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Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 will have side effects – that's a good thing

  • Written by Matthew Woodruff, Instructor, Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Emory University
Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 will have side effects – that's a good thingA little bit of post-injection soreness is completely normal.Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Takeaways

  • Temporary side effects from vaccines are a normal sign of a developing immune response.

  • Vaccines work by training your immune system to recognize and remember a pathogen in a safe way.

  • Expected side effects from a COVID-19 vaccine...

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