‘Just that one day’: Kamala Harris describes coronavirus vaccine side effects for first time

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Vice President Kamala Harris described for the first time the side effects she experienced from the COVID-19 vaccine during an appearance to promote vaccine availability in retail pharmacies, part of a White House effort to address vaccine hesitancy.

“The first dose I was fine,” Harris said on Thursday while visiting a grocery store in Southeast Washington, D.C. “The second dose I thought I was fine, got up early in the morning, went to work, and then midday, I realized, yeah, I might need to slow down a bit.”

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