Women more likely to experience serious side effects from COVID-19 vaccine
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — Reka Jennings felt fine after her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and didn’t feel much after the second one.
“I woke up around 2:30 a.m.,” said Jennings.
At most, she felt fatigued — a common side effect after getting both doses of the vaccine — but then it lingered into the next day.
“I actually went to work,” Jennings, a healthcare worker, said. “And right after I started working, I started experiencing the headache again. I started getting the chills again. It was almost as if I couldn’t function, so I ended up leaving work and going home.”
Despite the side effects, she says Tylenol and time helped with her symptoms.
Jennings’ symptoms are consistent with a recent CDC study that shows women experience more serious side effects than men do after COVID-19 vaccinations.
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