N of 1 here, but I was in the phase 3 trial for the Novavax vaccine and literally had no side effects at all. I’m certain I had the vaccine because the UK decided to do a crossover trial after the other vaccines were approved—ie everyone who got the placebo the first time got the vaccine the second time and vice versa, but we don’t know which is which.
I was also told by one of the trial doctors that they were seeing very low levels of side effects (this was at a follow-up blood test before the second round of vaccine/placebo injections). I told her I thought I’d had the placebo and she said that lots of people were saying that and it looked like the vaccine just had really low side effects.
So I overall I would put a high probability on the proposition that the Novavax vaccine has lower side effects than Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca.
N of 1 here, but I was in the phase 3 trial for the Novavax vaccine and literally had no side effects at all. I’m certain I had the vaccine because the UK decided to do a crossover trial after the other vaccines were approved—ie everyone who got the placebo the first time got the vaccine the second time and vice versa, but we don’t know which is which.
I was also told by one of the trial doctors that they were seeing very low levels of side effects (this was at a follow-up blood test before the second round of vaccine/placebo injections). I told her I thought I’d had the placebo and she said that lots of people were saying that and it looked like the vaccine just had really low side effects.
So I overall I would put a high probability on the proposition that the Novavax vaccine has lower side effects than Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca.