For concerns ranging from academics to athletics, some Northwestern students are requesting accomodations in the days following their second COVID-19 vaccine dose.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine are normal, particularly for the second doses of Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna. Possible symptoms, including fatigue, headache and muscle pain, are indicative that the body is forming an immune defense to the virus.
After receiving the second dose of the Moderna vaccine, Weinberg freshman quarterback Carl Richardson said he experienced headaches and dizziness the following day.
“The second dose was literally the sickest I’ve ever been in my entire life,” Richardson said. “I had a midterm and then I also had practice that day and I could barely stand.”