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That sucks if that's your experience, but it's not the universal, or even the common, experience. For reference, I get a sore-ish shoulder the next day, and th

That sucks if that's your experience, but it's not the universal, or even the common, experience. For reference, I get a sore-ish shoulder the next day, and that's it. Also for reference, when I got Actual Covid, I was knocked on my ass for almost two weeks. So for me, at least, the choice is easy.

lumost 11mo ago
It's my unfortunate experience, when I've had covid its a 6-12 hour affair that happens once every 12-24 months. My 3rd vaccine shot had me in bed for 3 days. Leading to continued vaccination being unsustainable. My wife has a similar experience to yours, and gets moderate to severe covid. She gets the vaccine every year to help avoid it - but still gets moderate COVID roughly once per 6 months. It's unfortunate that the vaccine has such radically different outcomes within a single household, if it was a flu shot like experience I'd happily get it once per year.
- toast0 11mo ago
  > it was a flu shot like experience Flu shot experience varies too. The last several have been very low response, but the first few were a miserable couple days and I stopped getting them because certain misery was worse than a chance of misery that I'd never know if it was flu or not, because testing was inaccessible.
  - soco 11mo ago
    Last year I skipped the flu vac (I had a zillion for tropical diseases so I though come one not another one) and lo, I got a flu about every 4 weeks, so like over 6 the whole season. I'm on a way to get it this year.
- xjlin0 11mo ago
  at least the vaccine greatly reduce the severe conditions such as death.
- rsingel 11mo ago
  COVID is a nasty virus. I need my brain way to much to FAFO. COVID-19 may Enduringly Impact Cognitive Performance and Brain Haemodynamics in Undergraduate Students - ScienceDirect https://share.google/49ER4VjJUwipGotZO https://share.google/49ER4VjJUwipGotZO
- rpdillon 11mo ago
  Wait, you're saying that when you got COVID, it lasted six hours?
  - lumost 11mo ago
    At least testably/symptomatically, I'm asthmatic as well - so it's surprising that the impact is so small. My wife gets it for 1-2 weeks whenever she comes down with it.
  - Bud 11mo ago
    He is, but it's certainly not plausible.
silisili 11mo ago
As a data point, my experience with the shot was a sore arm and chills for a couple days. When I got Covid later, it was slightly worse chills for 3 days. By the 4th time I got Covid, it was just chills for a day. If I knew that would be the experience, I'd probably have skipped it. That said, it's completely possible it was having the vaccine that made getting real Covid not so bad.
- jghn 11mo ago
  you're also ignoring the long term damage that COVID appears to do
  - silisili 11mo ago
    In what way? I made no claims about that, curious what you're alluding to.
    - jghn 11mo ago
      You said: "When I got Covid later, it was slightly worse chills for 3 days. By the 4th time I got Covid, it was just chills for a day. If I knew that would be the experience, I'd probably have skipped it." I'm saying that's not an apples to apples comparison due to the growing evidence of how much long term damage a COVID infection can cause.
      - silisili 11mo ago
        Ah I see, thanks. Yep, it's definitely not apples to apples in either event. As in, not having the vaccine could have made getting it, at least the first time, way way worse to deal with.
- altcognito 11mo ago
  Wait, you got the Covid vaccine, it reduced your symptoms, and your conclusion was "I should have skipped it?"
laughing_man 11mo ago
That was my experience. A bit of tenderness at the injection site, the same thing I get from a flu shot.

lumost 11mo ago

It's my unfortunate experience, when I've had covid its a 6-12 hour affair that happens once every 12-24 months. My 3rd vaccine shot had me in bed for 3 days. Leading to continued vaccination being unsustainable. My wife has a similar experience to yours, and gets moderate to severe covid. She gets the vaccine every year to help avoid it - but still gets moderate COVID roughly once per 6 months. It's unfortunate that the vaccine has such radically different outcomes within a single household, if it was a flu shot like experience I'd happily get it once per year.

toast0 11mo ago
> it was a flu shot like experience Flu shot experience varies too. The last several have been very low response, but the first few were a miserable couple days and I stopped getting them because certain misery was worse than a chance of misery that I'd never know if it was flu or not, because testing was inaccessible.
- soco 11mo ago
  Last year I skipped the flu vac (I had a zillion for tropical diseases so I though come one not another one) and lo, I got a flu about every 4 weeks, so like over 6 the whole season. I'm on a way to get it this year.
xjlin0 11mo ago
at least the vaccine greatly reduce the severe conditions such as death.
rsingel 11mo ago
COVID is a nasty virus. I need my brain way to much to FAFO. COVID-19 may Enduringly Impact Cognitive Performance and Brain Haemodynamics in Undergraduate Students - ScienceDirect https://share.google/49ER4VjJUwipGotZO https://share.google/49ER4VjJUwipGotZO
rpdillon 11mo ago
Wait, you're saying that when you got COVID, it lasted six hours?
- lumost 11mo ago
  At least testably/symptomatically, I'm asthmatic as well - so it's surprising that the impact is so small. My wife gets it for 1-2 weeks whenever she comes down with it.
- Bud 11mo ago
  He is, but it's certainly not plausible.

silisili 11mo ago

As a data point, my experience with the shot was a sore arm and chills for a couple days. When I got Covid later, it was slightly worse chills for 3 days. By the 4th time I got Covid, it was just chills for a day. If I knew that would be the experience, I'd probably have skipped it. That said, it's completely possible it was having the vaccine that made getting real Covid not so bad.

jghn 11mo ago
you're also ignoring the long term damage that COVID appears to do
- silisili 11mo ago
  In what way? I made no claims about that, curious what you're alluding to.
  - jghn 11mo ago
    You said: "When I got Covid later, it was slightly worse chills for 3 days. By the 4th time I got Covid, it was just chills for a day. If I knew that would be the experience, I'd probably have skipped it." I'm saying that's not an apples to apples comparison due to the growing evidence of how much long term damage a COVID infection can cause.
    - silisili 11mo ago
      Ah I see, thanks. Yep, it's definitely not apples to apples in either event. As in, not having the vaccine could have made getting it, at least the first time, way way worse to deal with.
altcognito 11mo ago
Wait, you got the Covid vaccine, it reduced your symptoms, and your conclusion was "I should have skipped it?"

laughing_man 11mo ago

That was my experience. A bit of tenderness at the injection site, the same thing I get from a flu shot.