@Hyde In terms of the AstraZeneca situation in the USA, I was under the impression that Joe Biden and the CDC didn’t even think that the AZ vaccine would be of any use to the USA’s vaccination program, because it doesn’t have the high efficacy of the Pfizer & Moderna jabs, nor does it have the high practicality of the J&J jab. As such, the FDA haven’t yet approved the AstraZeneca vaccine simply because America doesn’t need it. At least, that’s the picture I’m gathering from here in Britain; am I right on that one, Americans?
On a side note, I’d be intrigued to know; how bad were the side effects with each of your doses? I’d be intrigued to see how people’s side effects varied, as well as whether any particular vaccine produces more side effects. I was under the impression that the AstraZeneca vaccine (and presumably the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as well, due to the J&J and AZ jabs being very similar to one another) tended to produce stronger side effects than the Pfizer & Moderna vaccines, but I’d be intrigued to put that theory to the test.
I had Pfizer, and neither of my vaccines were overly terrible side effects-wise to be honest; I had pretty similar side effects from both doses. On the first dose, my arm was very sore for a couple of days, I had a bit of a headache and I just generally felt a bit run-down and achy the day after. The second dose was very similar, yet again producing a sore arm and a general run-down, achy feeling, but I noticed that my arm never felt
quite as sore as it did the first time. However, after the second, the arm pain seemed to last a bit longer; the pain when moving it eased after a day or two as it did with the first dose, but touching the vaccination site was quite painful for nearly a week after the second dose, which it wasn’t after the first dose.