Dr. Frank McGeorge shares experience after receiving COVID-19 vaccine and identifies side effects

DETROIT – A major new program helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Food and Drug Administration identify adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine as quickly as possible.

Dr. Frank McGeorge, of locality 4, recalled his experience with the Pfizer vaccine recently and continued to offer it Monday through Monday.

Speaking about the experience with the COVID-19 vaccine, McGeorge said, “The last time I was on the air Thursday night, I got the vaccine about three hours earlier and I was fine. Two hours later. then, five hours after the shot, I felt my arm being hit by a hammer and it lasted about a day.I had no other side effects, so in my experience I would just say no plan no heavy lifting for a day “.

Regardless of the vaccine you receive, Pfizer or Moderna, everyone who gets a vaccine should register with the CDC after the V-safe health checker, McGeorge suggested.

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It is a smartphone-based tool that sends you a text message when it’s time to sign up and report any symptoms or side effects. They ask you for your name, phone number, date of birth, gender and zip code.

Once a day during the first week, you will receive a daily reminder link that will take you to a page where you can report any symptoms. After the first week, you will receive a text once a week for five weeks.

According to the CDC as of 1 p.m. Sunday, 556,208 doses of the vaccine had been administered. More than ten times the number of people in the original Pfizer test, making it the best opportunity to quickly detect any new issues.

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