Man is this second dose kicking my ass. Got the shot yesterday.
Was fine up until bed time. Couldnt sleep right, woke up with body aches and a mild fever. My wife felt the same way but my parents however feel perfectly fine. Another friend of mine ,around the same age, also feels the same. Almost exactly the same.
Any reasoning to older people feeling fine after the second shot but the semi younger crowd feeling like shit?
Wait, they were supposed to be in the arms?
Uh oh...
My uncle got one and he said he feels worse than he did before. He is 70 years old. Same with my aunt on my father's side is even worse condition. Hope it's all it's cracked up to be and things get set right.
Fantastic news!
That is great news.
PP, good luck. From what I've heard, Pfizer second dose doesn't have the same punch as the second Moderna second dose. But it varies from person to person. Good luck. Hope you have no bad side effects.
Awesome!
Awesome! Get those shots into people's arms!
Bill. You deserve it!
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Unsanctioned but got it anyway. Not feeling guilty.
Bill. You deserve it!
Thanks. I actually could qualify to get an appointment now anyway outside of the work umbrella.
In fact I got an email from my health system portal. It was general but to me and it had terrifically horrible wording.
Basically it said, ‘as you know NYS is now allowing vaccination for all these nasty comorbidities that will kill you soon anyway....GOOD NEWS!!! (It literally said that). You qualify!!!!’
Lucky guy with the asthma, obesity, hypertension, etc, etc, etc...you get to have a vaccine now.
No issues at all, "right as rain" as they say.
Good to hear!
Better than getting COVID. Feel better!
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Pretty good bout of chills and headache this morning. Literally just came on about 9am. (16 hours after the shot). Of course I get a reaction to the first dose lol.
Better than getting COVID. Feel better!
Yes sir. It's fine, I'm still working from home so I plan on doing the absolute bare minimum today and relaxing it away.
I wonder how bad the 2nd shot will be now lol
That is the only side-effect I suffered, thankfully. No headache or fever or anything like that.
I get my second shot exactly one month after I got my first shot; 3/24.
Hard to describe. Very strange. Went to bed at 8 just because I was tired of feeling off and slept to 6:30 this morning when my kids woke me up. Felt like a million bucks this morning. Made me realize that I felt pretty lousy yesterday but functional. But it didn't knock me on my ass or anything. Good luck everybody.
But remove the sort throat, sniffles, sneezes and coughs, and just leave the aches and pains.
That's the best I can describe it.
But remove the sort throat, sniffles, sneezes and coughs, and just leave the aches and pains.
That's the best I can describe it.
Its funny. I posted on here that I felt fine after my 2nd Pfizer shot, but I was achy also. Especially in my legs and arms. I just chaulked it up to something else, but now thinking about it maybe it was the shot. It was minor so I just assumed it was nothing
2nd dose was nothing more than very slight soreness in the arm for about 24 hours.
I had COVID in March 2020, so it fits with your friend's theory.
How do you explain the placebo group in the trials where the same side effects in slightly lesser percentage occurred?
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I was texting with my buddy who works for Northwell today. He was saying there’s a lot of evidence now that is suggesting people who are having reactions after the first shot likely had covid already. It’s because their bodies are already recognizing the proteins in the vaccine. Seems to make some sense.
How do you explain the placebo group in the trials where the same side effects in slightly lesser percentage occurred?
Also, the symptoms people have are the same as in the trials and everyone in the trial was known to have no prior COVID.
Feel better!
but a bad night's sleep. Had a bad night's sleep for a couple of nights after the first shot. First shot gave me a hot spot (painful if touched or slept on) on my arm for a couple of days.
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I was texting with my buddy who works for Northwell today. He was saying there’s a lot of evidence now that is suggesting people who are having reactions after the first shot likely had covid already. It’s because their bodies are already recognizing the proteins in the vaccine. Seems to make some sense.
How do you explain the placebo group in the trials where the same side effects in slightly lesser percentage occurred?
No idea
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I was texting with my buddy who works for Northwell today. He was saying there’s a lot of evidence now that is suggesting people who are having reactions after the first shot likely had covid already. It’s because their bodies are already recognizing the proteins in the vaccine. Seems to make some sense.
How do you explain the placebo group in the trials where the same side effects in slightly lesser percentage occurred?
Did the study take into account which subjects had allergies and which did not? There are some discussions about having allergies might mean you have a more active immune system, which would be a good thing. Breaking down the type of allergy might also be useful.
Do Allergies Protect Us? - ( New Window )
In particular, the immune system is deeply remodeled during aging. Several mechanisms of both innate and adaptive immunity undergo age-related changes, configuring the so-called immunosenescence. Many aspects of immune function decline with aging, while others become more active....
This immune dysregulation provides the background for the development of the increased susceptibility to infections and autoimmune diseases, neoplasias, metabolic diseases, osteoporosis, neurological disorders, as well as to allergic inflammation.
There is a whole section on respiratory tract modifications which is interesting as well. The changes from ageing might be a factor in why Covid is so deadly to populations 70 and older (though I suspect damage caused by smoking and air quality is likely a major factor here).