"Severe Side Effects of Pfizer Vaccine 3rd Dose in People Aged 80 and Above"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] A study has found that elderly people aged 80 and above and women aged 60 and above are relatively more likely to experience side effects after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot (third dose).

On the 18th (local time), the 'JAMA Network Open,' an international medical journal of the American Medical Association, published this research based on side effect cases from over 82,000 Israelis aged 60 and above who received an additional Pfizer vaccine dose.

According to the study, 37% of elderly people aged 80 and above who received the booster experienced at least one side effect. For those in their 60s, the rate was 33%, and for those in their 70s, it was 25%.

By gender, among those aged 60 and above, 39% of women experienced at least one side effect after the booster shot, which was higher than the 23% of men.

Overall, 30% of the study participants reported experiencing at least one type of side effect such as injection site pain, fatigue, discomfort, muscle pain, or headache after the booster shot.

This rate was somewhat higher than the proportion who reported side effects after the second dose, which was below 25%.

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