The pandemic has served as a masterclass in disinformation. Falsehoods have spread like wildfire as anti-vaxxers have sought to expose the “truth” about vaccination. It’s commonly said that health authorities claim the vaccines stop you getting Covid. This has never been claimed by the science community. In fact, you can catch Covid post-vaccination but its impact is significantly blunted by vaccine-induced antibodies. Curiously, one mild symptom has been shown to target the fully vaccinated.
According to the Zoe Health study, which crunched data from 1.1 million app contributors who had logged one or both doses of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine in its app between 8th December 2020 and 14th May 2021, sternutation, also known as sneezing, “without explanation” was more likely to show up in the fully vaccinated when compared to the unvaccinated.
Curiously, the Zoe team noticed that people who had been vaccinated and then tested positive for COVID-19 were more likely to report sneezing as a symptom compared with those without a jab.
“If you’ve been vaccinated and start sneezing a lot without an explanation, you should get a Covid test, especially if you are living or working around people who are at greater risk from the disease,” the team advised.
Twitter users are also reporting this symptom after vaccination.
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One user tweeted: “Have had both doses of my covid vaccine (Sinovac) and still got Covid-19 with a terrible 100-102° fever that lasted 2 days, flu, lots of sneezing and joint/muscle pain. It’s the 4th day of symptoms and I finally feel better.”
Another person wrote: “Day 2 post-COVID vaccine: stuffy sinuses, sneezing, coughing, headaches, and earaches. Took Tylenol and liquids to help alleviate the symptoms.”
Other Covid symptoms surfacing post-vaccination
Generally, the Zoe team similar symptoms of COVID-19 being reported overall in the app by people who had and hadn’t been vaccinated.
However, fewer symptoms were reported over a shorter period of time by those who had already had a jab, suggesting that they were falling less seriously ill and getting better more quickly.
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The symptoms rankings are based on user reports in the app alone and do not take into account which variant caused the virus or demographic information.
“There are a few reasons why symptoms may be changing, including the fact that those who have been vaccinated experience less severe symptoms, as well as more cases being reported by younger people, who we have found experience different, less severe symptoms as well,” the ZOE team noted.
Getting Covid symptoms post-vaccination should not deter you from getting vaccinated.
The Covid vaccines have helped turn the tide of the pandemic.
Covid is now responsible for just 3.3 percent of deaths, thanks to jabs.
Over the last year, Covid has fallen from the third to the eighth leading cause of death in England.
The autumn vaccine programme has helped suppress Covid, with millions of Britons rolling up their sleeves.
