During an AARP Tele-Town Hall meeting, New Orleans physician Dr. Eric Griggs answered questions about COVID-19 and the vaccines. Griggs said the three vaccines available underwent thorough testing, Johnson and Johnson had 30-thousand clinical trial participants and 75-thousand people in the Pfizer and Moderna trials.
“They had people with various conditions, Lupus, diabetes, heart disease, and they found minimal or no adverse events related to that, an adverse event would be something that would potentially stop someone from participating in the trial,” said Griggs.
Griggs said it’s important not to take anything like Tylenol before you are vaccinated to dull your immune response to the vaccine however you can take pain relief after your injection.
“Typically, the side effects resolve in one to two days. Should you experience any of those you can take Tylenol or ibuprofen, but the best thing you can do for yourself is to sleep before and sleep after,” said Griggs.
When it comes to behavior after you have been vaccinated Griggs said because of variants of the virus you still need to continue to social distance and wear masks. As for travel and visiting with others outside your immediate household…
“I would hold off, everything is being researched right now, until there’s more data about what’s cover and what’s not and what variants and strains are covered because it’s too much of a risk,” said Griggs.
To hear the complete town hall, visit AARP Louisiana’s Facebook
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