Women may experience more severe vaccine side effects, experts say Share Updated: 8:34 PM CDT Apr 5, 2021
Women may experience more severe vaccine side effects, experts say Share Updated: 8:34 PM CDT Apr 5, 2021
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Show Transcript JOURDAN-YOU LEARNED WHY THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE. IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR VACCINE SYMPTOMS BUT -THERE MAY ALSO BE A BIOLOGICAL REASON WHY WOMEN EXPERIENCE MORE SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS THAN MEN. Christina Hacala/Received COVID-19 vaccine: I started getting some aches, some pains, some chills and then probably like 14-15 hours later, I had fever and chills. CHRISTINA HACALA RECEIVED HER SECOND DOSE OF THE PFIZER VACCINE IN MARCH. Hacala: Just really uncomfortable, kind of normal flu-like symptoms. HACALA S SIDE EFFECTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE PLAYING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WITH THE FACT THAT WOMEN S BODIES REACT DIFFERENTLY THAN MEN S. Dr. Marti Sharkey/Fayetteville H