Table 2. Side Effects From Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Janssen COVID-19 Vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccine | Common side effects | Other adverse effects |
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Pfizer-BioNTech | Fever, cough, fatigue, headache, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, diarrhea, or vomiting, local injection site redness or swelling. | Lymphadenopathy, Bell’s palsy, paroxysmal ventricular arrhythmia, right leg paresthesia and shoulder injury. |
Moderna | Fever, local pain, swelling, tenderness and erythema at the injection site. Axillary lymphadenopathy, fatigue, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, chills and nausea/vomiting. | Hypersensitivity reactions, Bell’s palsy and some other lymphadenopathy. |
Janssen | Mild to moderate febrile episode, injection site pain, fatigue, headache and myalgia. |
COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019.