Originally Posted by
go_buccos
Background: I'm 46, 5'11", average weight, (165) and in average physical condition. I had what I would term a "moderate" case of COVID back in early January. No severe symptoms or shortness of breath, but was legit knocked on my ass for about 10 days. Onset of symptoms was January 2nd, and they finally disappeared on January 14th.
I got the first Pfizer shot last Wednesday the 21st under immense pressure from my girlfriend, who I live with, and who had a much milder case of COVID at the same time I did. I resisted for awhile before finally giving in, but I felt the whole time like i was making a mistake and I just didn't need the vaccine yet.
Timeline since then:
Rest of Wednesday: progressively sorer arm around injection site
Thursday: Sore arm continued and general muscle/body aches
Friday: Aches not as bad, but beginnings of a scratchy throat
Saturday: Full-on head cold symptoms, but feel fine otherwise
Yesterday: Absolutely knocked on my ass. Felt like I couldn't get out of bed. All head cold type symptoms still present plus a modest (99.4) fever in the evening
Today: No more fever and I "feel" better, but my head still feels like its going to explode.
My girlfriend (who I love dearly, but who basically takes her life cues from Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and Trevor Noah) is trying to gaslight me into thinking that this is somehow not related to the shot. Because you know, the vaccines are perfect and nothing bad could EVER happen to people given a vaccine tested for 15-20% of the normal study period for these types of things to get approval... right???
The research I've done leads me to believe that there's a definite correlation between the fact that I had a recent moderate COVID case and the bad vaccine side effects. Simply put, I already had robust immunity and the shot:
A.) was redundant, and
B.) had the effect of sending my immune system into overdrive.
Unless I see something ground breaking that changes my mind, there is currently a 0.0% chance of my keeping my 2nd shot appointment.
I'm by NO MEANS an anti-vaxxer or telling anybody to get or not get the vaccine... All I'm saying is don't let societal pressure or pressure from others (regardless of ideology) affect the medical decisions that you make for yourself.