Up until now, I’ve only gotten the Pfizer vaccines. And while I’ve reacted to them, it was never particularly bad. Light muscle aches and some fatigue were basically it. Worst was the second one - I could feel my hair follicles and eyelids with that one.

But the Moderna one seems to be quite the beast.

When I found out I could get the new Moderna, I was excited, since I’ve heard that mix-and-match is probably the strongest immunity you can get. And I figured it wasn’t going to be that bad when after several hours, I only had some light fatigue.

But today has been awful. Consistent fever around 102.3, chills, headache, nausea, whole-body aches, and ludicrous levels of exhaustion. I’ve been utterly useless.

Is this what Moderna vaccines have been like all along? I’ll take it over contracting COVID-19, definitely… but ouch. It’s hurting me plenty.

Next morning update: Chills are gone, fever seems to be gone, muscle aches aren’t entirely gone, but they’re fading. All in all, 10/10 would feel like shit for a day again to help stop the spread of a dangerous disease.

  • @Jackthelad
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    -141 year ago

    Making yourself more ill with side effects from the vaccine than you would likely get if you caught Covid.

    “I’d rather have it than Covid though”. Why? 🤷

    • @kescusayOP
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      131 year ago

      Because I’m definitely not more ill than I would be from COVID-19, and I’m unlikely to accidentally kill anyone by spreading a vaccine to them.

      • @Jackthelad
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        -41 year ago

        How do you know that? I’ve had Covid twice and it was nothing like the symptoms you’re describing there.

        None of us know how Covid would affect us. But in 99% (probably more than that) of us, it’s no worse than a cold or mild flu. Automatically thinking that you’re going to end up in hospital is silly.

        • @kescusayOP
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          101 year ago

          I’ve had Covid twice

          You are the reason this is still happening, then.

          Automatically thinking that you’re going to end up in hospital is silly.

          What part of “other people exist” is unclear? I get vaccinated so I’m unlikely to be a vector for spreading the virus to people who’d die from it due to pre-existing conditions or age.

          • @Jackthelad
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            01 year ago

            Do you know who I caught Covid off the first time? My step-dad, who had been vaccinated twice.

            It doesn’t stop you spreading it Covid, but keep pretending it does if it makes you feel better.

            • @kescusayOP
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              61 year ago

              You know what? You’re right, getting vaccinated doesn’t make it impossible to catch and spread a disease. What it does is reduce the possibility, and reduce the severity and duration if you do catch it. What you’re doing is applying your personal experience - an anecdote - to everyone.

              No vaccine ever has been 100% effective. Not even the smallpox vaccine. 100% effectiveness isn’t possible. You happened to catch it from a vaccinated person. It happens. Doesn’t mean being vaccinated didn’t reduce the severity of your step-father’s illness or the duration of his contagiousness. It almost certainly did both.

              • @Jackthelad
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                -21 year ago

                People I know who have been vaccinated and then caught Covid have had it worse than me and are in the same age group.

                They all say “glad I got vaccinated, otherwise it would have been worse”. Based on what, exactly? Hope?

                • @BluetreefrogM
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                  21 year ago

                  It’s a common mistake to believe that our personal experiences are typical. It even has a name, the Availability Heuristic. Some use the term anecdote.

                  But when making decisions about things like whether to vaccinate or not vaccinate, it’s important to look at probabilities. And to do that we have to look at what happens to large groups of people. Thankfully, this has been done. Various studies have been conducted which looked at large groups of people, literally millions in some cases and their conclusions have remained consistent.

                  They are that the vaccine has some risks, but they generally are mild. But more importantly, the risks of the vaccine are lower than the risks from getting Covid.

                  That doesn’t mean that everyone who gets vaccinated won’t have a side effect, or that everyone who isn’t vaccinated will suffer be injured by Covid, but it does mean that, on average, you are far better to be vaccinated than unvaccinated.

                  I can link to some of the studies if you like.

                  • @Jackthelad
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                    21 year ago

                    That doesn’t mean that everyone who gets vaccinated won’t have a side effect, or that everyone who isn’t vaccinated will suffer be injured by Covid, but it does mean that, on average, you are far better to be vaccinated than unvaccinated.

                    If you’re in an at-risk group, yes. But you don’t need to be vaccinated if you’re under-60 and healthy, because the vaccines only protect you, not anyone else as you can still pass it on. So the whole period with vaccine passports and other nonsense was stupid, harmed the cause of getting people vaccinated and led to increased scepticism of vaccines in general.

        • effward
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          41 year ago

          Easy to get COVID twice when you take no precautions.

          You are the problem.

          • @Jackthelad
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            11 year ago

            Twice in three years is “not taking precautions”? 😂

            • @kescusayOP
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              21 year ago

              Since you put so much stock in personal anecdotes, I’ve had it zero times in three years, so clearly my precautions are superior to yours, and there is zero possibility that I’ve gotten lucky in any way.