“My Experience With The Pfizer Covid Vaccine”: Trial Participant’s Honest Post Goes Viral

After Pfizer and BioNTech announced the leaps they’ve made while developing their Covid-19 vaccine, people instantly went crazy. Finally, some good news in 2020.

To give people a better understanding of the pharmacology product that is supposed to save us from the global pandemic, Imgur user mademsmith — who has been participating in the Coronavirus vaccine trial — decided to share her experience and made a post on the platform, detailing everything she went through in the trial.

"My Experience With The Pfizer Covid Vaccine": Trial Participant's Honest Post Goes Viral

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"My Experience With The Pfizer Covid Vaccine": Trial Participant's Honest Post Goes Viral

Image credits: mademsmith

According to Pfizer’s press release, primary efficacy analysis demonstrates the vaccine to be 95% effective against Covid-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose; 170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were evaluated, with 162 observed in the placebo group versus 8 in the vaccine group.

“Efficacy was consistent across age, gender, race and ethnicity demographics; observed efficacy in adults over 65 years of age was over 94%,” the company wrote, adding that it is planning to produce up to 50 million vaccine doses in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses by the end of 2021.

Coming back to mademsmith, the pandemic and global lockdown hasn’t really affected her or her partner. “Fortunately, we do not know anybody who has died and all our family and friends are safe and healthy,” she told Bored Panda. “The biggest change is that we don’t go out as much as we would like to.”

“The trial was pretty manageable,” mademsmith said. “The nurses were fantastic, we felt safe and well informed. Even when my partner passed out due to the vaccine side effects, the nurse went above and beyond to make sure he was okay and safe to go home.”

“I would highly recommend the vaccine to anybody eligible to get it. Trust science and the scientific method, vaccines are good!”

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"My Experience With The Pfizer Covid Vaccine": Trial Participant's Honest Post Goes Viral

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Bumble 4 years ago (edited)

As someone who is currently recovering from covid, those side effects (sore throat, fever) are what I felt right at the beginning- only mine lasted days and were just the beginning of an onslaught of covid attacks on my body. I am now three weeks after diagnosis and feeling better but unable to do anything without feeling breathless and exhausted. I know I am very lucky to still be here, but covid is no friggin joke. I am relatively young and healthy too. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

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Anne 4 years ago

I'm six months later and still out of breath way sooner than I was before. It's horrible. (I also am relatively young and I was healthy). Hope you have better luck!

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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago

I am so sorry, I hope things improve for you quickly, best wishes.

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Katinka Min 4 years ago

I had the super light version - and even 9 months later, my lungs are not what they used to be. And who knows fi I got any of the other side effects liek thrombosises or liver damage. People have watched too mayn movies and think a dangeorus virus needs to kill fast and with a lot of drama. But with the way Covid spreads and the damage it can do even to a smallish percentage pf people, this virus is no joke.

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Uncommon Boston Premium 4 years ago (edited)

People STILL think this is a joke? Sure many people don't have symptoms -- they just pass the virus to others. You may not get sick and apparently don't care if you get other people sick. Your attitude is one of the reasons this continues to spread and kill. If someone you love gets extremely sick, will you care then? Will it take the death of someone you know for you to reconsider what you believe to be true?

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Alessandra Ricotta 4 years ago

My neighborhood is positive and her husband as well. She is a healthy almost 80 years old woman, she got just a sore throat a very low fever. He has a lot of health issues instead but he feels ok too. They got quarantined ofc but I see both of them walk in their yard with masks everyday. This covid really has 2 sides.

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rongladney 3 years ago

Bumble haha

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Bill 4 years ago

How long before the built up immunity? The flu vaccine takes up to a month for protection.

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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)

I don’t know why people downvote when someone asks a legitimate question and a really good one at that.Here’s an upvote.

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Dat Bored Pugtato =0= 4 years ago

Why was this downvoted? It’s just a question right? Maybe I’m just dumb ;-;

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

It varies, Bill, but average is 3-4 weeks from what we heard from Johns HOpkins, and flu varies, as well. (Depends ---- again, "average" is a measure across several numbers, so we aren't all the exact same number as the "average".) Built-up immunity isn't established yet, but the more important thing is really how long it *lasts* rather than when it kicks in, for me. The pharmaceutical companies say it's a month to reach immunity; we'll take that for now, and hope they're right!

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sylvantic 4 years ago

it actually takes only around 2-3 weeks, but i still got mine AS SOON AS I COULD.

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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)

I just want to say a huge thank you to all the people giving up their time and their bodies to science/medical research etc. We would not have the vaccines, medicines, treatments etc that we have without you. A massive thank you and applause from me to you.

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Bumble 4 years ago (edited)

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Anne 4 years ago

I'm six months later and still out of breath way sooner than I was before. It's horrible. (I also am relatively young and I was healthy). Hope you have better luck!

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