Originally Posted by
BCR
Just listened to the end of your show. Obviously everyone’s circle is anecdotal. I’d say people I certainly know their results after second for the full day after second shot are like 60-75 people.
Everyone I grew up with had the first round of shots with their parents and now themselves.
I legit don’t know anyone who had a day as bad as sloppy said he did early on. He is young. Also already had Covid.
A nurse I know early on my age complained of feeling like shit the next day, but not so badly she had to even leave work.
I’ve heard a headache a few times. I don’t know anyone who hydrated day before got one. I set out exactly six large Fiji water bottles in my fridge the day before first shot and didn’t go to sleep until I finished them all.
Neither of my parents or their spouses had any side effect beyond arm pain.
My best friend and wife are at like 72 hours and my buddy had nothing and his wife ran a temp of like 99.6 for the evening, but never felt sick at all, and she has chronic migraines that take her to ER probably twice a year on average. She was really concerned about that angle. One has both parents who had nothing. Other has legit three parents including step from divorce and three still alive, all nothing. My other buddy, his wife, and they have all four parents, nothing at all beyond sore arm.
I have like seven buddies I talk to weekly and none of their parents had any bad reaction. I’ve still yet to meet the older person who had any true side effect of any significance. You talking about you mom and a really bad headache is legit by far the worst I’ve heard.
Almost all in my demo who are active, I have heard the hip and knee pain type complaints. Maybe 3 people got chills briefly. I didn’t even know about nausea or vomiting being a side effect as I haven’t ran into a single person who experienced even an upset stomach. The worst is nose running, very mild flu symptoms, and low grade fever.
The only it kicked my ass stories I know of in real life like you described were people under 40, mostly under 35. Like the nurse who felt lousy, her coworkers. My friend who works in hospital in Charlotte, she and her husband had nothing beyond sore arm, but some younger nurses and doctors on staff had a bad day.
You describing it as you’re probably going to probably, strikes me as not accurate. Unless you’re assessing probability of 15% as something being probable. I’d describe that as possible, but not likely. Not saying you’re exaggerating, but it certainly isn’t my experience at all.
I’ve seen a major difference between young and old knowing exactly zero old people even have a bad day. Every older person I know is a moth last second d shot by this point. Some of my peers are in the process still, but most through last week.
My age range have complained of joint pain more than anything. Hips, knees, a few mild fevers, a few moderate headaches, and a few like two hours of chills, one slight, more said she was shivering and rattling teeth. Neither lasted more than 2 hours.
That’s it, it’s probably closer to a few hundred where I’m pretty certain they didn’t have an issue, but it’s certainly over 50 where I texted and said how are you feeling three times over the course of the 24 hours after. How is your mom or parents depending on if they have both still with us. My parents are on earliest spectrum of my closest friends parents being only early 70s.
I truthfully don’t know a person who had what I’d even term a rough flu day.
I read online of people feeling like crap for a day, but it almost skews to people I know a decade younger plus.
I won’t claim you’re wrong, but it’s certainly not anything I’ve seen, at all. 80% have had basically a sore arm or a sore arm and their hip or knees might be a little sore like they tweaked it the day before but it’s gone quickly. Not one single person said anything about nauseous or even mention it.
I got a vertigo sensation for like two hours a full 48 hours after first, and some pins and needles in right hand despite getting shot in left, but I attributed it to having cervical neck problem that occasionally cause the vertigo, and the pins and needles are unique, but they always ask about it. All my pain is on right side and the sensation occurred only on right. I’d guess it was just pre-existing shit getting a little more than normal inflammation. I got feel I got a shot, but barely. Very mild to non-existing arm pain.
My takeaway from listening to friends is they has some joint or ache where you’d expect them to give their activity. Runners might have knee pain and hip pain. This rang true here even with Cerveza who is a runner,
Guys from gym might have shoulder ache for a day. It seems to coincide with some likely arthritis people have depending on what they do, but don’t feel yet. Basically a sneak preview of life in 20 years. Why it doesn’t afflict older people I don’t get, as they already are at that stage. The inflammation just must be lower as the immune response is weaker.
I feel like I’m jinxing myself for sure. I get my second tomorrow at 1:20. I’ll probably be vomiting and shaking come tomorrow night, but it will surprise me if I do. While I always assume the worst, I don’t expect it. Neither of my parents had a single thing. When I’ve asked them what their friends and neighbors are saying, I have still not a single anecdote of older person having bad day. Sore arm in that demo.
I’ll be the only friend I have with any real side effects if I do and most are done fully.
I’m into my drinking massive water stage already having downed two already.
I’ll let you know.
