Originally posted by robtcorl I'm 74 and fighting stage 4 cancer.
I will get the booster and continue to double mask to help protect myself from people like you.
You say you've had covid, so it's possible you've passed it on and actually killed someone. (SMH)
Bob....wishing you the best with your health. BTW, can you take over running health in North America because your 3 line posting just summed it up perfectly. Regards, David, health care professional
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Originally posted by tokyoscape I am very curious about people with little to no vaccine's side effects even after the second shot like in @PDL case.
I wonder what is doctor's advices? Is it mean the vaccine couldn't do its job, trickling body to produce whatever it takes to fight with COVID?
Or is it mean people in this group likely to be ok because if they get real COVID they will have mild to no reaction as their body does to the vaccine?
Really fascinated to know!
I got mild side effects since the first one. Chills, joint pain, Headache enough to take a medication for a day and heavy enough, unable to walk up right for a full day on the second shot. My sister was also had a very heavy side effect on the second shot. She was in a test group, so she gets to send in a blood sample to check for all kind of things. And it shows her immune system go up to the roof after recover from the side effects. I guess I might be in the same group as her. My immune system might be ready to fight with the COVID now, but it could be my death sentence if I were to get a real COVID before inoculation.
The numbers seem to show that the older you are then the less severe are the side effects. The speculation is that it may just mean that you do not have such a rapid acute response to the vaccination due to your age related immune response. But on the other hand, scientists, immunologists, doctors, are also telling the public that if you do not have side effects it does not mean you did not have the proper immune response. And to make it more confusing, there is also a theory that maybe those with more severe side effects to the vaccine may actually have already been exposed to Covid19 and therefore you have a more acute, severe, reaction to the vaccine. One recently published article stated that those that already had Covid and then get the vaccine may have the best protection against the virus. And in case you are thinking...so I should expose myself first to the virus and then get vaccinated,, just remember that there is a chance you may not make it to the vaccination if you deliberatley try it that way.
Personally, I had minimal symptoms to the first vaccine(Pfizer). The second one.....ill in bed for 4 days. Another staff member 3 days, another 2 days. And then 4 other health care workers in the office had no real ill effects. Just means that if we need the booster then 3 of us are probably taking it on a Thursday, booking off Friday, and hoping to return to work on Monday.