I have Covid

[CF DolFan]

Flu shots don't prevent you. I've caught the flu after having the shot and yes it was the same strand. It just makes it much easier to deal with.

[Dave Gray]

With this virus and vaccine that doesn’t seem to be the case.  The flu shot prevents you from catching the flu and from being a carrier.  Covid vaccine doesn’t prevent you from catching it nor from being a carrier.  It prevents you from getting seriously ill or dying.

I think it does both -- lowers the chance that you catch the virus by a lot and then lowers the chance that you get seriously ill to almost 0%.

So does the Flu Vaccine.  You can still get the vaccine and contract the virus, but it does reduce the chances.

[Fau Teixeira]

got my 2nd dose of moderna today, i hear it'll kick my ass tomorrow .. we'll see

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

got my 2nd dose of moderna today, i hear it'll kick my ass tomorrow .. we'll see

Its like having the flu for a day or two...

[Tenshot13]

Okay I got microchipped today.  Time to get back out in the world

[Dave Gray]

I got the single-dose J&J yesterday and I haven't had any real symptoms.  My arm felt like I'd thrown a baseball a few times, but not anything noteworthy.  I felt like I may be getting tired or a headache so I took a Tylenol and melatonin and went to bed early, planned to sleep in today, and I'm golden. 

[Tenshot13]

I got the single-dose J&J yesterday and I haven't had any real symptoms.  My arm felt like I'd thrown a baseball a few times, but not anything noteworthy.  I felt like I may be getting tired or a headache so I took a Tylenol and melatonin and went to bed early, planned to sleep in today, and I'm golden. 

that's what I got yesterday.  I felt fine until today.  I had and still have a lot of fatigue, headache.  I just took a 4 hour nap and still feel tired.  It's supposed to stop doing that tomorrow or the next day.  Blah.

[Dave Gray]

Mine was about 31 hours ago.  I wonder if I'm out of the woods.

[Tenshot13]

Probably, my wife barely had any side effects.  I just started feeling a bit better about 45 min ago.

[Tenshot13]

I seem to be feeling normal again, just had to sleep it off and drink a lot of water.

[Dave Gray]

Good to hear.  Glad you're back at it.

I feel so relieved just to have it all behind me.  I got a little emotional when they gave me the shot....it marked the end of a long stretch of sacrificing.  I have enjoyed the solitude, but it's nice to know that there's some road back to normalcy.

[SlothVomit]

I received my second shot on Tuesday(Moderna) and it kicked my ass the next day. Terrible headache and fatigue. Today I'm not 100% but I feel better.

[CF DolFan]

As someone who spent 4 days in the hospital with Covid I can tell you these side effects are likely worth it but it sucks they are so bad. Glad you are all feeling better.

[Dave Gray]

I have some friends and family that deciding whether they'll get the shot and I just don't think they're thinking it through.  The shot is free.  It's not uncommon for people to get very sick and require medical care.  People my age that I know are getting hospitalized and it drags on.

So, yeah -- it probably won't kill them.

But it's going to cost them so, so much money.  A woman I work with my age got COVID.  It just lingered and wouldn't go away.  She was in and out of hospital treatment because her oxygen kept dipping.  She was out of work for basically a month.  And now she has astronomical hospital bills that she'll probably never pay off.

The vaccine is probably going to cause some people to feel crappy for a day....but the financial cost to us, even for young and healthy people, in terms of lost wages and hospital stays is just going to be crippling.

[masterfins]

I have some friends and family that deciding whether they'll get the shot and I just don't think they're thinking it through.  The shot is free.  It's not uncommon for people to get very sick and require medical care.  People my age that I know are getting hospitalized and it drags on.

So, yeah -- it probably won't kill them.

But it's going to cost them so, so much money.  A woman I work with my age got COVID.  It just lingered and wouldn't go away.  She was in and out of hospital treatment because her oxygen kept dipping.  She was out of work for basically a month.  And now she has astronomical hospital bills that she'll probably never pay off.

The vaccine is probably going to cause some people to feel crappy for a day....but the financial cost to us, even for young and healthy people, in terms of lost wages and hospital stays is just going to be crippling.

You make a really good point here that I haven't considered, and that's the cost you would incur if you had to be hospitalized.  I'm 55 and have been very lucky health wise, only stayed over night in the hospital twice (once when I was born, and the other time when I was 8 years old).  I've had health insurance through my employer for the last 35 years and only went over the deductible amount once, and that's when the deductible amount was $500.  So, with rising insurance costs I have been gambling the last three years with a high deductible plan ($7,000 deductible), and putting the premium difference into an HSA account which has grown to about $8,000.  So, if I were to go into the hospital I would be ok, but this would wipe out by health care savings which I was planning on using when I retire.  Even a more normal insurance plan deductible would cost a person 3 or 4 thousand dollars if they had to be hospitalized; so for this reason it makes sense to just get vaccinated to avoid this expense.  On a whim I heard of some vaccine appointments open, so I got my first Pfizer dose a couple weeks ago, getting the second on 4/20 (hope this doesn't interfere with normal 420 celebrations).  My main reason at the time was for travel and attending large events, but now that I think about it the money side is a bigger incentive.