This is my anecdotal experience. I got fully vaxxed(Pfizer) in April. Had no choice of vaccines, Pfizer was the only one offered and the only side effect was soreness in the arm.
Last month I caught a moderate, as they used to say, cold. Runny nose, sneezing, moderate cough. Felt normal after about 5 days, although the cough did linger off and on for another week, no biggie, but I did drink a lot of orange juice and had chicken soup often.
Last month I caught a moderate, as they used to say, cold. Runny nose, sneezing, moderate cough. Felt normal after about 5 days, although the cough did linger off and on for another week, no biggie, but I did drink a lot of orange juice and had chicken soup often.
I'm in the Moderna vaccine trial and got my injections in August and September of 2020. Back when I got in the test program no one had any idea how effective any of the vaccines would be. I read about the first look at the Pfizer 95% effectiveness numbers back in the middle of November. I figured that since the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were very similar, that the Moderna vaccine was likely to have similar numbers. Sure enough a few days later, Moderna reported 94.5% effectiveness against symptomatic disease and 100% effectiveness against serious disease.
When my wife became eligible to be vaccinated at the end of March, we had a choice of either Pfizer or Moderna. As it was easier to get a slot at the county mass vaccination site, we opted for her to get the Moderna vaccine. My mother was able to get vaccinated in January and February with the Pfizer through her retirement community. Since the facility has assisted living, skilled nursing, and memory care units in the same building, they went ahead and offer the option for those in independent living to also get vaccinated. I am grateful that all the adults in my immediate family have gotten fully vaccinated with mRNA vaccines. My wife's family overseas has mostly been vaccinated with the Covishield vaccine which is an Indian manufactured version of the Astrazeneca vaccine.
If I were a young male, I would get the J&J vaccine, because most of the problems associated with it are in females of reproductive age. If I were a young female, I would get one of the mRNA vaccines, because the heart issues associated with Pfizer and to a lesser extent the Moderna vaccines, were in adolescent and young adult males.