The ‘I’ve Got The COVID Shot Club’!

[AntiqueB]

I'm sorry so many bad things happened to your family, @HappyClucker7 . I had the opposite experience, though. I know several people who died from Covid, and no one who had anything worse than a day in bed from the vaccine.

I teach high school in NYC, and I have students whose family members have been hospitalized and/or died from Covid. I know teachers who have died. I have students who have had it and still feel effects, like shortness of breath and loss of taste.

I did get vaccinated, as did my husband and now my 8 year old. However, I can understand your reluctance.

 

[DickMidnight]

why is everyone complaining about vaccine side effects?

if the shot messed you up, that’s a good thing. the worse your side effects, the stronger your body’s immune response was, and therefore the better your immunity from getting sick moving forward.

i had a horrible 24 hours after getting the shot. shaking, fever, body aches, muscle weakness, and on and on. literally had a one-day-long flu. and i was happy about it. i knew my body did its job alongside the vaccine.

i’ve been happily raw dogging the air with my face since april.

 

[DickMidnight]

So, now I've laid down all the facts

anecdotal evidence isn’t “all the facts”

your personal stories don’t change the truth about the vaccines, which is that they are safe and effective.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

I was happy and proud to get mine and to help protect my community.
I felt a little funky the second day for the first and second shot but I am positive it was A LOT better than getting covid... or even worse, getting covid and then giving it to others who may not fare well.
It's not all about me.

Yeah, this is how I felt too. Not the funky part

 

[AntiqueB]

You can still spread the virus, even if you're vaccinated, although the viral load lessens more quickly. You're also much less likely to be hospitalized or die.

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2021/new-data-on-covid-19-transmission-by-vaccinated-individuals

 

[sourland]

I hope the people giving sad reactions can work through their fear of needles which is obviously causing their sadness

I doubt that it's the fear of needles. I won't state what I think it is.

Good job getting it! That's awesome! Ignore them, they don't believe in science... or something.

With some it has become a form of trolling.

Neither the Princess or I had reactions to two Moderna shots and the booster. I know some who have had reactions - all relatively minor. It's amazing how your attitude can change once someone close to you dies of Covid or becomes seriously ill and permanently damaged. Politically inspired rhetoric has led to the unnecessary death of many. Basic knowledge of Coronaviruses and a course in basic animal husbandry and disease transmission would help many.

 

[DickMidnight]

You can still spread the virus, even if you're vaccinated, although the viral load lessens more quickly. You're also much less likely to be hospitalized or die.

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2021/new-data-on-covid-19-transmis

You can still spread the virus, even if you're vaccinated, although the viral load lessens more quickly. You're also much less likely to be hospitalized or die.

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2021/new-data-on-covid-19-transmission-by-vaccinated-individuals

very true, and true of all diseases that we vaccinate against.

the key is - if it’s harder for everyone to receive and transmit the disease, then the disease basically becomes impotent.

if everyone were vaccinated, we’d effectively be done with the conversation about covid.

 

[DickMidnight]

and the dirty truth behind all of this is that if we weren’t such an unhealthy country (speaking about the US here) then covid wouldn’t have the stranglehold on us that it does.

we’ve lived with and evolved to
deal with coronaviruses for thousands of years.

but we ate and sat our way to massive vulnerability to a new infectious disease over the last 100 years.

 

[Fuchsia]

why is that sad? i've been wai-ting!

It’s sad to see so many people putting poison in their bodies.

Well honestly it could've been a saline shot.

I hope

 

[ButtonHoarder]

It’s sad to see so many people happy about putting poison in there bodies.

I hope

It's not poison.