No, vaccine side effects don’t tell you how well your immune system will protect you from COVID-19
Finberg, Robert W.
Finberg, Robert W.
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2021-04-19
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Vaccination
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It's normal for different people to mount stronger or weaker immune responses to a vaccine, but post-shot side effects won't tell you which you are.
Robert Finberg is a physician who specializes in infectious diseases and immunology at the Medical School at the University of Massachusetts. He explains how this perception doesn’t match the reality of how vaccines work.
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Finberg R. 19 April 2021. No, vaccine side effects don’t tell you how well your immune system will protect you from COVID-19. The Conversation. Available from: https://theconversation.com/no-vaccine-side-effects-dont-tell-you-how-well-your-immune-system-will-protect-you-from-covid-19-158728
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