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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
by silisili 1y 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 1y agoyou're also ignoring the long term damage that COVID appears to do
- silisili 1y agoIn what way? I made no claims about that, curious what you're alluding to.
- jghn 1y agoYou 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 1y agoAh 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 1y agoWait, you got the Covid vaccine, it reduced your symptoms, and your conclusion was "I should have skipped it?"
- silisili 1y agoThat's not how I intended to frame it. I don't regret the vaccine or anything. And my last sentence admitted that was probably the case.
- lemontheme 1y agoBy the time it was my turn to get Covid I’d been twice vaccinated. It’s the most exhausted I can remember ever feeling. Let me tell you, the whole time I kept thinking: How much more miserable would this have been without the vaccine to blunt the impact? Felt grateful and humbled