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I was under the impression that adverse reactions to vaccines are pretty common actually? Many of the times I have gotten shots I had to wait in the room for 10

I was under the impression that adverse reactions to vaccines are pretty common actually? Many of the times I have gotten shots I had to wait in the room for 10-20 minutes afterwards so the nurse could verify I wasn't allergic. I think everyone should get vaccines, and they are more than safe enough for most people, but they aren't as safe as this article is implying. There are also historical examples of vaccines that caused non-trivial medical issues with segments of the population (the narcolepsy issue that occurred with a vaccine in Sweden a few years back comes to mind).

scotty79 6y ago
Serious adverse reaction are incredibly rare. And the fact that they keep you for a moment after giving you a dose just shows how seriouse even very minor risk of serious reaction is treated in context of vaccines. But you took it as indication of highly probable danger. I wonder if there are parallels with flying. All those behaviors that ensure incredible safety of traveling just make people think it's dangerous.
zamalek 6y ago
The Moderna and BioNTech COVID vaccines doesn't have any adjuvants, which is what cause the adverse reactions. You can experience symptoms (fever etc.) the next day, which are a good sign that the vaccine is working. An allergic reaction to a vaccine is extremely rare but extremely serious. They don't have you stick around for 20 minutes because of the likelihood, only because of the consequences of something going wrong.
- Erlich_Bachman 6y ago
  You seriously don't consider fever an adverse reaction?
  - zamalek 6y ago
    You don't consider sore muscles after coming back from the gym an adverse reaction? I don't consider it an adverse reaction, nor do doctors/scientists, because it is part of the exact process that vaccines aim to encourage: building immunity. It is anticipated, expected and, frankly, desirable.

scotty79 6y ago

Serious adverse reaction are incredibly rare. And the fact that they keep you for a moment after giving you a dose just shows how seriouse even very minor risk of serious reaction is treated in context of vaccines. But you took it as indication of highly probable danger. I wonder if there are parallels with flying. All those behaviors that ensure incredible safety of traveling just make people think it's dangerous.

zamalek 6y ago

The Moderna and BioNTech COVID vaccines doesn't have any adjuvants, which is what cause the adverse reactions. You can experience symptoms (fever etc.) the next day, which are a good sign that the vaccine is working. An allergic reaction to a vaccine is extremely rare but extremely serious. They don't have you stick around for 20 minutes because of the likelihood, only because of the consequences of something going wrong.

Erlich_Bachman 6y ago
You seriously don't consider fever an adverse reaction?
- zamalek 6y ago
  You don't consider sore muscles after coming back from the gym an adverse reaction? I don't consider it an adverse reaction, nor do doctors/scientists, because it is part of the exact process that vaccines aim to encourage: building immunity. It is anticipated, expected and, frankly, desirable.