease itself

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Probably. Once my COVID vaccination is complete there’s a lot of things I need to catch up on.

I was sick for 2 days, body felt like I fell down a flight of stairs, low grade fever, headache, tired and very sore arm where shot was given.

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These symptoms were from my second Moderna dose. My 78 year old Mom had no symptoms, each person is different.

Because my mother and both have had the vax and it felt a little pinch.

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Some people get stronger reactions. My wife had to stay in bed after each shot. I just felt a bit tired the next two days.

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So many people are posting about it on social and I love that we are normalizing it, signaling it's ok to go in, especially for the hesitant and I think that's part of the "just a little sore" song. I'm more concerned about the people going into detail about the more extreme side effects because I'm worried that others who are scared of docs, needles, pain and illness to begin with will be scared out of going.

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Exactly this! I tried to talk about it to normalize getting the vaccine and also downplay the side effects. It seems a lot of people wanted to talk about how awful side effects were. I tried to talk about how minimal it was to ease people’s fears.

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My arm felt like it ran a marathon by itself.

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My arm was more than a little tender. The whole muscle was sore and swollen, I could barely move my arm, for a day after both shots. So experiences do vary.

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Also mRNA is a newer technology never used in vaccinations before

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I was really surprised at how painless the actual shot was and after the first shot I was half convinced I got the placebo but that second does was a little rough... but hey, we have all survived the day after promo day right? This wasn’t so bad!!

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Got the j&j shot, it’s was actually kind of painful. But could have just been the pharmacist shooting it into my muscle. I get 3 allergy shots a week, which don’t hurt so that’s what I’m comparing it to.

How much of the pain at least in the arm is from the injection itself vs the vaccine?

Like how good the doctor, nurse, pharmacist who injects? Where they inject how "good" the injection is. Is that a factor?

My dad said his pharmacist was so good at talking to him during it my dad asked if it hurts. When is he going to do it, can you make it hurt less. Mean while the pharmacist already gave him the shot. Dad was so surprised. He didn't have any issues afterwards either.

SO had a sore arm and deep aches for a few days. Mine was barely noticeable and felt like someone had punched me a week ago, but I had some tingling in my fingers. Both Pfizer. Everyone is a bit different.

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I didn’t have what I consider to be a bad/big reaction to the first or second Pfizer injection but I will confess the first injection left my arm pretty sore for about two days afterwards. I also had a headache. Second injection my arm was barely sore but I had a slight headache for about 2-3 days after.

Both shots did not hurt during the injection, but arm was very sore for the next 2 days. I have given birth twice and know pain, so no I’m not exaggerating.

I didn’t even feel the pinch, but boy did I feel the punch! That thing knocked me on my butt for 2 days each time. From what I’ve heard that’s pretty rare though.

There are manyany people getting vaccinated.

How many people are getting vaccinated in the US per day?

An average of 3.1 million shots were administered each day over the past seven days, and nearly 1 in 4 adults are now fully vaccinated, said Andy Slavitt, the White House's senior adviser for covid-19 response, speaking at a news briefing

So while the percentage of adverse reactions will remain constant. Numerically the number mm be of people discussing them will increase.

If 1% get a sore arm, that's 30,000 Facebook users per day.

Probably because a lot of these people never got one in their lives

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