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My first shot of Moderna was a non-event, with zero side effects. My second shot was uneventful the first day. On the second day I felt tired after getting up in the morning. Not really bad, but just kind of a general malaise. Nothing specific I could put a finger on (no headache, no fever, no chills, no arm pain) - just blah. So I went back to bed. I didn't take Tylenol or Advil or anything else, just went back to bed. It was a LONG nap, as I didn't get up until 4 or so in the afternoon. But I felt fine after getting up and shaking off the grogginess after having slept for so long.
Most of my friends have reported similar experiences, to both Moderna and Pfizer. But one or two have now reported feeling worse than I did, more like a mini-flu, for a longer period (two days). I do not know if those two with worse reactions were Moderna or Pfizer.
My wife and coworkers all had Pfizer and had arranged plans to stagger their shots over days/weeks so they could still staff the hospital even if several of them got sick afterwards. Their staggering plan was ultimately not necessary since none of them got sick (we are talking maybe 50 people in this group). I don't know the details if any of them had minor side effects, but there was nothing major. Nobody missed any work. My wife personally had no side effects at all, not even minor ones.
I do not know anybody personally (that I can remember at the moment) who has had the Johnson&Johnson shot. Moderna, Pfizer and J&J are the only shots currently used where I live (USA).
It seems difficult to predict if any one person will have side effects to vaccination. Just as it is difficult to predict that any one person will be severely affected by covid infection or not.
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