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My brother has this permanently, though whether a delayed reaction to the booster or from when he got COVID itself (a relatively mild case) not long after, ther
by zdragnar 2y ago
My brother has this permanently, though whether a delayed reaction to the booster or from when he got COVID itself (a relatively mild case) not long after, there's no way to know.
It has been a major detriment to his day to day life though. Any physically involved hobbies are impossible; just walking up a flight or two of stairs now leaves him completely winded for several minutes, as his heart rate also takes longer to come back to resting than before.
Would not recommend.
- im3w1l 2y agoMaybe it's running at high rate to compensate for some issue? An issue that could be found and resolved?
- zdragnar 2y agoHe's seen all the specialists. I think they ultimately came down on neurological damage, and tried a battery of drugs until they found some that slightly mitigated the problem. Last we talked about it, though, it hasn't been fully resolved.
- scotty79 2y agoThat sounds like a relatively common Covid side effect.
- ipaddr 2y ago[flagged]
- tambourine_man 2y agoThe amount of antivax shit that floats around in a supposedly well informed community such as this is nauseating. Makes me lose my faith in humanity a bit every time I read it.
- mrguyorama 2y agoBelieving HN to be a "supposedly well informed community" is irrational. I didn't have to fill out any test to join. It's just orange reddit
- tambourine_man 2y agoI like to think there’s better self-selection and moderation here, but I’ve been prone to self-delusion before.
- mike_ivanov 2y agoI'm being asked on a regular basis by various health practitioners (pretty much on every visit) if I ever had uneven or elevated heart rate after my covid shots (I had), then they take note which specific vaccine brand I had. So - adjust your priors ;-)
- tambourine_man 2y agoI have, one of the few positives side effects of the pandemic is realizing how terrible most health professionals are. “They are a doctor” comes with a whole different set of priors to me now.
- bitcoin_anon 2y agoRemember when the authorities pulled the JnJ vaccine due to adverse events after it was administered to millions of people? It seems some caution was warranted, no?
- tambourine_man 2y agoIf you mean in the US, a huge amount of caution was taken, as it's always the case. Vaccine approval are among the most rigorous processes we have. J&J and AstraZeneca were vastly safer than catching COVID. The FDA later switched to mRNA-based ones, which are also extremely safe.
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- Suppafly 2y agoIt's not a common side effect of the vaccine though. It definitely is a relatively common side effect of actually catching the disease itself though.