Covid vaccine

[JANUS]

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Had my second shot couple days ago. After the first one my shoulder was really sore and I slept for the entire day and felt a bit feverish the next day. This time there was no side effects whatsoever. Don't even know what I got since there was some mixup, but the first one was Pfizer.

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Have you had COVID before? Or may have had it? I read that if your reaction to the first shot is pretty severe you may have already had exposure to COVID.

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i appreciate this--i will have to read up. i had my first shot of Moderna on Sunday, and yesterday was pure hell--the worst headache all day, laid out all day, fever, etc. i did have COVID back in October. feeling considerably better this morning, just a little lingering headache, but i can tell i'm going to be laying on my ass still today.

if the second shot is supposed to be worse, i'm going to need to drag myself there to go get it

Bummer, I hope you feel better soon. Although it’s anecdotal and based on one case, my mom felt  really rough after the first shot but she felt fine after the second one. Anyway, I hope the crappy part is out of the way for you. And I apologize again if I came off condescendingly earlier, I was trying to be reassuring.

[arrbee]

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It’s been 7 months since my vaccine. I’ve been out of town for work, staying in the Sacramento area where NOBODY gives a fuck about the virus, vaccines, let alone masks. Patiently waiting for my breakthrough infection.

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Us vaccinated folks can spread the virus too, so what's the difference?

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Lot of people seem to equate "can" with "equal chance of"

A lot of un vax'd people equate it that way as reason to avoid the vaccination. I understand the difference and still wear a mask as a vax'd person because all 3 of my children are under the age to get vaccinated.  I still have to come into the building for work. My wife is able to work from home and keep an eye on the kids since we skipped summer camps this year. My ex wife, who I have the 2 oldest kids with, works in an office that deals with public and is in 3-4 days a week.

All of the adults are vax'd. All of the adults we interact with closely are vax'd. We were starting to go back to normalish behavior with dining out, day trips, amusement parks before delta started ramping up. We've now gone back to a smaller circle and take out if we really don't want to cook. We are trying to do everything we can to eliminate the possibility to passing it to them if we did have a breakthrough case.

There is a difference between "paralyzed with fear" and being cautious. So while I feel safer being vaccinated, knowing that I'll most likely be just fine, I am still doing what I can to protect my kids.

[FROTHY]

One week after the first pfizer dose, and I still have pain and stiffness in my joints and muscles from my lower back down through my feet. If it goes into week 2, I'll reach out to my doctor to see if he thinks I should get the second dose. Otherwise, I'm just foam-rolling, stretching, hydrating, and taking supplements like turmeric.

[Deputy Wendell]

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Had my second shot couple days ago. After the first one my shoulder was really sore and I slept for the entire day and felt a bit feverish the next day. This time there was no side effects whatsoever. Don't even know what I got since there was some mixup, but the first one was Pfizer.

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Have you had COVID before? Or may have had it? I read that if your reaction to the first shot is pretty severe you may have already had exposure to COVID.

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i appreciate this--i will have to read up. i had my first shot of Moderna on Sunday, and yesterday was pure hell--the worst headache all day, laid out all day, fever, etc. i did have COVID back in October. feeling considerably better this morning, just a little lingering headache, but i can tell i'm going to be laying on my ass still today.

if the second shot is supposed to be worse, i'm going to need to drag myself there to go get it

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Bummer, I hope you feel better soon. Although it’s anecdotal and based on one case, my mom felt  really rough after the first shot but she felt fine after the second one. Anyway, I hope the crappy part is out of the way for you. And I apologize again if I came off condescendingly earlier, I was trying to be reassuring.

cheers Janus...and it's all good

[Deputy Wendell]

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Had my second shot couple days ago. After the first one my shoulder was really sore and I slept for the entire day and felt a bit feverish the next day. This time there was no side effects whatsoever. Don't even know what I got since there was some mixup, but the first one was Pfizer.

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Have you had COVID before? Or may have had it? I read that if your reaction to the first shot is pretty severe you may have already had exposure to COVID.

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i appreciate this--i will have to read up. i had my first shot of Moderna on Sunday, and yesterday was pure hell--the worst headache all day, laid out all day, fever, etc. i did have COVID back in October. feeling considerably better this morning, just a little lingering headache, but i can tell i'm going to be laying on my ass still today.

if the second shot is supposed to be worse, i'm going to need to drag myself there to go get it

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I was assed out for 2-3 days following Pfizer rd 1. Felt like a really awful flue combined with low grade onset pneumonia. Body aches, headache, back pain, mildly delirious. With that, I'm fairly certain I contracted covid on x-country flights thru international airports in late 2019-2020, before we knew it was a thing- it was far worse but similar to what I felt post 1st shot- the lung piece was def far worse in 19-20. But, anyways, my 2nd shot wasn't so bad. I lead into it eating all greens for anti inflammatory purposes and stayed hydrated. Had a mild sense of feeling very hungover for about 12 hrs and totally fine afterwards.

Rest up and get the 2nd shot. 

copy that...honestly, your description of what you experienced for the first shot aligns perfectly with what i'm experiencing. first day after, was fucked, yesterday (2nd day) was better, with a mild headache, this morning (3rd day out) i'm just sort of out of it--like you say, mild delirium. i am ready to get back to normal though, so i hope i'm straight tomorrow, with the semester rapidly approaching...first time teaching two classes, in the classroom, since all of this began last year--which makes me more nervous than my doubts about the vaccine...

[Deputy Wendell]

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Had my second shot couple days ago. After the first one my shoulder was really sore and I slept for the entire day and felt a bit feverish the next day. This time there was no side effects whatsoever. Don't even know what I got since there was some mixup, but the first one was Pfizer.

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Have you had COVID before? Or may have had it? I read that if your reaction to the first shot is pretty severe you may have already had exposure to COVID.

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i appreciate this--i will have to read up. i had my first shot of Moderna on Sunday, and yesterday was pure hell--the worst headache all day, laid out all day, fever, etc. i did have COVID back in October. feeling considerably better this morning, just a little lingering headache, but i can tell i'm going to be laying on my ass still today.

if the second shot is supposed to be worse, i'm going to need to drag myself there to go get it

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I was assed out for 2-3 days following Pfizer rd 1. Felt like a really awful flue combined with low grade onset pneumonia. Body aches, headache, back pain, mildly delirious. With that, I'm fairly certain I contracted covid on x-country flights thru international airports in late 2019-2020, before we knew it was a thing- it was far worse but similar to what I felt post 1st shot- the lung piece was def far worse in 19-20. But, anyways, my 2nd shot wasn't so bad. I lead into it eating all greens for anti inflammatory purposes and stayed hydrated. Had a mild sense of feeling very hungover for about 12 hrs and totally fine afterwards.

Rest up and get the 2nd shot. 

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copy that...honestly, your description of what you experienced for the first shot aligns perfectly with what i'm experiencing. first day after, was fucked, yesterday (2nd day) was better, with a mild headache, this morning (3rd day out) i'm just sort of out of it--like you say, mild delirium. i am ready to get back to normal though, so i hope i'm straight tomorrow, with the semester rapidly approaching...first time teaching two classes, in the classroom, since all of this began last year--which makes me more nervous than my doubts about the vaccine...

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Dude, I'm in a training with 50 so-called educators right now. Indoors. Glad for the  vaccine and coffee today. You'll be OK!

thanks bro, that's reassuring...although, i'm not very "sophisticated," so who knows...

[LUGR]

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Had my second shot couple days ago. After the first one my shoulder was really sore and I slept for the entire day and felt a bit feverish the next day. This time there was no side effects whatsoever. Don't even know what I got since there was some mixup, but the first one was Pfizer.

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Have you had COVID before? Or may have had it? I read that if your reaction to the first shot is pretty severe you may have already had exposure to COVID.

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i appreciate this--i will have to read up. i had my first shot of Moderna on Sunday, and yesterday was pure hell--the worst headache all day, laid out all day, fever, etc. i did have COVID back in October. feeling considerably better this morning, just a little lingering headache, but i can tell i'm going to be laying on my ass still today.

if the second shot is supposed to be worse, i'm going to need to drag myself there to go get it

You should be fine on your second shot. Since you already had COVID last October, that was your first exposure (equivalent to the 1st shot to somebody never exposed). Your first actual shot, equivalent to your bodies second exposure, causes more severe immune response and what ever else big medicine promises. Let us know how it goes.

***Disclaimer***
I am not a doctor or medically trained…at all.

[blowjobtofakie]

Getting the vaccine on Sunday after careful thought and reading through this thread for a few weeks. Thanks guys.

Gonna see if they’ll give it to me on my taint and become a PAL.

[FROTHY]

Turns out Pfizer is kind of ass after a few months. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.06.21261707v2

Here's the gist of it:

Effectiveness against hospitalization:
Moderna: 81%... 95% CI: 33-96.3%
Pfizer: 75%... 95% CI: 24-93.9%

Against infection:
Moderna: 76%...95% CI: 58-87%
Pfizer: 42%...95% CI: 13-62%

[TheLurper]

Looks like we are going to need booster shots. Pfizer claims they can develop one for the delta variant rather quickly.

Also, it is crazy that things feel sort of back to normal even though the number of cases in the US is out of control.

[Garth Marenghi]

Got the second dose of Pfizer two days ago. Felt slightly hungover and tired yesterday but I could skate just fine regardless.

[TimmyB88]

FUCK A VACCINE.

If the government tells you to cut off your own fucking dick, you probably will!

We are getting to a stage of mandatory vaccinations which is a push for control over the people and taking human rights and freedoms away. Wake the fuck up and look at what these other countries are doing rallying against this shit.

Better pick a side soon and pray you have a firearm because the streets will be filled with blood.

[TheLurper]

We are getting to a stage of mandatory vaccinations which is a push for control over the people and taking human rights and freedoms away.

The first school vaccination requirement was enacted in the 1850s in Massachusetts to prevent the spread of smallpox.

What a tragedy we've experienced for the past 170 years. If we could only go back to the 1840s when we were truly free.  How did lose the freedom to unnecessarily put our families, neighbors, communities, and country at risk? Why can't I harm the innocent by jeopardizing their health?

Why must they thrust this new technology that was first invented in the late 1700s upon us? 225 years of vaccines is not long enough to know if they are safe or not. I refuse to be an experiment!

When will this crushing leviathan pull it's boot from off our necks?

Why did my sheeple parents obey the totalitarian regimes of Reagan and Bush in the 80s and vaccinate me against polio, measles, tetanus, hep A and B, and so on? If only some sovereign citizen with a firearm could have prevented this march towards totalitarianism. What is next? Will they require me to take a test in order to operate my personal means of conveyance? Will they force me to operate this means of conveyance sober? Will they force companies to tell consumers all ingredients in their food? Will they enforce minimum levels of safety in the workplace?Never!

I agree with Timmy the Kook, let us rise up and destroy this state that does not dictate my career, my partner, my religion, my place of residence, my political affiliation, what I read, or any other significant part of my life as we are clearly marching towards government servitude.

No interest in arguing and not going to respond to any other rants from this kook (already put this dude on ignore), but the drama in his post was too over the top and too amusing not to mock.

[TimmyB88]

^ this guys next vaccine will be up the ass i'm sure.
Comparing the 1800's vaccines to now is just stupid.
There is finally people making the news that are becoming paralyzed from this specific vaccine that has been rushed out to the people.

make sure to put your mask on before you skate and breath in your own fucking sweat too, dumbass,

[Deputy Wendell]

^ this guys next vaccine will be up the ass i'm sure.
Comparing the 1800's vaccines to now is just stupid.
There is finally people making the news that are becoming paralyzed from this specific vaccine that has been rushed out to the people.

make sure to put your mask on before you skate and breath in your own fucking sweat too, dumbass,

i had COVID and lost a family member to it in October, got the first Moderna last week, felt like shit for a couple of days, now i'm fine and glad to be vaccinated...

...i'll be the first smiling face you see face on those blood-filled streets you paranoid, fragile little sweetheart you.

looking forward...

[gaiusballz]

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^ this guys next vaccine will be up the ass i'm sure.
Comparing the 1800's vaccines to now is just stupid.
There is finally people making the news that are becoming paralyzed from this specific vaccine that has been rushed out to the people.

make sure to put your mask on before you skate and breath in your own fucking sweat too, dumbass,

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i had COVID and lost a family member to it in October, got the first Moderna last week, felt like shit for a couple of days, now i'm fine and glad to be vaccinated...

...i'll be the first smiling face you see on those blood-filled streets you paranoid, fragile little sweetheart you.

looking forward...

Why did you get vaccinated if you already had natural immunity? Employer mandate?

[Deputy Wendell]

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^ this guys next vaccine will be up the ass i'm sure.
Comparing the 1800's vaccines to now is just stupid.
There is finally people making the news that are becoming paralyzed from this specific vaccine that has been rushed out to the people.

make sure to put your mask on before you skate and breath in your own fucking sweat too, dumbass,

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i had COVID and lost a family member to it in October, got the first Moderna last week, felt like shit for a couple of days, now i'm fine and glad to be vaccinated...

...i'll be the first smiling face you see on those blood-filled streets you paranoid, fragile little sweetheart you.

looking forward...

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Why did you get vaccinated if you already had natural immunity? Employer mandate?

no mandate for faculty at the university i teach at this fall....i teach at the university level, and i am about to start teaching the first two on-campus classes that i have taught since this all began. my own perspective--after lots of research, reading, and reflection--was that the vaccine would only strengthen my chance of not dealing with that mess again...i could be wrong and i could be right--like everyone else, i'm just winging it on being as informed by credible sources as possible and listening to my intuition...

[Alan]

Natural immunity is good, natural immunity plus vaccination is better.

[ProjectBluebeam]

its not a vaccine, more like a flu shot, and you guys that think youve had your 2 shots and are done are in for a surprise. its gunna be boosters, maybe yearly? every 6 months? who knows but you better stay up to date because you might be labeled an anti-vaxxer if you refuse the latest shot

[Alan]

The flu shot is a vaccine.

[TimmyB88]

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^ this guys next vaccine will be up the ass i'm sure.
Comparing the 1800's vaccines to now is just stupid.
There is finally people making the news that are becoming paralyzed from this specific vaccine that has been rushed out to the people.

make sure to put your mask on before you skate and breath in your own fucking sweat too, dumbass,

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i had COVID and lost a family member to it in October, got the first Moderna last week, felt like shit for a couple of days, now i'm fine and glad to be vaccinated...

...i'll be the first smiling face you see face on those blood-filled streets you paranoid, fragile little sweetheart you.

looking forward...

Not saying the virus isn't real, just trying to inform people how they are twisting it against the people.

Also, I'd be real careful what you fucking wish for. You'd be too weak to even step out onto streets, you would be the first to be shot LOL.

[TimmyB88]

its not a vaccine, more like a flu shot, and you guys that think youve had your 2 shots and are done are in for a surprise. its gunna be boosters, maybe yearly? every 6 months? who knows but you better stay up to date because you might be labeled an anti-vaxxer if you refuse the latest shot

They will line up like the fucking mindless sheep they are and do as they are told. Most these guys probly don't even skate LOL!

[Enrico Pallazzo]

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^ this guys next vaccine will be up the ass i'm sure.
Comparing the 1800's vaccines to now is just stupid.
There is finally people making the news that are becoming paralyzed from this specific vaccine that has been rushed out to the people.

make sure to put your mask on before you skate and breath in your own fucking sweat too, dumbass,

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i had COVID and lost a family member to it in October, got the first Moderna last week, felt like shit for a couple of days, now i'm fine and glad to be vaccinated...

...i'll be the first smiling face you see face on those blood-filled streets you paranoid, fragile little sweetheart you.

looking forward...

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Not saying the virus isn't real, just trying to inform people how they are twisting it against the people.

Also, I'd be real careful what you fucking wish for. You'd be too weak to even step out onto streets, you would be the first to be shot LOL.

I may disagree with Wendell on issues surrounding firearms and their permitting in this country, but I’ve got a feeling he’s got the gun knowledge and discipline to outlast all of us in this impending vaccine-related countrywide shootout that you foresee.

[Dwyck]

its not a vaccine, more like a flu shot, and you guys that think youve had your 2 shots and are done are in for a surprise. its gunna be boosters, maybe yearly? every 6 months? who knows but you better stay up to date because you might be labeled an anti-vaxxer if you refuse the latest shot

I like this line of thinking because antivax guys literally cannot fathom that people who have already gotten shots might not mind more shots. They do not understand that other people, including those they are direct opposition with, do not share their viewpoints. It's a gradeschool line of thinking.

People that get the flu shot do it every year. What is your gotcha there

[pugmaster]

Is it that:

1) epidemiologists, immunologists, physicians, Ph.D.s and other scientists are wrong

2) public education has been underfunded for decades and the general public doesn't understand the scientific method, research methods, and how data is used to develop evidence-based practice

Or 3) our major media sources and two party political systems are designed to be as devicive as possible and as a result make such a SIMPLE choice unnecessarily complicated?


I'm putting my money on 2 and 3.

[Coastal Fever]

I sometimes wonder what anti-vaxxers were like in the past, during all the other deadly global pandemics that were mostly eradicated thanks to vaccines.  Did they also rant on about government control and rare side effects, but while standing on a soap box instead of social media?  Were they pelted with eggs and rotten fruit, or just verbally ridiculed? Did they eventually change their tune, maintain their twisted beliefs for life, or succumb to the viruses they so firmly believed were all made up?

[pugmaster]

I sometimes wonder what anti-vaxxers were like in the past, during all the other deadly global pandemics that were mostly eradicated thanks to vaccines.  Did they also rant on about government control and rare side effects, but while standing on a soap box instead of social media?  Were they pelted with eggs and rotten fruit, or just verbally ridiculed? Did they eventually change their tune, maintain their twisted beliefs for life, or succumb to the viruses they so firmly believed were all made up?

I would imagine someone combination of all the above as well whittling on their front porch ranting about "they think they know everything with their book learnin'" or just staring at the sun with a slack jaw.

[matty_c]

I realise it’s bad to say ‘I saw this on news’ but I defz seen more people getting smoked on the news from covid than the vaccine

If the vaccine was a scam it would require a fuck tonne of people all on the same page and not one person speaking out

I am just assuming that those spy agencies have mad best practice for that sort of shit and they leak shit and have defectors all the time

Huge stretch to say this is a big con job IMO

My British mate went home last year and got Covid straight away and he was fine, got the delta one last month and it fucked him

[JANUS]

Oh be nice.

[brycickle]

^ this guys next vaccine will be up the ass i'm sure.
Comparing the 1800's vaccines to now is just stupid.
There is finally people making the news that are becoming paralyzed from this specific vaccine that has been rushed out to the people.

make sure to put your mask on before you skate and breath in your own fucking sweat too, dumbass,

You're right. Vaccines were so much safer and had much higher efficacy back in the 1800's than they do now.