Hospitalizations from "Eris", a variant of the Omicron form of the coronavirus, are on the rise around the United States.
  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    At this point I’m treating COVID like the flu. Every September I’ll get shot combo for both and go about my business.

    • kobra@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      Normally I’d agree, but these COVID vaccines put me down for 24-48 hours and the flu shot has never done that. Its very weird and difficult to schedule myself 48 hours of ‘sick time’ for a vaccine recovery.

      Edit: I’d like to clarify that I’ve always gotten them when available, so I’m 3x boosted or whatever, I just wish they had options for people that react like this.

      • enki@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        Feeling sick for a day or two after the vaccine is a small price to pay to avoid long COVID. Some people never recover, see Physics Girl on YT.

        • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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          11 months ago

          I had it for three weeks and that was long enough, and for a couple of weeks after still I couldn’t enjoy coffee or chocolate or anything with floral flavors. Definitely sucked hard, I can’t imagine having it longer

        • kobra@lemm.ee
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          11 months ago

          I don’t disagree at all, I should have elaborated in my original comment but I guess I was more yearning for better suited vaccines for people that get hit hard by them. Maybe we could take a smaller dose or different cocktail?

          • enki@lemm.ee
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            11 months ago

            Which one did you take? A lot of people I know who took Moderna got hit hard, but only one person I know who took the Pfizer did. My family all took Pfizer and didn’t have any symptoms besides the usual soreness at the injection site.