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In reply to the discussion: I had my Covid Booster yesterday and I'm worried. [View all]Irish_Dem
(47,014 posts)39. As of Oct 20, it is half dose, but I got the booster 2 months ago.
My understanding from the pharmacist is that 2 months ago they were giving full dose as the booster, but then that changed in Oct when the CDC said that the research showed a robust immune system response on half dose.
I wish I had waited because the full dose booster knocked me out.
It was too much for my body to handle. And the research now shows that half dose does the job very well.
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Exactly.I got it at 8am on a Friday. Waited all day and half the night to get some sort of reaction.
Irish_Dem
Nov 2021
#22
I had a fever after both my first and second Moderna last spring. Last week I got my
jezebel321
Nov 2021
#4
I had a bad reaction to the Moderna booster but all my Covid antibody tests have been negative.
Irish_Dem
Nov 2021
#14