KIP covid thread

my az kicked in about 12 hours after the injection, i spent the night too hot and too cold at the same time, spent the rest of the week noticeably ache-y and going to bed before 9.

Yeesh!

I felt a bit woozy for a four or five days + sore arm, but other people I know had no side effects whatsoever.

well last night was horrendous. woke up about 8 times, needing to pee each time. shivering all over. massive headache. tinnitus. like the day after a rave! already feeling better now though. paracetemol to the rescue.

That...did not go well. Felt a tiny bit tired and spacey until about 10PM and then out came the freak show of terrible chills and fever along with aches and pains which went on all night long.

But then went away, right?

Hard to say. Still feel somewhat achy, didn’t sleep much at all and still have somewhat of a temperature. But I guess the worst is presumably over.

Temperature is back down at least. Still have headache and other aches

Sorry to hear JR. Yeah I thought it was over but then my headache came back with a vengeance.

Dang, now I'm just worried that my lack of side effects (except for some tinnitus and a sore arm) are indicative of a lazy immune system. I do take an aminosalicylate, but that's not supposed to actually be immuno-suppressive.

I had the same worry, but apparently a lot of people have no side effects.

yeah it doesn't necessarily mean that. we all have different reactions. I'm sure you're fine.

apparently, tons of people have rushed out to get antibody tests because of being worried about this. and if you get the wrong type, it'll show up negative because it was searching for the wrong type of antibody. and then you'll mistakenly think "I'm not protected"

Yeah I'm definitely not going that far, and will just assume I'm appropriately vaccinated, thanks.

you're COVID-proofed!

I imagine *most* people don't have side effects, at least not much more than a sore arm, and maybe a smaller percent with chills, fatigue, headache, possibly fever. I think side effects classified as "serious" affect less than 10%, and something like severe anaphylaxis well less than 5%. I also assume a lot of people are kinda wimps about this stuff, too. Like, the second shot did wipe me out for a day, but just a day, 24 hours total, with the worst of it (chills) being a few hours (sounds exactly like what JR described above). But I can't even remember the last time before that I even *had* a fever, so of course I immediately went into Big Baby mode. Anyway, in a weird way I was glad for this, because I didn't even feel the second shot, and briefly did consider, huh, maybe something went wrong. So when the shivers and aches started I kind of said to myself, ah, here we go. Regardless, nothing Tylenol didn't make better. I had a friend who reacted with a couple of days of nausea, which seems more unpleasant than aches and pains.

Probably true, but just anecdotally, it seems like more friends who have had a mRNA second dose have been laid out on the couch for a day than not.

everyone i know personally under the age of 50 who took it had symptoms. Everyone i know personally over the age of 60 didn't have symptoms. totally anecdotal but there you go.

Apparently I have the immune system of a senior citizen

forks, how many of those people got the pfizer shot, do you know?

Everyone i know personally over the age of 60 didn't have symptoms.

Equally anecdotal, but everyone I know personally over the age of 60 had symptoms, except for one, who got the Pfizer.

* weather is better and we're now allowed travel within the county, so it feels like things are actually, properly lifting (albeit at a slow pace)

most of the folks i know got moderna/pfizer in NYC/Nashville with the earlier ones going Moderna and tending to be more symptomatic

the symptoms sucked! but they went away in under a week and now i am vaccinated. everyone should get this!

BTW for my NYC artsy folks of any age who want help getting a jab:

The Actor's Fund is working with the City to help schedule vaccination appointments at ATC's Broadway Vaccination Site (ATC Vaccination Times Square, located at 47th Street & 7th Avenue) by accessing the link below.
http://actorsfund.org/BroadwayVaccination
The site is open to all members of the performing arts & entertainment community who are working, living, or attending school in New York City.

I got a haircut today! And went INSIDE the grocery store for the first time this year. Next week I am going to the dentist!

Nice.

Yeah I feel like I'm not KIP enough here. My headache is gone!

sadly I went in the grocery store hungry and ended up buying cupcakes, pringles, a few cans of coke with coffee, and a nutty buddy.

NO REGRETS

i went for milk & bought 2 bags of chocolate easter eggs, potato chips & french onion dip so i for one will never judge u

haha, I went looking for the 50% off Easter candy but it was already gone

you need something to go with your glass of milk

thats what the easter eggs are for

Whole point is the hunt tbf xxp

Still so sleepy today, as well as a tiny bit achy here and there, but otherwise no symptoms, hope that’s Positive enough for thread.

if I got the COVID vaccine I would simply not experience any unpleasant symptoms

if I got the COVID vaccine I would simply not experience any unpleasant symptoms

― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, April 16, 2021 10:38 AM

qft

Well put

Already thinking of new numbers to add to my post-vaxx karaoke repertoire.

US crossed 200,000,000 shot threshold this afternoon (that includes first and second jabs)

had second shot yesterday, arm started hurting pretty bad within a few hours, went to sleep at my normal time, could NOT wake up like normal, slept for ~12 hours, now feel fineish? An ideal way to deal with side effects imo!

yayyy congrats man!

I am scheduled for my 2nd on May 6th

I ran into three friends amidst the chaos of the mass vax convention center yesterday, was the weirdest reunion feeling of my life

I feel like I missed out getting vaccinated in a dingy Safeway pharmacy all by myself and not at the football stadium

I have booked my first game of football for over six months for next Thursday, a beautiful moment in advance of a no-doubt painful hour but this feels major

got shot #2 yesterday, have felt like trash all day but it's fading

so happy everyone's getting all their shots! feels big to me! also terrified about how many people just blankly refusing to do it but, like, wrong thread for that!!!!!

cases appear to be slowly decreasing in the US after steady increase - but not a huge amount (something like 3.5% in my spreadsheet calculation). that trajectory seems to be continuing this week. cases too high to celebrate or declare definitively movement is starting but hoping this means the vaccination is stemming the tide finally.

I feel like I missed out getting vaccinated in a dingy Safeway pharmacy all by myself and not at the football stadium

― Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, April 21, 2021 6:57 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

if you get the shot you get to be on the team next season

the Covid Superleague

I feel like I missed out getting vaccinated in a dingy Safeway pharmacy all by myself and not at the football stadium

Was in a two-hour queue winding around hospital corridors after midnight, but I knew two couples elswhere in the queue, so we ept passing each other, and the solo schoolteacher in front of me also had a couple of acquaintances wend past him, so it did feel moderately vibey and social

so happy everyone's getting all their shots! feels big to me! also terrified about how many people just blankly refusing to do it but, like, wrong thread for that!!!!!

Not picking on this carefully equivocal post, but the "everyone" wording I see a lot these last weeks from Americans, just about eligibility, is a real gut-punch.

on the other hand sic everyone is welcome to come to America for a shot, our borders are wide open as you rightly note!