Side effects from COVID-19 booster shots generally resemble those after a second dose.
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides the first comparison between booster shots of all three of the vaccines available in the US: Pfizer and Moderna , and Johnson & Johnson .
Broadly, the CDC found that people who'd received three doses of either Pfizer or Moderna saw more local reactions - pain, itchiness, redness, or swelling at the injection site - after dose three compared to dose two. Other side effects such as fatigue, muscle aches, or headaches were less common, affecting 74% after their third dose, compared with 77% after dose two.
The following table shows how booster shots affected people who got three doses of Moderna, three doses of Pfizer, or two doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine, according to CDC data. Meanwhile, less than 40% of Pfizer booster recipients reported muscle aches and headaches, and around 50% reported fatigue.
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