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Well here's my personal input, which is worth maybe fifty cents toward the cost of a million dollar home:
I got 3 pfizer shots so far. Side effects:
Shot 1 - arm got sore that evening, woke up with a sore arm, it stopped being sore later that day.
Shot 2 - same as shot 1
Shot 3 - same as shot 1, but also felt a little run-down that following day. Not sick - more like that feeling you have when you know you're /about/ to get sick, before you actually get sick.
Around 3 months after shot 3, I tested positive for COVID-19, but had no symptoms. Tested positive 2 days in a row. Isolated 5 days, tested negative, and continued with my life normally after that.
I plan on getting the 4th shot, and my flu shot, the first week of October. I'd get them both earlier but I'm also a test subject for an RSV vaccine and the research facility asked me to wait at least 30 days before getting any new vaccinations.
1st booster had the worst side effects for me. Like low grade fever lasting couple hours. What made you test for Covid? I have never done the test. Does it mean I had Covid before?
A few months ago I had a coworker get 4 different vaccine shots at the same time for work in our local clinic!
In one arm he got Anthrax and Japanese encephalitis and in the other arm he got tetanus and meningitis, and was fine, he even worked out in the gym afterwards and on subsequent days with no issues.
(Don't ask what we do!)
He may or may not be an alien.
I think the older folks get the least side effects. Since they are used to vaccines.
None at all - when I got my initial series, I was slightly fatigued the next day but nothing that kept me from doing things. With this shot I didn’t even have that. Everyone reacts differently though so YMMV. Personally I didn’t want to get both shots at once. I’ll get my flu shot in October when I normally do.
1st booster had the worst side effects for me. Like low grade fever lasting couple hours. What made you test for Covid? I have never done the test. Does it mean I had Covid before?
I couldn't taste the cinnamon in my coffee one morning (I always put cinnamon in it). I could smell it, but couldn't taste it. I thought "uh oh - lost of taste, bet I have covid". I had these tests from the government sitting in my linen closet getting near expiration date that I hadn't used. I figured why not, and gave one a try. I assumed the positive was a false negative since I could actually taste the coffee - just no the cinnamon in it. That's why I tested the next day. But the next day I could totally taste the cinnamon in the coffee, so that was probably completely unrelated, just a weird one-off.
Five days later I tested for the third time because hey - free tests getting close to expiration. Negative, and all was well.
According to people who actually said they had the new vaccine, they were down about 24 hours.
I prefer to go with personal input then reading links thanks.
As for my grandson, that's what happened. No flu shot, his health was great, he was still in school but didn't catch anything from anyone after not having a flu shot, so he doesn't get one.
He hasn't had the flu either
Anecdotes are not data. I posted a link where they actually studied the severity of reactogenic side effects. About 37% had them bad enough to miss work. That means most did not.
The reduction in upper respiratory infections happens to all children. Those who are in daycare get more due to the way young kids share germs. Then by the time they start school they get fewer. It has nothing to do with the flu vaccine, which only prevents flu.
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