Have You Gotten Your Covid Vaccine? Thread.

[MtnMan]

There is difference between it can't happen to me and chances that it can happen to me are low enough that i am willing to take the risk in case it does happen to me.

And fuck any vulnerable citizens you might infect between the time you are contagious before developing symptoms. That can be anywhere from 2 days to 2 weeks, and they may be vulnerable and have serious health issues or die. Are those around you willing to take the risk? Think you could get an elderly couple shopping for groceries to agree to take the risk?

You are a selfish bastard, but you already admitted that.

 

[Captante]

You are a selfish bastard, but you already admitted that

Not like that means he isn't a selfish POS too though! 😡


(Also a whiny little coward)

 

[MtnMan]

Got the jab yesterday. Was surprisingly quick. And barely noticed the actual jab. Just hope the jabsmith jabbed the jab-stick correctly (I believe those are the correct technical terms?). Feel pretty unwell today, but it's very hard to tell the difference from how unwell I usually feel anyway. The leaflet said the arm pain would start on the second day, so far not particularly bad.

This year's flu vaccine left me with a fairly tender arm for 3 days. Got it back in October.
With either Pfizer, arm was less tender, and was gone in 36 hours.

 

[Muse]

BTW I am feeling a little bit shaky at this point... sorta like I'm coming down with something. Which I suppose is at least partially the case!

My left are was pretty darn sore after shot#1 Moderna, not much else happened and arm was ~OK after 2-3 days. Much less arm pain after shot#2, but had some fever + fatigue. Never felt what I'd call sick! Just under the weather. Now, after 4 days, I feel OK. Even after 3. I'm glad I had reactions, figure it means the shot was OK, did its job.

I don't ever remember having reactions to vaccinations before. I suppose I did some, but so mild I didn't make note of it. I've had lots of vaccinations, I'm anything but anti-vax. My dad was an M.D., used to bring home the latest flu vaccine and put in the refrigerator. He jabbed us all.

 

[Muse]

There is difference between it can't happen to me and chances that it can happen to me are low enough that i am willing to take the risk in case it does happen to me.

I doubt very much that your thinking about not getting vaccinated falls in that category. You're more at risk than you think from this, much more. Plus, you're risking infecting others.

"Be a victor, not a vector." Get your damn shots!

 

[PowerEngineer]

And fuck any vulnerable citizens you might infect between the time you are contagious before developing symptoms. That can be anywhere from 2 days to 2 weeks, and they may be vulnerable and have serious health issues or die. Are those around you willing to take the risk? Think you could get an elderly couple shopping for groceries to agree to take the risk?

You are a selfish bastard, but you already admitted that.

Perhaps this is a tad harsh, however this does highlight what I see as a sad shortcoming of our current society. We have drifted too far towards valuing ourselves and our personal interests and too far away from valuing the people around us and the interests of society at large (as so starkly demonstrated by our former president). We have traveled a long way from what IMHO was a better time when citizens cheered JFK as he said: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

 

[Muse]

Perhaps this is a tad harsh, however this does highlight what I see as a sad shortcoming of our current society. We have drifted too far towards valuing ourselves and our personal interests and too far away from valuing the people around us and the interests of society at large (as so starkly demonstrated by our former president). We have traveled a long way from what IMHO was a better time when citizens cheered JFK as he said: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

I saw a lot of idealism during the 1960's. The assassinations of JFK, Robert Kennedy, MLK II, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and the Vietnam War cast a giant shadow over that idealism, but hope wasn't vanquished. At the time, these seemed like things we could get over.

Arguably, we have greater challenges now. The climate crisis, this pandemic and the very real possibility that a much worse pandemic is coming, the demoralization of the nation to the point where democracy itself is no longer an ideal worth respecting by a large portion of the populace... these are obstacles/difficulties pretty unimaginable 50 years ago.

 

[MtnMan]

Perhaps this is a tad harsh, however this does highlight what I see as a sad shortcoming of our current society. We have drifted too far towards valuing ourselves and our personal interests and too far away from valuing the people around us and the interests of society at large (as so starkly demonstrated by our former president). We have traveled a long way from what IMHO was a better time when citizens cheered JFK as he said: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

I'm over people this fucking selfish and/or stupid. They are a great part of what the fuck is wrong with society. Me, me, me, me, mine, and fuck you. They can't be reached with reason or facts, so fuck them.

 

[weblooker2021]

I doubt very much that your thinking about not getting vaccinated falls in that category. You're more at risk than you think from this, much more. Plus, you're risking infecting others.

"Be a victor, not a vector." Get your damn shots!

As i said earlier, i might be foolish and life will teach me a lesson soon.

I'm over people this fucking selfish and/or stupid. They are a great part of what the fuck is wrong with society. Me, me, me, me, mine, and fuck you. They can't be reached with reason or facts, so fuck them.

That is the current time you're living in. Yes, currently many of us that are part of generation "y" all about me, me, me. It's no longer what can you do for your country and it haven't been like that for a long time.

 

[Captante]

My left are was pretty darn sore after shot#1 Moderna, not much else happened and arm was ~OK after 2-3 days. Much less arm pain after shot#2, but had some fever + fatigue. Never felt what I'd call sick! Just under the weather. Now, after 4 days, I feel OK. Even after 3. I'm glad I had reactions, figure it means the shot was OK, did its job.

I don't ever remember having reactions to vaccinations before. I suppose I did some, but so mild I didn't make note of it. I've had lots of vaccinations, I'm anything but anti-vax. My dad was an M.D., used to bring home the latest flu vaccine and put in the refrigerator. He jabbed us all.

Pretty much sums up my situation aside from still no significant arm-pain. We'll see when I try sleeping on it in a bit.

One symptom I do have that I don't recall you mentioning is my entire body just has a low-level "dull ache" for lack of a better term.

Feels almost EXACTLY like I did last time I was coming down with a severe case of the flu and I can't ever recall feeling anything like this bad from any vaccine in my life either.

HOWEVER .... thank goodness I managed to get the shot before I caught Covid. (it was inevitable) Considering how I feel right now I can't imagine how awful the real thing could be!

😳

 

[Muse]

HOWEVER .... thank goodness I managed to get the shot before I caught Covid. (it was inevitable) Considering how I feel right now I can't imagine how awful the real thing could be!

😳

For so many people, their battle with covid-19 has been the worst sickness they've ever had, no contest. I've seen/heard the testimonials. And, of course, there are the ~550,000 Americans who have died from it. We're going to be hearing more about the long haulers.

The mRNA vaccines are a bit of a challenge in terms of the reactions people get. But I'd call mine BETTER than having a very mild cold. I never even felt what I'd call uncomfortable. I won't hesitate to get a Moderna booster if/when it's offered to me. I'd be first in line, TBH. Doesn't scare me in the least. I'm afraid of the virus, not the vaccine.

 

[Muse]

As i said earlier, i might be foolish and life will teach me a lesson soon.


That is the current time you're living in. Yes, currently many of us that are part of generation "y" all about me, me, me. It's no longer what can you do for your country and it haven't been like that for a long time.

I'm with @MtnMan. If a person can't see beyond their self-centered interests, I don't want to know them, deal with them, they're poison. I know a lot of people who are much bigger than that. I know some really great people.

 

[DanielLyn]

Reaction? Have you researched this? Reactions severe enough to warrant hospitalizations have been extremely rare. Covid-19 has resulted in some 450,000 deaths in the USA so far (and untold thousands of often acute lingering disabilities). How many deaths caused by covid-19 vaccination reactions??? ZERO!

Not sure how it can be ZERO when VAERS and subsequently the CDC has this statement on their website:
"Adverse Incident Reports Show 966 Deaths Following Vaccination for COVID-19"
Although they do go on to say they can't conclusively attribute those deaths to the vaccine yet, of course.
In comparison to the flu vaccine: "VAERS reports that in the calendar year 2019 (not the 2019-2020 influenza season) there were 45 deaths following vaccination. To provide context, in 2018 VAERS reports 46 deaths, and in 2017 it reports 20 deaths."

 

[uclaLabrat]

You said it yourself, even the VAERS info doesn't demonstrate a causal relationship because that's not what VAERS is there for. You could get a vaccine and get struck by lightning on the way home and VAERS would report lightning strikes as a side effect if the vaccine.

Anti-vaxxers love to use VAERS as proof of everything when it in fact provides proof of nothing.

 

[Jhhnn]

You said it yourself, even the VAERS info doesn't demonstrate a causal relationship because that's not what VAERS is there for. You could get a vaccine and get struck by lightning on the way home and VAERS would report lightning strikes as a side effect if the vaccine.

Anti-vaxxers love to use VAERS as proof of everything when it in fact provides proof of nothing.

Anti-vaxxers & anybody else who's trying to flood the zone with shit-

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[brycejones]

Not sure how it can be ZERO when VAERS and subsequently the CDC has this statement on their website:
"Adverse Incident Reports Show 966 Deaths Following Vaccination for COVID-19"
Although they do go on to say they can't conclusively attribute those deaths to the vaccine yet, of course.
In comparison to the flu vaccine: "VAERS reports that in the calendar year 2019 (not the 2019-2020 influenza season) there were 45 deaths following vaccination. To provide context, in 2018 VAERS reports 46 deaths, and in 2017 it reports 20 deaths."

Welcome new troll.

 

[Viper GTS]

Can confirm this is not fun. I'm at 2nd Pfizer +25 hours and finally gave in and took advil. Have had a fever and chills since around the 14 hour mark. Headache and muscle aches etc. Even the pressure of hand washing hurts.

I've definitely had worse, but I am absolutely not well. I was expecting +12-36 hours to suck so hopefully I'm only 12 hours or so away from being done.

Viper GTS

 

[Muse]

Can confirm this is not fun. I'm at 2nd Pfizer +25 hours and finally gave in and took advil. Have had a fever and chills since around the 14 hour mark. Headache and muscle aches etc. Even the pressure of hand washing hurts.

I've definitely had worse, but I am absolutely not well. I was expecting +12-36 hours to suck so hopefully I'm only 12 hours or so away from being done.

Viper GTS

I can't remember taking medication for colds, flu, vax, etc. I suppose I might have and I have them on hand. Anyway, congrats, you're becoming immunized.

 

[purbeast0]

Can confirm this is not fun. I'm at 2nd Pfizer +25 hours and finally gave in and took advil. Have had a fever and chills since around the 14 hour mark. Headache and muscle aches etc. Even the pressure of hand washing hurts.

I've definitely had worse, but I am absolutely not well. I was expecting +12-36 hours to suck so hopefully I'm only 12 hours or so away from being done.

Viper GTS

Mine lasted from like 18 hours in to about 72 hours or so before i started to feel nearly 100%.

 

[Captante]

Can confirm this is not fun. I'm at 2nd Pfizer +25 hours and finally gave in and took advil. Have had a fever and chills since around the 14 hour mark. Headache and muscle aches etc. Even the pressure of hand washing hurts.

I've definitely had worse, but I am absolutely not well. I was expecting +12-36 hours to suck so hopefully I'm only 12 hours or so away from being done.

Viper GTS

My ex-wife said it was one of the sickest she's ever felt after Moderna #2 but the bad part was only about a day and a half.

BTW although I did have a fairly unpleasant night last night with near-zero sleep with several bouts of chills and some muscle-pain I'm feeling much better now ... call it 85%. (No arm pain at all today surprisingly)

For some reason I tried to tough it out with no meds too but once I broke down and popped 1000 mg's of Tylenol things improved quite a bit!

 

[MtnMan]

That is the current time you're living in. Yes, currently many of us that are part of generation "y" all about me, me, me. It's no longer what can you do for your country and it haven't been like that for a long time.

And you think wearing your "I'm a selfish asshole" t-shirt doesn't make you part of the fucking problem. Fuck off troll

 

[MtnMan]

Not sure how it can be ZERO when VAERS and subsequently the CDC has this statement on their website:
"Adverse Incident Reports Show 966 Deaths Following Vaccination for COVID-19"
Although they do go on to say they can't conclusively attribute those deaths to the vaccine yet, of course.
In comparison to the flu vaccine: "VAERS reports that in the calendar year 2019 (not the 2019-2020 influenza season) there were 45 deaths following vaccination. To provide context, in 2018 VAERS reports 46 deaths, and in 2017 it reports 20 deaths."

I notice that while you captured a headline, you failed to link to the source. Why?

Also noted you used large bold font for the negative, yet not the conclusion they can't be attributed to the vaccine. Nor mention of the 500,000+ dead who were never vaccinated.

 

[MtnMan]

Welcome new troll.

Now fuck off!

 

[shortylickens]

There is difference between it can't happen to me and chances that it can happen to me are low enough that i am willing to take the risk in case it does happen to me.

I understand your point but for reference the human brain is not naturally geared to calculate probability, on top of which the conservative media has been pushing a shitload of bad information about the disease and transmission and rates and numbers.

 

[Muse]

As i said earlier, i might be foolish and life will teach me a lesson soon.

That is the current time you're living in. Yes, currently many of us that are part of generation "y" all about me, me, me. It's no longer what can you do for your country and it haven't been like that for a long time.

"The man who suspects he is a fool is wise at least so far. The fool who thinks himself wise is a fool indeed."

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” ― William Shakespeare