COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ: Safety, Side Effects, Efficacy

Paul Offit, MD, vaccine expert, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Gigi Gronvall, MD, immunologist and infectious disease specialist, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

The New York Times: “FDA Advisory Group Gives Green Light for Pfizer Vaccine,” “Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine and Allergies: How Concerned Should You Be?” “Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine: 11 Things You Need to Know”, “Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker”.

Gov.uk: “Confirmation of advice to vaccination centers on the management of allergic reactions after COVID-19 vaccination with the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine.”

YouTube: “COVID-19: Chasing Science to Save Lives”, “COVID-19 Vaccine and Q&A / Vaccine Efficacy”.

National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases: “Diseases and Conditions”.

CDC.gov: “Frequently Asked Questions About Vaccination”, “Understanding mRNA Vaccines”, “Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Use: Clinical Considerations”, “V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker”.

NPR: “FDA Analysis of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Finds Effective and Safe.”

The Wall Street Journal: “Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine: distribution, side effects and everything you need to know”, “Moderna and Pfizer are reinventing vaccines, starting with Covid.”

Nature: “COVID-19 vaccines are about to be launched, but the impact on the pandemic is unclear.”

FDA.gov: “Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine”, “Development and Licensure of Vaccines to Prevent COVID-19”.

GoodRX.com: “What are the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine?”

Science: “The fever, the pains of Pfizer, the Moderna jabs are not dangerous but can be intense for some.”

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center: “What Cancer Patients (and Others) Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine.”

The New England Journal of Medicine: “Safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 Covid-19 mRNA vaccine”.

STAT: “The CDC says people with a history of severe allergic reactions can receive the Covid-19 vaccine.

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System: “Report an Adverse Event to VAERS”.