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TexasBushwhacker

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31. Yes, I've heard that older people don't have side effects

Reply to quakerboy (Reply #29)

Mon Mar 15, 2021, 10:57 PM

Mar 2021

as bad as younger people because their immune systems aren't as robust. I'm 64 and I got first Pfizer on Saturday. No arm soreness, but I felt a little queasy and sweaty Sunday morning. Fine today.

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Anyone had side effects from the Pfizer vaccine either the first or second shot [View all] Tribetime Mar 2021 OP

My 81 year old mum had zero side effects after shot 1 Sedona Mar 2021 #1

Same here and over 55. StClone Mar 2021 #15

I had flu like symptoms 8 hrs after second Pfizer jab. Chills, body aches, headache, feeling Ninga Mar 2021 #2

Mild side effects from #1. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #3

My husband was wiped out on days 2, 3 and 7 after his first Pfizer. In_The_Wind Mar 2021 #4

Day 7 for me - slept 12 hours Iris Mar 2021 #39

Swelling at injection site from both. gibraltar72 Mar 2021 #5

None after either. Croney Mar 2021 #6

1st shot only a little soreness on arm, beveeheart Mar 2021 #7

Just a little fatigue cilla4progress Mar 2021 #8

Only gotten the first shot so far... TDale313 Mar 2021 #9

1st shot 3/3 Pfizer, lethargy - just a bit the next day..I took the shot in asiliveandbreathe Mar 2021 #10

Good to know. hamsterjill Mar 2021 #45

Got my second shot yesterday wryter2000 Mar 2021 #11

Mild flu like symptoms after first. Mollyann Mar 2021 #12

Not even a sore arm from the first shot. Hoping that will be for the 2nd as well. nt Biophilic Mar 2021 #13

First Shot--Pfizer Thirties Child Mar 2021 #14

I am glad to hear most are mild symptoms, I have heard from some that got Moderna Bev54 Mar 2021 #16

Uh-oh. I get my second Moderna shot April 9. wnylib Mar 2021 #36

I wonder why some people are affected far more than others. Bev54 Mar 2021 #41

Don't know. I can only guess that the wnylib Mar 2021 #42

I had a slightly sore arm after first Moderna. LisaL Mar 2021 #44

Pfizer, 1st shot, mild symptoms but very tired the next day. Paper Roses Mar 2021 #17

After first shot, muscle soreness, headache, some muscle soreness, fatigue Dream Girl Mar 2021 #18

Some arm soreness for a day or so after the first shot. rsdsharp Mar 2021 #19

Sore arm after both. No big deal. No flu symptoms. Patterson Mar 2021 #20

None. Polly Hennessey Mar 2021 #21

My first will be this Friday ChazII Mar 2021 #22

Me too! Big Blue Marble Mar 2021 #25

I am reading this thread carefully, too. ChazII Mar 2021 #26

Pfizer and Moderna use the same basic technology, so they would have similar side effects. Jirel Mar 2021 #23

My arm hurt on the first one. True Blue American Mar 2021 #24

Had pfirst Pfizer flotsam Mar 2021 #27

Im getting my first Pfizer vaccine Wednesday morning Tribetime Mar 2021 #34

There's speculation that ppl who react strongly to Pfizer / Moderna shots speak easy Mar 2021 #28

Alternatively theres speculation that those who react more strongly have quakerboy Mar 2021 #29

Yes, I've heard that older people don't have side effects TexasBushwhacker Mar 2021 #31

What about older people who have wnylib Mar 2021 #38

Not mutually exclusive. speak easy Mar 2021 #32

Possibly not. quakerboy Mar 2021 #35

Yes quakerboy Mar 2021 #30

Had both. Corgigal Mar 2021 #33

I've had both doses pfitz59 Mar 2021 #37

I Had Both Pfizer Shots JimGinPA Mar 2021 #40

Thank you to everyone responding I'm a little Tribetime Mar 2021 #43