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I caught covid after getting vaccinated and I would not have even known I had it had a coworker not tested positive and I had to test to come back to the office

I caught covid after getting vaccinated and I would not have even known I had it had a coworker not tested positive and I had to test to come back to the office. Symptoms were incredibly mild. A lot of people my age who weren't vaccinated ended up the in the ER. I never thought the vaccine would prevent disease, it was never claimed that the vaccine prevented catching covid, it always just reduced severity and mortality.

someuser2345 3y ago
> it was never claimed that the vaccine prevented catching covid The president of the United States made that exact claim: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-46a270ce0f681caa7e4143e2ae9a0211 https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-governm...
Auracle 3y ago
I’m not saying it didn’t reduce your symptoms - it probably did. But there were plenty of people that caught COVID unvaccinated and had the same experience as you. On the other hand, I had the wonderful experience of catching the first virus and the delta variant. I should have been more protected than with the vaccine by itself as the data clearly showed at the time but it still hit me, a 34 year old decently fit person, almost equally as hard. I had 2-3 weeks of incredibly high fever along with a bunch of other nasty symptoms. We’re all different. My retirement age mom has never been vaccinated (even though I wish she would have) and she’s either never caught it, which I doubt, or it was so mild she didn’t realize it.
oldgradstudent 3y ago
The vaccine was never approved for reduction of symptoms because there was no good evidence to make this claim. And there's no good evidence to make it now. It was approved for the prevention of Covid (the 'D' stands for disease). It was supposed to prevent you from getting Covid, regardless of severity, and it didn't. And if we're citing anecdotal evidence. I know of no one who got anything more than flu symptoms, and for most it was mild, regardless of vaccination. That includes obese diabetic 80s year olds. I know of no one personally who went to the ER except for a vaccinated friend who panicked.

someuser2345 3y ago

> it was never claimed that the vaccine prevented catching covid The president of the United States made that exact claim: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-46a270ce0f681caa7e4143e2ae9a0211 https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-governm...

Auracle 3y ago

I’m not saying it didn’t reduce your symptoms - it probably did. But there were plenty of people that caught COVID unvaccinated and had the same experience as you. On the other hand, I had the wonderful experience of catching the first virus and the delta variant. I should have been more protected than with the vaccine by itself as the data clearly showed at the time but it still hit me, a 34 year old decently fit person, almost equally as hard. I had 2-3 weeks of incredibly high fever along with a bunch of other nasty symptoms. We’re all different. My retirement age mom has never been vaccinated (even though I wish she would have) and she’s either never caught it, which I doubt, or it was so mild she didn’t realize it.

oldgradstudent 3y ago

The vaccine was never approved for reduction of symptoms because there was no good evidence to make this claim. And there's no good evidence to make it now. It was approved for the prevention of Covid (the 'D' stands for disease). It was supposed to prevent you from getting Covid, regardless of severity, and it didn't. And if we're citing anecdotal evidence. I know of no one who got anything more than flu symptoms, and for most it was mild, regardless of vaccination. That includes obese diabetic 80s year olds. I know of no one personally who went to the ER except for a vaccinated friend who panicked.