AS THAT DOCTOR SAID TODAY, HE
TOLD ME TODAY IS A MON U MEANTNT
MOMENTOUS DAY.
>> AND HAVE REPORTED SIDE
EFFECTS FROM THE VACCINE.
PAIN AT INJECTION SITE,
HEADACHE, FEVER, CHILLS, MUSCLE
ACHES.
MY NEXT GUEST EXPERIENCED SOME
OF THOSE SIDE EFFECTS.
JOINING ME, CHRISTIAN CHOI, UCLA
NURSE AND RESEARCHER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
BREAK IT INTO SHOT ONE AND SHOT
TWO.
WALK US THROUGH SHOT ONE.
ANY SIDE EFFECTS THAT YOU FELT
AFTER RECEIVING THE FIRST SHOT?
>> SURE.
FIRST, ALEX, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME ON THIS MORNING.
AFTER I GOT THE FIRST INJECTION
I REALLY DIDN’T HAVE ANY SIDE
EFFECTS AT ALL.
MAYBE A BIT OF PAIN AT THE IN
INJECTION SITE, KNOLL OUT OF THE
ORDINARY AND DIFFERENT FEEL
DIFFERENT THAN A FLU SHOT.
OF COURSE, A DOUBLE-BLIND STUD
PIP I DON’T KNOW WHETHER I
RECEIVED VACCINE OR PLACEBO AND
COULDN’T BEGIN TO GUESS AT THAT
POINT.
SECOND SHOT WAS A BIT DIFFERENT.
AFTER THAT SECOND INJECTION I
DEVELOPED QUITE A LOT OF
SYMPTOMS.
HAD CHILLS, NAUSEA, FATIGUE, A
HEADACHE THE DAY AFTER THAT
VACCINE.
AND THEN THAT EVENING I STARTED
TO DEVELOP A FEVER AND THAT
ESCALATED OVERNIGHT.
WOKE UP NEXT MORNING WITH A VERY
HIGH FEVER.
AT THAT POINT I WAS PRETTY SURE
I HAD PROBABLY RECEIVED THE
ACTIVE VACCINE AND NOT THE
PLACEBO, BECAUSE THESE ARE
COMMON SYMPTOMS OF THE VACCINE
REACTION.
>> RIGHT.
HOW HIGH WAS YOUR FEVER?
WHAT DID YOU FEEL LIKE?
WERE YOU WORRIED?
>> SO I HAD A REALLY HIGH FEEVER
THAT MORNING.
104.9 DEGREES.
>> WOW.
>> YOU KNOW, SEEING -- YEAH.
IT WAS A BIT SCARY.
WE’VE ALL BEEN SCREENING
OURSELVES FOR FEEBER ERFEVERING
MONTHS AS A SIGN OF COVID.
YOU SEED FEVER, WORRY.
I TOOK A TYLENOL, DRANK WATER,
STARTED TO COME DOWN QUICKLY.
GOOD THING ABOUT THESE VACCINES
IS THEY ABSOLUTELY CANNOT CAUSE
THE CORONAVIRUS AND IN THIS CASE
FEVER HAPPENS TO ALSO BE ONE OF
THE SIGNALS THAT THE VACCINE IS
WORKING.
AND FOR ME THOSE SYMPTOMS WENT
AWAY THE SAME DAY.
>> KRISTEN, TELL ME WHY IT’S A
SIGNAL THE VACCINE IS WORKING?
FOR LAYMAN TO UNDERSTAND YOU
FEEL TERRIBLE POTENTIALLY, AT
LEAST FOR A SHORT WHILE.
TALKING, PUSHING 105 FEVER.
THAT’S SIGNIFICANT.
SO HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO WHEN WE GET A VACCINE,
VACCINES ACTIVATE OUR BODY’S
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
THAT ACTIVATION TEACHING OUR
BODIES HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
FROM VIRUSES THEY ENCOUNTER
GOING FORWARD.
UNFORTUNATELY PART OF THAT
ACTIVATION WE HAVE SYMPTOMS WHAT
IT FEELS LIKE TO BE SICK.
FEVER, MUSCLE PAIN, CHILLS.
SOMETHING THAT JUST COMES WITH
OUR BODIES LEARNING HOW TO FIGHT
THE VIRUS.
GOOD NEWS IS MOST OF THESE NEW COVID VACCINES, MOST PEOPLE WILL
COVID VACCINES, MOST PEOPLE WILL
NOT HAVE SIDE EFFECTS THE WAYVEN
TRANSIENT.
JUST A DAY.
WORTH IT TO HAVE ONE DAY FEELING
A BIT SICK OVER HAVING THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE SAID YOU
THINK YOU ACTUALLY HAD
CORONAVIRUS?
RIGHT?
IF SO, HOW LONG DID THOSE
SYMPTOMS LAST?
>> YOU KNOW, THAT WAS MORE OF
JUST A GUT REACTION TO SEEING A
FEVER.
AGAIN, FEVERS ARE SOMETHING
WE’VE BEEN SCREENING OURSELVES
FOR AS A SIGNAL OF COVID.
I KNOW, THOUGH, I DID NOT,
BECAUSE I WAS TESTED AND STUDIED
THAT SAME DAY AND KNEW I WAS
NEGATIVE.
THIS CASE, FEVER WAS A VACCINE
REACTION.
>> OKAY.
SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE A BIT
SURPRISED BY YOUR OWN SIDE
EFFECTS THAT THEY WERE SO
SERIOUS.
YOU’VE EXPLAINED SORT OF THE,
THE TECHNICAL SPACTASPECT OF THE
MEDICAL ASPECT WHY THAT MIGHT
BE.
ANY INDICATION THE SYMPTOMS
WOULD BE THAT SEVERE?
DID YOU EXPECT THAT?
>> THEY GAVE A WARNING COMMON
VACCINE REACTIONS THAT COULD
OCCUR.
ERG I EXPERIENCE
EVERYTHING I EXPERIENCED.
AS A NURSE WHO GIVES SHOTS
THEMSELVES WE CAN RUSH THROUGH
THE EXPLANATIONS.
QUICKLY LIST THE SIM SYMPTOMS
WITHOUT GIVING TIME WHAT IT WILL
LOOK AND FEEL LIKE.
IN SOME CASES YOU MAY NEED A DAY
OFF WORK TO RECOVER.
FOR THE VACCINE, IMPORTANT FOR
HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO DO, TAKE
TIME TO EXPLAIN TO PATIENTS WHAT
THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND
ADDRESS KEARNS THEY MIGHT HAVE.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU, KRISTEN