Guntersville man shares experience participating in Pfizer coronavirus vaccine trial

He did it to help his family

Day if it's approved.

If that pfizer vaccine becomes available -- a guntersville man will be among those we'll be thankful for.

Waay 31's sophia borrelli spoke to him about his role in the trial for pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.

Carson clark, participated in pfizer vaccine trial: "i have several family members including my mom who have underlying conditions and they have expressed wanting to have a vaccine sooner rather than later because they are in danger and so i thought well somebody got to do this, somebody has to sign up and volunteer so i'm in pretty good health so i figured why not me because if we sit back and say let someone else do it, then we would never get a vaccine."

Carson clark says he heard about the pfizer vaccine trial from a friend from high school who participated in it.

Clark says he thought about it and in september - he was chosen to participate in it.

Carson clark, participated in pfizer vaccine trial: "they gave me an injection in my upper arm here and they next day i got some fatigue a little bit of a headache, which lead me to believe i may have gotten the real thing.

Then three weeks later i went back and they drew some blood...and then they gave me a second injection on my arm and the next day the same thing i got a little fatigue and headache, and then that was it."

Clark says he believes he was one of the people in the trial who received a vaccine and not the placebo.

Carson clark, participated in pfizer vaccine trial: "they don't tell you if you are getting the real vaccine or the placebo, so i decided to go and get antibody tested on my own and a couple of days later it did come back that i do now have the covid antibodies so that's another reason why i think that i probably got the real vaccine and not the placebo."

Sophia looklive: "after going though the trial - clark says he would recommend it to people who are interested in getting it."

Carson clark, participated in pfizer vaccine trial: "my experience is that i had minor symptoms, you know a little fatigue and headache and i think that's worth not getting full blown covid so if you're on the fence, i my opinion would be go ahead and do it."

In guntersville - sophia borrelli waay 31 news.

Pfizer says its vaccine is about 95 percent effective and that the company did not find any serious safety concerns