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Has anyone looked at whether the mental stress or anxiety induced by putting someone through the process of getting the shot could be maybe be a reason for trig
by arriu 5y ago
Has anyone looked at whether the mental stress or anxiety induced by putting someone through the process of getting the shot could be maybe be a reason for triggering this? Not the vaccine itself, but the whole routine of line up, answer questions about allergies and other risk factors, then waiting to get the shot, then having to sit there waiting for symptoms to show up... Not to mention people don't like needles either.
I can imagine the heart rate during this ordeal is way higher than normal and could trigger inflammation.
Not saying that the science here is invalid, just actually curious to know how this gets ruled out.
- arriu 5y agoWhat's up with the down votes... It is a legitimate question. People get heart inflammation from things like court visits. If you know something then please share.
- version_five 5y agoI didn't vote on your post, but I did read it earlier and found it a bit silly. "White coat" syndrome- getting nervous going to the doctor or for medical things, is definitely real. I have it too. I always have a hard time getting my blood pressure checked because I get so involuntarily aggravated by the whole thing. And there are definitely people afraid of needles. But (nearly) everyone has various vaccinations during life, and it feels implausible that you've identified some special new condition people are getting (that in this case was already expected and is just higher) that is specific to these vaccine based on stress instead of the known rare response of the body.
- arriu 5y agoI don't think it's enough to say people get vaccinated and we didn't see this in the past. This is quite different. Many people are afraid of this vaccine more than others in the past. I've had countless arguments with family trying to convince them it's okay. Their arguments are A) it's mRNA, which is new... And B) they argue it was rushed. I can't help but think about how someone with that mental state would feel while in the waiting room.
- chippy 5y agoThe placebo / nocebo effect is real. If people think they will feel good after taking something many of them will do and if people think they might get sick taking something, then many of them will do.