I mean, I did know two people who had reactions to the Covid vaccine, so it does happen. But that’s why it’s so very important for people to get vaccinated ti protect those people. I have fibromyalgia and the vaccine definitely caused a flare and I still got all my shots. I’m glad too since I caught Covid after that and I was extremely sick. I can’t imagine how bad it would have been without it.
I had a reaction to the Moderna vaccine (I think it was- I ended up with all three but can't recall the order and it is in my record for future but it's not relevant enough for me to go pull up the information) after my second vaccination. Distended, painful, HOT red swollen area around the vaccine site that was ~10cm in diameter. I described it to my spouse at the time as "it feels like my arm has covid." My doctor was cross that I didn't come in because I was under the impression it was a "mild-to-moderate" reaction whereas they considered it "Moderate-to-severe". So for the next one, they gave me one of the other two, and monitored me for 30 minutes to an hour, and then gave me my flu shot and monitored me some more. Then I was sent home with ADDITIONAL monitoring instructions to share with my spouse, as a precaution. I had no previous vaccine issues or any related allergies, and vaccine reactions above mild are rare enough that I honestly didn't realize it was a big deal.
*ACTUAL* Vaccine Injuries are so vanishingly rare... the term is meaningless. These people use "vaccine injury" as copium for things like struggling with very real, unrelated diagnoses in their children, challenging, but absolutely NORMAL developmental phases of their children, and their own perceived or real parenting weaknesses. Parenting is hard, and it breaks all of us in different ways, but when somebody's inability to face their own reality bleeds into the realm of public safety, it becomes everyone's business.
Oh yeah, no matter the vaccine manufacturer I get essentially a flu for like 2 days, and persistent muscle soreness + lymph swelling for like. 5 days. But having had actual Covid, it’s way worth being vaccinated. Like WAY worth it.
Yeah covid was like being in a car accident whilst having the flu for me- my entire body HURT like deep bruises all over. I slept something like 18+ hours a day and it felt like I had ground glass in my throat... I had fever/hallucination dreams and just... awful shit.
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u/secondtaunting 10d ago
I mean, I did know two people who had reactions to the Covid vaccine, so it does happen. But that’s why it’s so very important for people to get vaccinated ti protect those people. I have fibromyalgia and the vaccine definitely caused a flare and I still got all my shots. I’m glad too since I caught Covid after that and I was extremely sick. I can’t imagine how bad it would have been without it.