Here’s What It’s Like After Getting Both Doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine

Healthline contributor Nancy Schimelpfening shares how she got the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine early, the side effects she experienced from both doses, and why knowing she’s inoculated gives her a “peace of mind” she hasn’t had since the pandemic began.

“I’m happy to do my share in making things safer for everyone,” said Healthline contributor Nancy Schimelpfening after getting her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Thitiphat Khuankaew/EyeEm/Getty Images

As I write this, I am six days past my second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

While I know the pandemic is far from over, I’d be lying if I said I’m not sleeping a bit better at night.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this vaccine was 95 percent effective in preventing laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in people studied.

Although we don’t yet know exactly how it will perform under real-world conditions, the odds are very good that even if I get sick, I will not get as sick as I might have prior to the vaccine. Better yet, I may not get sick at all.

That knowledge is giving me a peace of mind that I have not had since the pandemic began.

Source: healthline