So we’ve now officially gone from vaccine to vaccine plus booster, and now are at just keep taking shots every year.
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You're correct that this isn't surprising.
One of my friends was required to get a shot due to his circumstances, and he had to get two doses.
Both were actually pretty bad, but the first one was worse because he wasn't prepared for it properly. He didn't eat anything after the shot so in addition to nausea, his arm going entirely limp, serious arm pains, and drowsiness; he got diarrhea and vomiting.
The second one went better, but only because he ate. His arm still went immobile, he was very drowsy, had significant arm pains, and had mild nausea.
It's weird that eating makes you less nauseousness.
His girl friend had no reaction at all, I have no idea why.
More often than not, it seems like the general consensus is that if you get the shot, expect to be basically incapacitated for the day.
I'll second their experience. Not that I've gotten the shot, but a lot of my employees have and I could literally see them deteriorating before my eyes. Mostly between losing control of their arm or it being in such a pain they would prefer it be completely numb.
It isn't a simple in/out thing. Almost everyone who told me they had it, also had a painful reaction to it in some form.
I'm not sure what's worse at this point, the test or the vaccine.
The test requires them to jam a q-tip so far back into your sinuses that it's basically stabbing you in the brain. Like, a 4"-6" q-tip. One of my co-workers did it at a drive-through, and called it "legitimately one of the worst experiences of my life".
I don't do well with things in my nose, and I don't think I could deal with that as a test. Seriously, just do a blood draw at that point. That's way faster, way easier, and way less painful than swabbing my brain.
Yeah I wouldn't do that in the slightest. When I had to get a test due to a friend's exposure it was just a mouth swab which was simple enough.