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

DETROIT – A new and important program is helping the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Drug and Food Administration to identify any side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible.

Dr. Local 4’s Frank McGeorge recalled his experience recently getting the Pfizer vaccine and continued to make suggestions on Monday.

Speaking of the experience with the COVID-19 vaccine, McGeorge said, “The last time I was on the air on Thursday night, I had received the vaccine about three hours earlier and felt fine. Then about two hours later, five hours after the shot, it felt like my arm was hit by a hammer and that lasted for about a day. I had no other side effects, so from my experience I would just say that I shouldn’t be doing heavy lifting for a day. “

It doesn’t matter what vaccine you get, the Pfizer or Moderna, anyone who gets a vaccination should register with the CDC’s post-vaccination health checker V-safe, McGeorge suggested.

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

Once a day for 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 message once a week for five weeks.

According to the CDC, 556,208 doses of the vaccine had been administered as of 1:00 p.m. Sunday. More than 10 times the number of people in the original Pfizer trial, making this the best opportunity to quickly spot new problems.

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