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For the second dose, as I walked out of the clinic an old-boy volunteer approached me: "Excuse me, which vaccine did you have?", "Astra-Zeneca" I replied. "Oh,

For the second dose, as I walked out of the clinic an old-boy volunteer approached me: "Excuse me, which vaccine did you have?", "Astra-Zeneca" I replied. "Oh, OK then, we asking all of the people who have the other vaccines to wait in this tent for 15 minutes, there have been some cases of fainting ...", he leaned a bit closer, "... mostly women."

mnd999 5y ago
Your point is some of the volunteers are clueless and sexist? This article states the 15 min wait is about anaphylaxis, not fainting.
- netizen-936824 5y ago
  Or maybe it's... gasp a fake story on the internet?
- jjgreen 5y ago
  He probably was a bit sexist in the way that old people can be, not necessarily malicious about it. There wasn't really a point, I just found it funny.
  - aaron695 5y ago
    It was a funny story. It's factually true more women faint. So he's certainly more correct than people who claim such things are sexist, or worse gender is a construct so this is impossible to measure, like this study that just goes off on a tangent to what is gender, because this gets you more university karma I guess than doing science - Understanding vasovagal syncope: a role for sex and gender doi:10.1007/s10286-020-00689-y (Vasovagal syncope is the common cause of fainting after a vaccine) The difference between men and women is not high enough to normally be anecdotally different though ~ 40:60 Perhaps men are leaving to faint off site?
  - piker 5y ago
    Agreed. I laughed. A worthy anecdote.
yohann305 5y ago
My brother did faint. Before he fainted I asked him are you ok? And he started replying incoherent words, that’s when I knew something was wrong. I was quick enough to go hold him as he was dropping towards the floor like a dead weight. Also you have to understand I had no clue if the guy was fainting or dying on the spot Ps: feel free to downvote cause this comment isn’t bringing any value, though it brings value to me as I’m venting off my heroic act..
- chinathrow 5y ago
  You did great catching him. Always try to catch someone falling. A friend became briefly unconscious once and fell while another friend didn't react fast enough to hold him. The result of hitting asphalt hard was bleeding in the brain the size of a fist and 5 days in hospital care with hearing troubles for weeks. Edit: spelling.
  - jatone 5y ago
    don't try to catch, try to cushion the fall. trying to catch can lead to both of you being injured. esp when there is a large size differential
- Symbiote 5y ago
  From now on, your brother should tell the doctor/nurse this whenever receiving a vaccination or other injection. They will ask him to lie down, and wait 15 minutes (regardless of this new rule).
cblconfederate 5y ago
I always had problem with injections. First time i almost fainted, asked them to lie down and wait. Next time i asked them to do the injection lying down BTW this is not a side effect of the specific vaccine, lots of people have fear of needles like that (Though i must say these vaccines feel like a sizeable chunk).
- emerged 5y ago
  I seem to have that issue with the dentist while they’re injecting into the gums or whatever. But shots in the arm don’t bother me at all. Something about the inability to see whats going on, I just imagine the dentist panicking but trying not to let me know while the spit vacuum is draining my blood.
pbaka 5y ago
Because of the last two words or the fainting ?
mlvljr 5y ago
..he said, and then immediately collapsed himself.

mnd999 5y ago

Your point is some of the volunteers are clueless and sexist? This article states the 15 min wait is about anaphylaxis, not fainting.

netizen-936824 5y ago
Or maybe it's... gasp a fake story on the internet?
jjgreen 5y ago
He probably was a bit sexist in the way that old people can be, not necessarily malicious about it. There wasn't really a point, I just found it funny.
- aaron695 5y ago
  It was a funny story. It's factually true more women faint. So he's certainly more correct than people who claim such things are sexist, or worse gender is a construct so this is impossible to measure, like this study that just goes off on a tangent to what is gender, because this gets you more university karma I guess than doing science - Understanding vasovagal syncope: a role for sex and gender doi:10.1007/s10286-020-00689-y (Vasovagal syncope is the common cause of fainting after a vaccine) The difference between men and women is not high enough to normally be anecdotally different though ~ 40:60 Perhaps men are leaving to faint off site?
- piker 5y ago
  Agreed. I laughed. A worthy anecdote.

yohann305 5y ago

My brother did faint. Before he fainted I asked him are you ok? And he started replying incoherent words, that’s when I knew something was wrong. I was quick enough to go hold him as he was dropping towards the floor like a dead weight. Also you have to understand I had no clue if the guy was fainting or dying on the spot Ps: feel free to downvote cause this comment isn’t bringing any value, though it brings value to me as I’m venting off my heroic act..

chinathrow 5y ago
You did great catching him. Always try to catch someone falling. A friend became briefly unconscious once and fell while another friend didn't react fast enough to hold him. The result of hitting asphalt hard was bleeding in the brain the size of a fist and 5 days in hospital care with hearing troubles for weeks. Edit: spelling.
- jatone 5y ago
  don't try to catch, try to cushion the fall. trying to catch can lead to both of you being injured. esp when there is a large size differential
Symbiote 5y ago
From now on, your brother should tell the doctor/nurse this whenever receiving a vaccination or other injection. They will ask him to lie down, and wait 15 minutes (regardless of this new rule).

cblconfederate 5y ago

I always had problem with injections. First time i almost fainted, asked them to lie down and wait. Next time i asked them to do the injection lying down BTW this is not a side effect of the specific vaccine, lots of people have fear of needles like that (Though i must say these vaccines feel like a sizeable chunk).

emerged 5y ago
I seem to have that issue with the dentist while they’re injecting into the gums or whatever. But shots in the arm don’t bother me at all. Something about the inability to see whats going on, I just imagine the dentist panicking but trying not to let me know while the spit vacuum is draining my blood.

pbaka 5y ago

Because of the last two words or the fainting ?

mlvljr 5y ago

..he said, and then immediately collapsed himself.