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[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Got three shots of vac. Two were part of two does one vaccine thingie, third one was standalone (another vaccine).

The first two kicked my ass. I got fever, exhaustion, weakness and joint pains lol. Both times. On one hand, yay, free day from work. On the other tho it wasn't fun. Turns out sick days ain't fun if you're actually sick for most of them.

Third one was fine. It was also I believe a year later, so maybe my immune system finally kicked in. If I had covid at some point, I didn't know it.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The feeling sick part is your immune system. :) Most of the feelings we associate with getting sick are the immune response rather than the actual sickness.
The tired feelings are your body telling you to stop moving because it's busy, and also burning energy doing stuff. Joint pain is mostly various tissues getting puffy to make it easier for immune cells to move around. (For sickness. Crunchy ankle is different)

The first two were staggered to maximize the immune response if I recall right, and they also had a bit more kick to them that we tapered down as we learned more about how it all worked.
By the time the next round came about everyone had internalized the vaccine, been exposed and just kicked the living shit out of the virus a few times, and the virus mutated to be a bit weaker.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I got vaccinated as soon as I could and wore good masks when I went out. My adult son brought it home, so I caught it anyway. I didn't wear the mask at home. It was like the flu for me, which I had several years before.

I'm mad at our government, the billionaires, and the media for polarizing this for political gain. I'm less mad at the people who fell for it because stupid gonna stupid. I was surprised, however, at how many fell for it. That was the beginning of my awakening to just how many stupid people there are.

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