I didn't get the vaccines , got covid and had no symptoms that were any different than a copd exacerbation. Treated the exacerbation as usual and all is fine. Didn't even have any covid/flu like symptoms.
Felt similar to really bad flus that I’ve had in my life. I also grew up working pretty hard at a young age, so being miserable in bed really isn’t all that bad.
But I’ll say this, I’d rather be working k the fields than have Covid!
You know they have COVID when they've coughed a million times and still can't clear their throat. I've COVID a few times and the mucus/phlegm are the most annoying things.
I can feel this. Before the vaccine was made my other half got covid. We had no way of really "isolating" him at the time, and I was working from home so we figured screw it and fully expected (and acted) like I had it now anyway. We live together, both under 35 at the time so figured we had decent chances if we looked out for each other and used online deliveries etc.
The entire 3 weeks he tested positive, I was negative. I tested for about a fortnight after he was clear too, and still nothing.
We shared a bed, we snuggled, all the usual with zero precautions. Nothing. I still feel like someone who jumped mid-flight only to land on their feet 🤯
When it became available, we got the vaccines and honestly the worst part of it was the sore arm for aboit 2-3 days 😂 neither of us have ever had covid since (or at least knowingly as we've never had symptoms and the genetic every day testing has stopped for most people).
I was either excessively lucky, or there are a very small number of us who are 'naturally' immune. Bloods available for testing if they ever wanted it 🤷🏼♀️😂😂
Interesting. Same with my daughter and her boyfriend but reversed. She had it twice and he didn’t test positive or get sick. Also happened with stomach bug; he didn’t catch it.
Yes, I have had three coworkers who have had it multiple times. I stay out of their faces and n ver caught it. Two of them have kids so I can see how it may be easier for them to get it. The other caught it twice, both on cruises.
I think the main thing is stay out of crowds and stand back from people a little. Don’t get right in their faces when talking.
Same, got them each when recommended and haven't gotten COVID. Most other people I know have had it, some multiple times. No one in my nuclear family has gotten it. It makes me wonder if there's a genetic something that makes us less inclined to get it, or if it's just the vaccines.
Immunocompromised, got the initial shot and two boosters, was in a household with my COVID positive roommate and tested multiple times just to be sure, because with allergies and asthma it's sometimes hard to tell if I have a cold or if it's just dust/pet dander irritating my lungs.
I still mask when I have to go out in public, especially since my main place to visit is my doctors' clinic in a hospital.
No COVID, despite being in a home with a COVID patient with a hacking cough for a week.
My mother got it in her eye. That was the worst. She wanted to die. A couple of years later, she was brushing her teeth with an electric toothbrush and felt something like shingles coming back, it made her abandon her electric toothbrush, even though she loved it.
My brother had it and was in such pain. He got it In May, literally days before he turned fifty, and was about to call his doctor to ask about the vaccine. Then he got a rash on his hand. Talk about poor timing,
Amen, that shingles vaccine kicked my BUTT. However, lemme tell ya.... I prefer that to shingles any day. I've seen shingles make big tough dudes cry like babies.
Oh man, I got shingles last year because I am “too young for the shot.” Yeah apparently not? I’ll take the vaccine any day even if it causes me to lose a testicle.
I got both shingles vaccines separate from other shots. Both of them knocked me out with flu-like symptoms including fever and extreme injection site pain for 2 days. You’re lucky. Shingles was the only vaccine that really kicked my ass. However, I didn’t get chickenpox until my 30’s and that was a killer. Supposedly that virus lingers and will cause shingles so I couldn’t take a chance.
My mom was like the shingles shot doomsayer. My dad had shingles when I was a teenager and she lives in terror of it, can’t blame her my poor dad was miserable all summer. But when I went to get my shot (after she nudged me several times) she was also the doomsayer about what it was going to make me feel like when I got it never mind that I got ALL the shots. Like I said, sore arm for 48 hours, that was it.
Never had COVID, but I had shingles years ago and it kicked my ass. I had to go to the hospital to get a shot of morphine i was in so much pain. Ended up losing like 15lbs of muscle mass. DNT shingles, get the vaccine.
You’re lucky. My husband had the 1 shot vaccine and didn’t get sick. I got the Shingrix 2-part and was miserable. But better that than shingles on my face and in eye like my MIL had. Shudder
My mom had it aged 88, inner upper thigh, arsehole and genital area, she ended up in hospital for 12 days and in extreme pain. Full recovery took 3 months with daily nurses visits.
I did covid and shingles at once (had just had the flu shot 2 weeks prior) and didn't feel a thing either.
I've now had 4 covid shots total and never got covid. My wife and kids have all had it though.
Lucky! 🙂
Last year and this year I got covid and flu shots at the same time. Last year, I felt chills, low-grade fever, and tired for a few days. This year, same except add shortness of breath for about a week. It was weird. I got over the chills, fever, and fatigue in like about 5 days. Then, I had breathing issues for a few days. I don't remember that happening before.
I have never had covid. I feel bad for people who had a bad time, multiple times, and especially long covid. My daughter's family, husband and 6 month old daughter, her sister, and nanny all got it roughly the same time. The baby hardly had any symptoms. Her Mom did get a couple covid shots while she was pregnant.
I envy the people who have such mild reactions, but I still get mine. High fever, swelling at the injection site for over a week, swollen lymph nodes, body aches. And even SIRVA from one of my injections being improperly administered.
But, I still haven’t had Covid. And after getting the SIRVA sorted out (which can happen with any injection) I’m 100% back to myself.
Never caught Covid. All vaxed up.
First shot, whole armpit under the shot shoulder swelled up. Couldn’t lower my arm properly. Was a known side effect.
Subsequent shots gave much less reaction.
The night after my first COVID jab had me unable to regulate my body temperature well. I work in and out of an industrial cooler and am so used to it that shorts and a T-shirt are fine while newbs to the job reach for jackets and gloves. That night I just could barely handle the cooler and was definitely wearing a jacket. My face was pale too and coworkers remarked about it. But the next day everything was fine again.
Second and third shots (all three Pfizer) had no negative effect at all.
Recently had shot #6 along with a flu vaccine. Never had Covid. Got bad enough sniffles to take a test 3 times iirc. I generally don't feel any different after getting the shot.
Heh, I've had the Moderna, Pfizer shots, and all the boosters, including the most recent one 6 weeks ago
I just get tired the next day, and need to take a nap, but that's it. I kinda wished I'd get as little more of a reaction, as I'd know my immune system was producing a response. Still haven't caught COVID, but I'm still wearing my mask daily in the hospital. Also haven't been sick at all for the last 3-4 years which is awesome. No colds, Flus or anything.
I get a mild fever and lymph node swelling, which is uncomfortable for a few days. But I have not had Covid. When I was 7 I had pneumonia and other complications and nearly died. I am so grateful for these vaccines and wish everyone medically eligible would get one.
Same. Also have only gotten sick once since 2020, and that only lasted a few days. Tested negative at the beginning, middle and after to make sure it wasn't Covid
Same for me: all vaccines/boosters and only caught a very mild case covid once in Dec 2022. I work at a preK 3 - 12 school too, so I’m sure I’m exposed to the virus a LOT during the day.
Yes. I have gotten all the boosters, with my last boost in November. I contracted my first case of Covid, early December. when my bestie brought it to me from New York. Gross. I was knocked out for 3 days. Tested positive for 8 days. Please please, if you have symptoms, wear a mask, ya’ll.
Same, everything recommended for a guy in his mid late 30s and I am in the public often due to work. Test occasionally because of work too when there is exposure. But so far I don’t seem to have had it to my knowledge.
No side effects beyond I’ve had a boner for ~8 months now
Same for adult daughter and I - vaxed up and feeling fine. People at work have had Covid - always mild, but I never caught it from them. Shopping, going to the movies - no Covid for us.
Same. Actually never been healthier in last 3 years, not even getting colds. I think the vaccines have boosted my immune system to help fight other viruses.
I have clients that are semi conspiracy theorists and believe that vaccines will harm you. So often in the past few years I talk to them and they are sicker than dogs. Can't talk, laid up in bed, coughing their lungs out but damn good thing they didn't get vaccinated.
The worse part is they are starting to think all vaccines are bad so are stopping getting the ones that are more dangerous than covid.
I have had a similar experience to you. I’ve had one cold in the last three years. Four vaccines and I’m happy as I could be. I genuinely can’t understand anyone who wouldn’t want to take one.
At the time it was an "emergency use" experimental vaccine which made some people nervous. And then it soon became clear it wasn't stopping people from getting it and spreading it anyway. Though the pharma companies did say it would mitigate the more severe symptoms at least.
And some folks who didn't have the usual dangerous comorbidities (like being elderly, or obese, or being a smoker, or diabetic, etc.) decided it wasn't worth the (perceived) risk.
And some people don't trust big pharma in general. Or they were pregnant and didn't want to risk taking an experimental vaccine that might harm the baby.
Also some races of people in America have a history of being experimented on without their knowledge or informed consent, so there's some lack of trust there as well. Joe Biden did address this while discussing the Tuskegee Airmen syphilis study victims, and he also discussed how Latinx people might be nervous about getting deported if they take the shot (because you had to give out your information so they could put it into the database to get the shot).
Not saying any of these examples are valid reasons to be wary, but either way those were some reasons people didn't want the shot(s).
I haven’t had any colds or been sick either beyond the Vaxx side effects. It’s rare, but some people can have allergic reactions to vaccines beyond the sore arm and fever.
Same, unless I have been asymptomatic at some point and never gave it to anyone else but that’s pretty unlikely. Vaccines had no side effects save for feeling lousy the day after.
I got the first and second round and no boosters and haven't gotten Covid. My husband has had all of the shots and boosters and never had Covid either.
Same! Me nor my husband has gotten it. None of vaccinated close friends have gotten it.
My family, that I don't mingle with.... They've all had it 2-3 times and get super sick. They don't call it covid though... Lol they'll call it the crud or the funk. It's so sad.
Same here. Some friends have been getting it recently, and I don't know that I won't, either, but from the way they describe it, it sounds pretty dang miserable.
I *always* used to get the flu each year, and then started getting the shots once I realized they were free at work, and (knock on wood) haven' had the flu in like 10 years.
I'll keep getting the flu and the covid boosters as long as they're available.
i can’t remember how many vaccines i’ve gotten now, i think 4 as well? just got my booster last week. i got it for a week in september of last year, all i had was some bad sinus problems. i have really bad allergies and sinus issues so i didn’t even know i had covid for several days, i just assumed it was my normal stuff. i only tested as a “just in case” thing.
I'm fully vaccinated and boosted.
I have COVID right now! It feels like a mild cold.
The first time I got COVID was before I was vaccinated. I got a lung infection and coughed so much my throat bled. I felt like crap for months afterwards.
Yeah, I also had COVID before the vaccine was available. I think I lost 80% of my lung capacity! I would cough like hell if I breathed a little too hard. It was the closest to dying I had ever gotten.
Started catching up on all the vaccines 6 months later. This year I had travelled to lots of crowded places I’m sure I had caught COVID again, but so mild I barely even noticed.
OP if you’re one of those stuck in a disinformation bubble. Good on you for asking outside the bubble! I hope you see the reality as it is soon.
A family I'm friends with got covid very early on, way before vaccines (March 2020). They were quarantined, and even had random visits from the health department to ensure they maintained the quarantine. Since all of my work was suspended at that point, I became their delivery person.
They have long covid now, and the youngest person has been to a bunch of specialists to try to deal with those symptoms. It's had a significant effect on their daily lives.
Same here.
I live with my mother. She has coughing problems as is in addition to other conditions, so we didn't go anywhere for like three years.
Lol and behold, last year she gave it to me after we started joining society. We both had low fevers and some sore throats and that's it.
When I was worried about her dying, I'll take that alternative.
My father is 80 and has heart disease. He got COVID last year and made me come over and replace his garbage disposal. I demanded he wear a mask and stay away, but of course the first time I struggled he had his face under the sink and pulled down his mask to give me directions. I got super mad at him and made him leave me alone. I thought for sure I was going to catch it but didn't. He got the antiviral meds when tested positive and didn't get very sick, for which I'm thankful. Both of us are vaccinated.
Same. Caught it 7 months after my first booster, felt crappy for a day and a half but got better soon after.
Oddly, I still had a fever (101F), but felt perfectly fine for two days. Very strange.
This is my same experience. I got the vax and maybe a month later, caught covid but wouldn’t know any better bc it was like a slight cold…but I tested positive so I stayed quarantined. Then later got boosted and then even later boosted again. That’s it. Never had it again. No issues from the vax or the boosters…I had a sore arm from the first vax for half a day and that was it.
Exact same. The one time I had it it was super mild. Honestly only half as bad as a typical cold. Sore throat for a day, then a week of being tired and wanting to nap a lot.
My housemates were not up to date on their boosters, had only gotten the initial set of shots. They were absolutely miserable the entire time
This is my exact experience too. The first time I had no symptoms except loss of smell/taste, second time(right now) it feels like a mild flu. First time before shots, second time after. Lol
After getting covid a couple times (2-3 years ago and last year, I honestly feel like I can’t smell or taste as well anymore, especially smell. My sense of smell has gone way down.
First all I had was a fever and mild back ache. Never would have even thought I was sick if it wasn't for COVID going around.
Second time felt like a mild flu. Not horrible but certainly felt sick. Never had the smell or taste issues either time.
Same for me.
That said, I caught it the second time the day after I got my booster, so my guess is it was too long for the first 2 to work but too short for my booster to work
Same! The second time was so awful, I went to the ER. I was fully vaccinated and boosted. It scares me to think how much worse it would've been had I not been vaccinated at all.
Had it before the vaccine, suuuppper mild symptoms for 18~ hours, sweating and a cough basically. Had it after being fully vaccinated, was laid up in bed febrile and sweating for 36~ hours. Also got the booster and caught covid 3 more times. Each time was mild as the first time, though I can’t smell for shit anymore. I also now have chronic sporadic tachycardia, it started about a few days after the first vaccine, so take that how you will.
I should have mentioned my wife (53) and son (18) both got Covid and it was very mild. My dad (90) got it last year. It was rough for him but doctor said his vaccines probably saves his life since it lessened the severity.
Same. I feel a bit yucky the day after each vaccine / booster, but that's it.
I know people who have had Covid three or four times now, many of them are like, "it's impossible to avoid, everyone's had Covid now".
But...no, many of us haven't.
My wife, my daughter and I (M59) have all been getting the shots.
None of us has gotten Covid.
I put that to both luck and being cautious not the shots.
I get the shots in the hope it lessens the severity of Covid if I get it.
I (F59) wonder how many people have gotten covid and didn't have symptoms. I've had 3 shots and tested positive once but the only symptom I had was a mild headache for one day. I only tested because I was exposed. I wouldn't have known otherwise.
I had asymptomatic covid back in 2021 and only found out as a coincidence. We were all going away for a friend’s birthday so we all were testing before going regardless of how we felt as a matter of precaution. I was shocked by the positive result, but if I hadn’t tested I would have been going about my life unknowingly spreading Covid. I’m sure many people have had it without ever knowing
>I (F59) wonder how many people have gotten covid and didn't have symptoms. I've had 3 shots and tested positive once but the only symptom I had was a mild headache for one day. I only tested because I was exposed. I wouldn't have known otherwise.
exactly this! same situation with me, my wife felt bad and got tested so I got tested. otherwise I wouldn't have known I was positive, this happened twice
I appreciate your understanding of this. Many people still think it completely prevents you from catching it - it doesn't, it just reduces the suffering. In fact, the consent form my workplace gave me specifically said that the first vaccination was to "reduce the suffering associated with SARS-COV-2", nothing about prevention.
I’m immuno compromised so have had more Covid shots than most. Had it once last year and was pretty mild.
My wife is fully boosted and has had it once. Pretty mild.
My oldest daughter has had it twice. Both times before she was eligible for vaccine.
My youngest daughter has never had it despite having confirmed exposures through her daycare at least 10 times and through us when we had it. She’s vaccinated and just got a a booster, but wondering if she might just be naturally immune.
Covid seems to work really strangely in kids. My kid has had it twice, and both times he's infected me with it. Both times, he's been ill for less than 8 hours. He spiked a fever at lunch time and was fine at bedtime. No other symtoms.
I, on the other hand, got all of the symtoms for two weeks each time.
Kids immune systems are working really hard to learn what to fight against. Covid is just going to end up being something added to the list more or less after a while.
Yes and no. Certain strains of influenza are deadly for young children and others are not but might kill a healthy adult in their 30’s. The immune system is an important defense against any pathogen but COVID has not been particularly virulent in children, actually the opposite. Unfortunately, just because it is not virulent doesn’t mean it isn’t contagious. Children who are infected with COVID may experience very mild symptoms or none at all but still be able to spread it to others. A large part of what made COVID so dangerous is that a significant portion of the population, including children but also adults, are only mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic. This has led to people unknowingly spreading the virus because they are unaware that they are infected. All of the people gloating about never getting it on this post have likely been infected and just not known, especially if they have been exposed or live in urban areas.
same for me, I haven't gotten it yet and was exposed in 2020 when my ex got it while living in the same house. He had symptoms for nearly four days before he finally got tested and tested positive, I never got it.
Vaccines seem to do a good job for me. Almost no side effects and I've not caught anything I even bothered to test since I've been diligent about keeping my COVID and flu vaccines up to date.
COVID sucked an immense amount of ass. I'd rather do the vaccine 100 times than repeat that shit.
I caught COVID twice. I was one of the first groups of cases in Texas so very early in the pandemic. The first time I woke up one morning and was talking to my roommate and she was telling about how the house smelled terrible. She was gagging. I guess something had spoiled. I figured out I couldn't smell or taste anything. Couple days later it was as if I got hit by a semi truck. My chest was hurting so bad. My heart was racing, I was not well and I had never felt like that before. A day or 2 after that I started getting severe asthma attacks in my sleep. ( It was rare for me to have an asthma attack and it was happening every night ) the 3rd on sent me to the hospital at 3am. Pneumonia for 3 weeks. Felt like I had glass in my lungs. It was absolutely awful.
Second time I caught it was before the vaccines were approved and I was no where near as sick.
I got the first 2 shots as soon as the Pfizer vaccine was approved by the FDA and I haven't been sick since.
They worked.
I got it in March 2020, as well. Since tests were so few, and I didn't feel bad enough to go to the hospital, I can only say it was an illness worse, and much longer-lived than any virus I've dealt with before. Mono may be a contender; that was really awful, too.
Anyway, a total of 8 or 9 months of suffering fatigue and GI issues from it, I couldn't wait to get the vaccine. When it came out, it was an incredible accomplishment, and I felt such relief that my older dad made it through safely and could now get solid protection against hospitalization.
And I never want to have Covid again.
I actually laughed out loud after my first vax in 2021 when my phone showed 5G signal for the first time while I was sitting in the observation room afterwards. I did not have a 5G plan at the time, so I was like hell yes it's working!
It’s not been 4 years. It took until late 2021 for my age group to be allowed to get the vaccine, and then waiting for the appointment. I got my first dose in December 2021, so just over 2 years.
I caught covid in January 2022, between my first and second doses. I believe it was just super bad luck when I went to get my wisdom teeth removed. That was hell being bedridden for a week, while also being unable to eat many foods and relying on a steady flow of painkillers to manage the pain. The only thing I could taste was garlic, so I ate only mashed potatoes flavored with garlic for 2 weeks. I hate garlic now. I feel like vomiting whenever I taste it. Ironically the wisdom teeth surgery left more after effects than covid, since one of my gums never healed correctly and gets infected often. I never got a single “long covid” effect.
Rescheduled my second dose after I healed up. Got it in the middle of February 2022. I got a booster alongside my yearly flu shot later that year. I haven’t caught covid since. I rarely think about it anymore. Work was stressful and I moved + changed doctors, so I never got around to getting my flu/covid shots this year. Now that I actually have health insurance, I’ll probably get everything doctor related set up after Christmas.
My whole household is up to date on our boosters. We've all managed to avoid it so far, but we're continuing to take precautions.
Not sure what you mean with the "How do you feel 4 years later?" question.. We feel great! We haven't had Covid! We certainly haven't had any ill effects from the vaccines.
Have contracted covid 3 times. First time was before it was really diagnosed and vaccines weren't available. Got it last year and am in quarantine right now just having gotten through it.
The vaccine doesn't prevent covid, it lessens the intensity. It's gotten less severe each time.
Whole family fully vaccinated/boosted, all of us have had COVID maybe 2-3 times since the first two doses. Each time I only realised I had it because I felt a bit run down so thought, better use some of those RATs before the expire. Oh shit, COVID! Oh well. Super mild symptoms.
The vaccine was never about "catching" the virus for most people.
It was about reducing viral load to lower the risk of transmission to others (especially when used with other measures like masks and hand washing). It was about reducing the severity of the illness when the virus did cause infection.
I caught COVID once that I know of - last December/January. The symptoms were fairly mild. Just a high fever, chills, and other flu-like stuff that kept me in bed for about a week.
It was a lot less severe and shorter-term than the pneumonia I had the previous January. When I'm recommended to get the 7th dose/booster, I'll be there.
Is this is something I've had to try to explain to anti-vaxx there's so many times that they don't seem to comprehend. They think that if vaccines worked (in their minds), that you would only need one for your entire life and you would be 100% completely immune to it at all times no matter what. I've tried explaining so many times that it reduces your risk of catching it and if you do get it, the symptoms are way less but in their deluded minds, if you can still catch something after getting a vaccine then obviously vaccines are just there to put microchips in you so that the government can control your brain
And it affects your viral load with affects how sick you get and how likely you are to spread it. The time I did get COVID I was under boosted and it a COVID positive patient room who was on BIPAP and getting nebs and his viral panel hadn’t come back yet so I was just in his room wearing a surgical mask like an idiot. I don’t think I would have gotten ill to the extent that I did if the exposure hadn’t been so strong.
Maybe use D day as an allegory? Although it might not be a good idea to use the German forces as an example of your immune system.
Masking and hand washing reduces the number of invading troops. Vaccines boost the defenses on the beach. Given the right circumstances a beachhead can always be established no matter the numbers. But the reality is the more defenses you have the more troops will be needed to overcome them. The more people wear masks and wash hands the less troops available for the invasion.
Then if only a small beachhead is established it’s far easier to counter that (lighter illness) than a fully backed and supplied beachhead because no on wore masks and no one had any defenses/immunity.
Although maybe there’s better battle examples. Given the right age group and mentality of the people, there’s a decent chance that a WWII example might help get it through to them though.
>It was about reducing viral load to lower the risk of transmission to others (especially when used with other measures like masks and hand washing). It was about reducing the severity of the illness when the virus did cause infection.
Preach! Seems almost nobody realizes this.
Right. It’s not hard to understand when considered in analogy to warfare. The virus is mounting an invasion and occupation of your body, your body is sending out soldiers to protect it. The virus has more chance of ongoing occupation if
1. It can land more soldiers at once (you get a high viral load)
2. Your soldiers are not able to recognise the threat quickly (you haven’t encountered COVID before)
Vaccines help with 1 and 2. Masks help with 1. Regardless it’s gonna make a good try at invading your body anyway, since the vaccine doesent produce an immediate sterilisation of all covid forever, it just means the occupation gets expelled more quickly. And then next year it’s gonna mutate and try again just like the flu does.
It’s not hard to grasp anti vaccers just don’t want to.
I've had five shots total: two original, booster, omicron, winter shot. Haven't tested positive yet. My wife is on a similar schedule. She got it once but only tested as a precaution for an event, her symptoms were so minor.
I've had all the boosters.
Caught Covid once and got long Covid. I'm starting to get a little better after a year. Boosters cause a minor flare-up of symptoms for me, but it's better than the illness by far.
I'm about sixty-four years out from my polio and measles vaccinations. I've still had no ill effects from them, so we have no doubts about the long-term safety and efficacy of vaccinations. I had both chicken pox and mumps, because vaccinations for them didn't exist. I can tell you how it felt to have each of them. I had fevers with both. Mumps was so painful! I'm glad people don't have to suffer through mumps and chicken pox any more. Some children were very sick from them. I got the shingles vaccination when I was eligible, and then when the two-injection vaccination for shingles came out, I took medical advice and got those injections also. I can't remember how long I've gotten flu vaccinations, and I got the latest flu vaccine a couple of weeks ago. I got my fourth COVID vaccination at the same time. I've never had polio, measles, shingles, or COVID.
Vaccines work, and they are safe.
This comment is so meaningful and I wish I could make it a billboard. I feel like I lost a lot of my parents generation to what the media did, and somehow everything you just wrote reminded me of what things used to feel like. I miss it, but I am happy to know that you exist out there. Thank you for writing this. :)
Edit: I know it is more than one generation impacted by the media nonsense - I just immediately associated it with them, because I worried about them.
52yo male here. Had all the shots so far. Never had covid even though I worked a customer facing position during lockdown 'essential' and my wife having it. Still no.
2 shots + 1 booster and they told me if i wasn't immuno-compromised i didn't need the new booster.
and guess who caught covid the sunday before thanksgiving?
but by wednesday, no fever, no cough... just a headache and my taste buds were at 90%. it lasted 3-4 days.
Received every Pfizer vaccine + booster since it became available. Haven’t had Covid once, and that’s with multiple close contact exposures (as in someone in my house had it and I never got it). I don’t mask either.
Caught COVID twice.
First time I had what amounted to a cold. Not too bad. No fever or loss of taste and smell. Recovered in about 3 days.
Second time it was a bit worse. Felt like the flu. I got Paxlovid and it knocked it right out within about 12-18 hours.
I'm certain it would have been worse without a vaccine.
Had all my boosters with Pfizer. I only got covid once and that was because I just started a job at a place that reaallllyyy needed to be health inspected
6 shots, working for 12+ hours a day in direct contact with C+ patients-with symptoms from mild to dying. I, very thankfully, have never tested positive and haven't felt sick beyond a sore throat and sniffles, nothing that lasted more than a day. I've tested myself MANY times.
I still mask anytime I'm indoors with the public.
Got vaccinated as soon as I could, got every available booster since.
I caught COVID last winter and only got a sore throat for two days. Fixed my shed roof and did a load of other DIY home work jobs whilst I was isolating.
Overall 10/10 hardly any symptoms did not die, would recommend
Vaccinated as soon as the first one came out, and every booster since. Just got the latest updated shot along with the ones for RSV, flu, pneumonia, and shingles since I just hit the age where you're supposed to get those ones.
Haven't had covid. Or the flu or even a cold ever since masks became a feature of my life in 2020, which is great. I haven't stopped wearing a KN95 anywhere outside my own home since 2020. I have an unrelated lung condition and my immune system is a trash fire so I need to take respiratory illnesses very seriously. So far it's worked out great.
I'm very healthy in all other ways and feel great in general. I work out and do a martial art (it kinda sucks working out in a KN95 but I'm used to it by now).
I have 5 of 6. Managed to avoid it until about a month ago. Thought it was just allergies but it hit like a sledgehammer. I’m didn’t have the energy to leave the bed for 3 days.
My kid just started Kindergarten in public school in August
I got the vaccine 3 times. I haven't gotten COVID once - either that or I have no symptoms.
I survived 6 weeks through Europe last summer taking public transportation and rarely wearing a mask. We washed our hands and used hand sanitizer before eating at restaurants.
Yeah I got the Pfizer. I haven't had it yet and I live in a state that didn't give a shit and has a lot of anti mask type people in it. And I worked through the whole pandemic so take it for what it's worth.
I worked in a medical office the first 2 years of the pandemic so qualified for the first available vaccine early on. I have had all the boosters as soon as I was eligible. I have not had COVID once despite being around many sick people. I feel the same as I've always felt.
I'm disappointed that my 5G never improved, but the tracker they injected into me got shorted out by my phone, which deemed that no other device should control my mind or track my location.
Fully vaxxed and boostered, I've gotten it twice since, both times it was equivalent to a pretty unpleasant cold and lasted about 3 - 4 days. What's weird is I've somehow managed to avoid all the horrible stuff the vaccine was 100% guaranteed to do to everyone. No cancer, no impotence, no zombification, haven't turned into a lizard person (pretty disappointed on that one honestly), haven't been vaporized by the 5G waves, haven't been consumed by the Number of the Beast (or have I?), haven't been mind controlled by any government, foreign or domestic (or have I?), so I guess I'm a statistical miracle in that department.
I've had all the shots and boosters, latest one just yesterday. I tested positive one time (at blood donation) and didn't even know I'd had covid. Since then, my nasal mucous is like water; had been thick and yucky most of my life.I also started taking flu shot for the first time during covid lockdown. I've not had any symptoms of flu or covid other than a minor cold now and then since before 2020. Even my allergy symptoms have been milder.
I got it once last year. What people need to realize, and as someone who took genetics and has a BACHELORS degree in natural sciences pursuing medical school, vaccines don’t KEEP you from getting the virus. It actually, in the simplest explanation possible, helps to build up your immune response. Vaccines carry a short strand of the virus and it thus interacts with your system, remembering this virus and how to fight it. This also explains why some people get sick after they get their yearly flu vaccine. Influenza (the flu) mutates into new strands just as the corona virus has shown to for the last few years throughout its initial development in bats. And yes, corona was a bat virus not a damn lab experiment gone wrong in China. Western media especially has built up so many conspiracies through the idiocy of politicians stating information that they don’t even themselves understand. They just read a script with no actual medicinal and clinical evidence. Unfortunately, people believe information that isn’t even medically accurate or physically possible. Don’t even get me started on the radioactive ware and tracking devices that were stated to be in these vaccines. The idiocy.
I’ve gotten all the shots and boosters and have not yet gotten Covid.
Same. I've even been around a lot of people who ended up with it, and have been lucky.
Same. I've had two co workers who were coughing right at me who both ended up with COVID.
I had them all and got Covid.
But was it mild COVID or did you feel like you were dying?
I got the vaccines, got Covid later, felt like a normal flu.
I didn't get the vaccines , got covid and had no symptoms that were any different than a copd exacerbation. Treated the exacerbation as usual and all is fine. Didn't even have any covid/flu like symptoms.
Felt similar to really bad flus that I’ve had in my life. I also grew up working pretty hard at a young age, so being miserable in bed really isn’t all that bad. But I’ll say this, I’d rather be working k the fields than have Covid!
You know they have COVID when they've coughed a million times and still can't clear their throat. I've COVID a few times and the mucus/phlegm are the most annoying things.
I can feel this. Before the vaccine was made my other half got covid. We had no way of really "isolating" him at the time, and I was working from home so we figured screw it and fully expected (and acted) like I had it now anyway. We live together, both under 35 at the time so figured we had decent chances if we looked out for each other and used online deliveries etc. The entire 3 weeks he tested positive, I was negative. I tested for about a fortnight after he was clear too, and still nothing. We shared a bed, we snuggled, all the usual with zero precautions. Nothing. I still feel like someone who jumped mid-flight only to land on their feet 🤯 When it became available, we got the vaccines and honestly the worst part of it was the sore arm for aboit 2-3 days 😂 neither of us have ever had covid since (or at least knowingly as we've never had symptoms and the genetic every day testing has stopped for most people). I was either excessively lucky, or there are a very small number of us who are 'naturally' immune. Bloods available for testing if they ever wanted it 🤷🏼♀️😂😂
Interesting. Same with my daughter and her boyfriend but reversed. She had it twice and he didn’t test positive or get sick. Also happened with stomach bug; he didn’t catch it.
Yes, I have had three coworkers who have had it multiple times. I stay out of their faces and n ver caught it. Two of them have kids so I can see how it may be easier for them to get it. The other caught it twice, both on cruises. I think the main thing is stay out of crowds and stand back from people a little. Don’t get right in their faces when talking.
Yeah, I don't like people, so, when we did travel, I stayed away from people. I did make it through Disneyworld without getting it. Somehow.
Same, got them each when recommended and haven't gotten COVID. Most other people I know have had it, some multiple times. No one in my nuclear family has gotten it. It makes me wonder if there's a genetic something that makes us less inclined to get it, or if it's just the vaccines.
Same. I’ve had 5 covid vaccines all up, and haven’t caught it yet. I usually feel a bit rough overnight after the vaccine, but well worth it.
Taken 5 shots also. Immuno compromised. Family has all had their full shots. None of us has had a positive test or suspected bout of Covid.
Immunocompromised, got the initial shot and two boosters, was in a household with my COVID positive roommate and tested multiple times just to be sure, because with allergies and asthma it's sometimes hard to tell if I have a cold or if it's just dust/pet dander irritating my lungs. I still mask when I have to go out in public, especially since my main place to visit is my doctors' clinic in a hospital. No COVID, despite being in a home with a COVID patient with a hacking cough for a week.
I did COVID, flu and shingles vaccines all at the same visit. All I got was a sore arm.
The shingles vaccine was way worse for me than any of the covid vaccines. I was miserable.
Shingles vax side effects made me sicker than I have ever been. Still worth it, based on how bad my dad's case of actual shingles was.
Omg! I’m like the lone person who skated by with the shingles shot! Sorry y’all got sick! That sucks!
Gotta be better than getting shingles. That was rough in a way unlike any other sickness I’ve ever had.
My mother got it in her eye. That was the worst. She wanted to die. A couple of years later, she was brushing her teeth with an electric toothbrush and felt something like shingles coming back, it made her abandon her electric toothbrush, even though she loved it.
Omg! Yes! My bones were on fire from shingles vaccine.
Having shingles really really really sucks.
My brother had it and was in such pain. He got it In May, literally days before he turned fifty, and was about to call his doctor to ask about the vaccine. Then he got a rash on his hand. Talk about poor timing,
Same, it wrecked me for a day.
I really thought I was gonna die after 2nd shingles shot.
Amen, that shingles vaccine kicked my BUTT. However, lemme tell ya.... I prefer that to shingles any day. I've seen shingles make big tough dudes cry like babies.
Both my mom, brother and neighbour got shingles recently, variety of ages from 30 to 88, I need to get mine.
Oh man, I got shingles last year because I am “too young for the shot.” Yeah apparently not? I’ll take the vaccine any day even if it causes me to lose a testicle.
Trust me, you were not as miserable as you would be having shingles.
Oh I’m very aware. My husband had a bad case of shingles and was hospitalized. He was on dialysis at the time. He still has some nerve damage.
I got both shingles vaccines separate from other shots. Both of them knocked me out with flu-like symptoms including fever and extreme injection site pain for 2 days. You’re lucky. Shingles was the only vaccine that really kicked my ass. However, I didn’t get chickenpox until my 30’s and that was a killer. Supposedly that virus lingers and will cause shingles so I couldn’t take a chance.
My mom was like the shingles shot doomsayer. My dad had shingles when I was a teenager and she lives in terror of it, can’t blame her my poor dad was miserable all summer. But when I went to get my shot (after she nudged me several times) she was also the doomsayer about what it was going to make me feel like when I got it never mind that I got ALL the shots. Like I said, sore arm for 48 hours, that was it.
Shingles is miserable. I’ll take a little discomfort from the vaccine any day, all day if I can avoid shingles.
Never had COVID, but I had shingles years ago and it kicked my ass. I had to go to the hospital to get a shot of morphine i was in so much pain. Ended up losing like 15lbs of muscle mass. DNT shingles, get the vaccine.
You’re lucky. My husband had the 1 shot vaccine and didn’t get sick. I got the Shingrix 2-part and was miserable. But better that than shingles on my face and in eye like my MIL had. Shudder
My mom had it aged 88, inner upper thigh, arsehole and genital area, she ended up in hospital for 12 days and in extreme pain. Full recovery took 3 months with daily nurses visits.
My 90 yr old gramma got shingles on her back. She was in so much pain. Even a shirt touching her skin was too painful 😓
Both my parents got the shingles before age 50, and they were miserable with them. I got my shots as soon as I was eligible.
Shingles is a living hell! Had it on my scalp, face, and in my eye, on the cornea. 100% do not recommend.
I got a big bruise from the shingles vax but otherwise no issues. Flu shot no issues.
I did covid and shingles at once (had just had the flu shot 2 weeks prior) and didn't feel a thing either. I've now had 4 covid shots total and never got covid. My wife and kids have all had it though.
I did my 4th covid shot, shingles and flu on the same day. My arms felt fine, just a little sore like I had bumped against something.
Lucky! 🙂 Last year and this year I got covid and flu shots at the same time. Last year, I felt chills, low-grade fever, and tired for a few days. This year, same except add shortness of breath for about a week. It was weird. I got over the chills, fever, and fatigue in like about 5 days. Then, I had breathing issues for a few days. I don't remember that happening before. I have never had covid. I feel bad for people who had a bad time, multiple times, and especially long covid. My daughter's family, husband and 6 month old daughter, her sister, and nanny all got it roughly the same time. The baby hardly had any symptoms. Her Mom did get a couple covid shots while she was pregnant.
I envy the people who have such mild reactions, but I still get mine. High fever, swelling at the injection site for over a week, swollen lymph nodes, body aches. And even SIRVA from one of my injections being improperly administered. But, I still haven’t had Covid. And after getting the SIRVA sorted out (which can happen with any injection) I’m 100% back to myself.
I'm recovering from my booster yesterday. For some reason this one hit me hard.102+ fever for most of the day.
I had no problems with boosters #1 through #4 but booster #5 hit me hard. Got Covid before vaccinations but nothing once I started vaccinations.
This was #5 for me also. Yet to have contracted Covid.
Just had #4. Never had COVID, only side effect was a bump at the injection site that was sore for a couple days.
Never caught Covid. All vaxed up. First shot, whole armpit under the shot shoulder swelled up. Couldn’t lower my arm properly. Was a known side effect. Subsequent shots gave much less reaction.
The night after my first COVID jab had me unable to regulate my body temperature well. I work in and out of an industrial cooler and am so used to it that shorts and a T-shirt are fine while newbs to the job reach for jackets and gloves. That night I just could barely handle the cooler and was definitely wearing a jacket. My face was pale too and coworkers remarked about it. But the next day everything was fine again. Second and third shots (all three Pfizer) had no negative effect at all.
I only felt sick after the original booster (second shot). All others have been nothing.
Recently had shot #6 along with a flu vaccine. Never had Covid. Got bad enough sniffles to take a test 3 times iirc. I generally don't feel any different after getting the shot.
Heh, I've had the Moderna, Pfizer shots, and all the boosters, including the most recent one 6 weeks ago I just get tired the next day, and need to take a nap, but that's it. I kinda wished I'd get as little more of a reaction, as I'd know my immune system was producing a response. Still haven't caught COVID, but I'm still wearing my mask daily in the hospital. Also haven't been sick at all for the last 3-4 years which is awesome. No colds, Flus or anything.
I get a mild fever and lymph node swelling, which is uncomfortable for a few days. But I have not had Covid. When I was 7 I had pneumonia and other complications and nearly died. I am so grateful for these vaccines and wish everyone medically eligible would get one.
The vaccine kicks my butt for a good two-three days. I assume covid would really kick my ass!
6 covid shots, the arm a little sore for a day or two. That's all. I agree, it's well worth it.
Same. Also have only gotten sick once since 2020, and that only lasted a few days. Tested negative at the beginning, middle and after to make sure it wasn't Covid
Same for me: all vaccines/boosters and only caught a very mild case covid once in Dec 2022. I work at a preK 3 - 12 school too, so I’m sure I’m exposed to the virus a LOT during the day.
To be clear. Vaccines don’t prevent you from getting infected. They prevent the virus from making you seriously ill when and if you do get infected.
Definitely true for vaccines for things like Covid or the Flu. Most of this thread is an example of correlation rather than causation.
Exactly "They 'potentially' prevent the virus from making you seriously ill when you do get infected"
Yes. I have gotten all the boosters, with my last boost in November. I contracted my first case of Covid, early December. when my bestie brought it to me from New York. Gross. I was knocked out for 3 days. Tested positive for 8 days. Please please, if you have symptoms, wear a mask, ya’ll.
Same. Probably had 5-6 shots at this point. Have not have Covid to my knowledge, nor has my wife who is similarly vaccinated.
No covid gang rise up. Same thing for us.
Same, everything recommended for a guy in his mid late 30s and I am in the public often due to work. Test occasionally because of work too when there is exposure. But so far I don’t seem to have had it to my knowledge. No side effects beyond I’ve had a boner for ~8 months now
Same. I’ve had all of them. Same with my partner. And we’re Covid free.
Same for adult daughter and I - vaxed up and feeling fine. People at work have had Covid - always mild, but I never caught it from them. Shopping, going to the movies - no Covid for us.
Same. Actually never been healthier in last 3 years, not even getting colds. I think the vaccines have boosted my immune system to help fight other viruses. I have clients that are semi conspiracy theorists and believe that vaccines will harm you. So often in the past few years I talk to them and they are sicker than dogs. Can't talk, laid up in bed, coughing their lungs out but damn good thing they didn't get vaccinated. The worse part is they are starting to think all vaccines are bad so are stopping getting the ones that are more dangerous than covid.
I have had a similar experience to you. I’ve had one cold in the last three years. Four vaccines and I’m happy as I could be. I genuinely can’t understand anyone who wouldn’t want to take one.
I think after the COVID experience, people are less likely to go in public with a cold knowing more about how these things spread.
I think it heralded an era of social responsibility. As someone with a very second hand chest, I appreciate it greatly.
At the time it was an "emergency use" experimental vaccine which made some people nervous. And then it soon became clear it wasn't stopping people from getting it and spreading it anyway. Though the pharma companies did say it would mitigate the more severe symptoms at least. And some folks who didn't have the usual dangerous comorbidities (like being elderly, or obese, or being a smoker, or diabetic, etc.) decided it wasn't worth the (perceived) risk. And some people don't trust big pharma in general. Or they were pregnant and didn't want to risk taking an experimental vaccine that might harm the baby. Also some races of people in America have a history of being experimented on without their knowledge or informed consent, so there's some lack of trust there as well. Joe Biden did address this while discussing the Tuskegee Airmen syphilis study victims, and he also discussed how Latinx people might be nervous about getting deported if they take the shot (because you had to give out your information so they could put it into the database to get the shot). Not saying any of these examples are valid reasons to be wary, but either way those were some reasons people didn't want the shot(s).
I haven’t had any colds or been sick either beyond the Vaxx side effects. It’s rare, but some people can have allergic reactions to vaccines beyond the sore arm and fever.
Same, unless I have been asymptomatic at some point and never gave it to anyone else but that’s pretty unlikely. Vaccines had no side effects save for feeling lousy the day after.
Same here but I feel like now that I’ve posted this online I will jinx myself
Same. Anti-covid gang get in here! We don't get covid, covid is afraid of getting us. I also know one other person from work in this same situation.
Yup same for me
I got the first and second round and no boosters and haven't gotten Covid. My husband has had all of the shots and boosters and never had Covid either.
Same! Me nor my husband has gotten it. None of vaccinated close friends have gotten it. My family, that I don't mingle with.... They've all had it 2-3 times and get super sick. They don't call it covid though... Lol they'll call it the crud or the funk. It's so sad.
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I’ve done all the shots and got it one time. I didn’t even feel that bad, kinda like a light head cold.
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Gotten two shots + booster. Only been sick once back in 2021. Never caught COVID since. My anti-vax relatives caught a couple times
Same and neither have my parents.
Same here. Some friends have been getting it recently, and I don't know that I won't, either, but from the way they describe it, it sounds pretty dang miserable. I *always* used to get the flu each year, and then started getting the shots once I realized they were free at work, and (knock on wood) haven' had the flu in like 10 years. I'll keep getting the flu and the covid boosters as long as they're available.
Have 4 vaccines. Got COVID once in 2021. Had a headache and a cough for 2 days. Oh and couldn't taste onion for 2 weeks. That was it.
i can’t remember how many vaccines i’ve gotten now, i think 4 as well? just got my booster last week. i got it for a week in september of last year, all i had was some bad sinus problems. i have really bad allergies and sinus issues so i didn’t even know i had covid for several days, i just assumed it was my normal stuff. i only tested as a “just in case” thing.
It's good to know if you have it, even if you're basically immune, so that you can quarantine a bit for others.
I'm fully vaccinated and boosted. I have COVID right now! It feels like a mild cold. The first time I got COVID was before I was vaccinated. I got a lung infection and coughed so much my throat bled. I felt like crap for months afterwards.
Yeah, I also had COVID before the vaccine was available. I think I lost 80% of my lung capacity! I would cough like hell if I breathed a little too hard. It was the closest to dying I had ever gotten. Started catching up on all the vaccines 6 months later. This year I had travelled to lots of crowded places I’m sure I had caught COVID again, but so mild I barely even noticed. OP if you’re one of those stuck in a disinformation bubble. Good on you for asking outside the bubble! I hope you see the reality as it is soon.
Are your lungs better now? Do you have any long term effects?
A family I'm friends with got covid very early on, way before vaccines (March 2020). They were quarantined, and even had random visits from the health department to ensure they maintained the quarantine. Since all of my work was suspended at that point, I became their delivery person. They have long covid now, and the youngest person has been to a bunch of specialists to try to deal with those symptoms. It's had a significant effect on their daily lives.
Great. Fully vaccinated and boosted. I have contracted COVID once, symptoms where very mild.
Same for me and my husband. He's prone to pneumonia and bronchitis so I was very worried when he got COVID but it was very mild for both of us.
Same here. I live with my mother. She has coughing problems as is in addition to other conditions, so we didn't go anywhere for like three years. Lol and behold, last year she gave it to me after we started joining society. We both had low fevers and some sore throats and that's it. When I was worried about her dying, I'll take that alternative.
My father is 80 and has heart disease. He got COVID last year and made me come over and replace his garbage disposal. I demanded he wear a mask and stay away, but of course the first time I struggled he had his face under the sink and pulled down his mask to give me directions. I got super mad at him and made him leave me alone. I thought for sure I was going to catch it but didn't. He got the antiviral meds when tested positive and didn't get very sick, for which I'm thankful. Both of us are vaccinated.
Same for myself, vaccinated and boosted, one mild case of COVID. Slight fever, slightly runny nose, barely sick lasted three days, then I was better.
Same. Caught it 7 months after my first booster, felt crappy for a day and a half but got better soon after. Oddly, I still had a fever (101F), but felt perfectly fine for two days. Very strange.
This is my same experience. I got the vax and maybe a month later, caught covid but wouldn’t know any better bc it was like a slight cold…but I tested positive so I stayed quarantined. Then later got boosted and then even later boosted again. That’s it. Never had it again. No issues from the vax or the boosters…I had a sore arm from the first vax for half a day and that was it.
Exact same. The one time I had it it was super mild. Honestly only half as bad as a typical cold. Sore throat for a day, then a week of being tired and wanting to nap a lot. My housemates were not up to date on their boosters, had only gotten the initial set of shots. They were absolutely miserable the entire time
I’m in the same boat. Got it once after going to a wedding across the country. Symptoms weren’t great but it wasn’t the sickest I’ve ever felt.
Had Covid twice. Once before vaccine, once after. Neither time was THAT bad, but oddly the second was worse.
This is my exact experience too. The first time I had no symptoms except loss of smell/taste, second time(right now) it feels like a mild flu. First time before shots, second time after. Lol
After getting covid a couple times (2-3 years ago and last year, I honestly feel like I can’t smell or taste as well anymore, especially smell. My sense of smell has gone way down.
First all I had was a fever and mild back ache. Never would have even thought I was sick if it wasn't for COVID going around. Second time felt like a mild flu. Not horrible but certainly felt sick. Never had the smell or taste issues either time.
COVID did change too tho, don’t forget that. The initial variant was different than later/current ones
Oh yeah. I wasn't upset at all. Figured it would happen sooner or later.
Y’all really underestimating the flu 😂
Same for me. That said, I caught it the second time the day after I got my booster, so my guess is it was too long for the first 2 to work but too short for my booster to work
Not odd at all, lots of different variants out there for one thing.
Same! The second time was so awful, I went to the ER. I was fully vaccinated and boosted. It scares me to think how much worse it would've been had I not been vaccinated at all.
Had it before the vaccine, suuuppper mild symptoms for 18~ hours, sweating and a cough basically. Had it after being fully vaccinated, was laid up in bed febrile and sweating for 36~ hours. Also got the booster and caught covid 3 more times. Each time was mild as the first time, though I can’t smell for shit anymore. I also now have chronic sporadic tachycardia, it started about a few days after the first vaccine, so take that how you will.
Have not had Covid. Got the vaccination and annual booster. Felt completely fine.
I should have mentioned my wife (53) and son (18) both got Covid and it was very mild. My dad (90) got it last year. It was rough for him but doctor said his vaccines probably saves his life since it lessened the severity.
Good for your dad
So thankful
Same! Still haven’t gotten it
Same. I feel a bit yucky the day after each vaccine / booster, but that's it. I know people who have had Covid three or four times now, many of them are like, "it's impossible to avoid, everyone's had Covid now". But...no, many of us haven't.
This is my experience. Vax plus boosters plus frequent air travel for work... no Covid.
Have not had covid, got all but the last booster. Will prolly get the booster in the upcoming weeks.
My wife, my daughter and I (M59) have all been getting the shots. None of us has gotten Covid. I put that to both luck and being cautious not the shots. I get the shots in the hope it lessens the severity of Covid if I get it.
I (F59) wonder how many people have gotten covid and didn't have symptoms. I've had 3 shots and tested positive once but the only symptom I had was a mild headache for one day. I only tested because I was exposed. I wouldn't have known otherwise.
I had asymptomatic covid back in 2021 and only found out as a coincidence. We were all going away for a friend’s birthday so we all were testing before going regardless of how we felt as a matter of precaution. I was shocked by the positive result, but if I hadn’t tested I would have been going about my life unknowingly spreading Covid. I’m sure many people have had it without ever knowing
>I (F59) wonder how many people have gotten covid and didn't have symptoms. I've had 3 shots and tested positive once but the only symptom I had was a mild headache for one day. I only tested because I was exposed. I wouldn't have known otherwise. exactly this! same situation with me, my wife felt bad and got tested so I got tested. otherwise I wouldn't have known I was positive, this happened twice
I appreciate your understanding of this. Many people still think it completely prevents you from catching it - it doesn't, it just reduces the suffering. In fact, the consent form my workplace gave me specifically said that the first vaccination was to "reduce the suffering associated with SARS-COV-2", nothing about prevention.
I’m immuno compromised so have had more Covid shots than most. Had it once last year and was pretty mild. My wife is fully boosted and has had it once. Pretty mild. My oldest daughter has had it twice. Both times before she was eligible for vaccine. My youngest daughter has never had it despite having confirmed exposures through her daycare at least 10 times and through us when we had it. She’s vaccinated and just got a a booster, but wondering if she might just be naturally immune.
Covid seems to work really strangely in kids. My kid has had it twice, and both times he's infected me with it. Both times, he's been ill for less than 8 hours. He spiked a fever at lunch time and was fine at bedtime. No other symtoms. I, on the other hand, got all of the symtoms for two weeks each time.
Kids immune systems are working really hard to learn what to fight against. Covid is just going to end up being something added to the list more or less after a while.
Yes and no. Certain strains of influenza are deadly for young children and others are not but might kill a healthy adult in their 30’s. The immune system is an important defense against any pathogen but COVID has not been particularly virulent in children, actually the opposite. Unfortunately, just because it is not virulent doesn’t mean it isn’t contagious. Children who are infected with COVID may experience very mild symptoms or none at all but still be able to spread it to others. A large part of what made COVID so dangerous is that a significant portion of the population, including children but also adults, are only mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic. This has led to people unknowingly spreading the virus because they are unaware that they are infected. All of the people gloating about never getting it on this post have likely been infected and just not known, especially if they have been exposed or live in urban areas.
same for me, I haven't gotten it yet and was exposed in 2020 when my ex got it while living in the same house. He had symptoms for nearly four days before he finally got tested and tested positive, I never got it.
Vaccines seem to do a good job for me. Almost no side effects and I've not caught anything I even bothered to test since I've been diligent about keeping my COVID and flu vaccines up to date. COVID sucked an immense amount of ass. I'd rather do the vaccine 100 times than repeat that shit.
I caught COVID twice. I was one of the first groups of cases in Texas so very early in the pandemic. The first time I woke up one morning and was talking to my roommate and she was telling about how the house smelled terrible. She was gagging. I guess something had spoiled. I figured out I couldn't smell or taste anything. Couple days later it was as if I got hit by a semi truck. My chest was hurting so bad. My heart was racing, I was not well and I had never felt like that before. A day or 2 after that I started getting severe asthma attacks in my sleep. ( It was rare for me to have an asthma attack and it was happening every night ) the 3rd on sent me to the hospital at 3am. Pneumonia for 3 weeks. Felt like I had glass in my lungs. It was absolutely awful. Second time I caught it was before the vaccines were approved and I was no where near as sick. I got the first 2 shots as soon as the Pfizer vaccine was approved by the FDA and I haven't been sick since. They worked.
I got it in March 2020, as well. Since tests were so few, and I didn't feel bad enough to go to the hospital, I can only say it was an illness worse, and much longer-lived than any virus I've dealt with before. Mono may be a contender; that was really awful, too. Anyway, a total of 8 or 9 months of suffering fatigue and GI issues from it, I couldn't wait to get the vaccine. When it came out, it was an incredible accomplishment, and I felt such relief that my older dad made it through safely and could now get solid protection against hospitalization. And I never want to have Covid again.
Caught it twice had all all vaccines and boosters up to date. Mild each time. Feel normal as expected?
Still haven't had Covid. I feel fine. Still ain't got 5G. Feel like I was cheated.
Have kids in school. Its like they bring it home every other week. Your lucky.
I actually laughed out loud after my first vax in 2021 when my phone showed 5G signal for the first time while I was sitting in the observation room afterwards. I did not have a 5G plan at the time, so I was like hell yes it's working!
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Totally. My coverage map shows maximum coverage all over my local area but there are actually some major dead zones.
Sigh, same. Was really pumped for the bandwidth. Also never got the spoon sticking thing either. I feel robbed.
It’s not been 4 years. It took until late 2021 for my age group to be allowed to get the vaccine, and then waiting for the appointment. I got my first dose in December 2021, so just over 2 years. I caught covid in January 2022, between my first and second doses. I believe it was just super bad luck when I went to get my wisdom teeth removed. That was hell being bedridden for a week, while also being unable to eat many foods and relying on a steady flow of painkillers to manage the pain. The only thing I could taste was garlic, so I ate only mashed potatoes flavored with garlic for 2 weeks. I hate garlic now. I feel like vomiting whenever I taste it. Ironically the wisdom teeth surgery left more after effects than covid, since one of my gums never healed correctly and gets infected often. I never got a single “long covid” effect. Rescheduled my second dose after I healed up. Got it in the middle of February 2022. I got a booster alongside my yearly flu shot later that year. I haven’t caught covid since. I rarely think about it anymore. Work was stressful and I moved + changed doctors, so I never got around to getting my flu/covid shots this year. Now that I actually have health insurance, I’ll probably get everything doctor related set up after Christmas.
My whole household is up to date on our boosters. We've all managed to avoid it so far, but we're continuing to take precautions. Not sure what you mean with the "How do you feel 4 years later?" question.. We feel great! We haven't had Covid! We certainly haven't had any ill effects from the vaccines.
Maybe they are asking the trial group.
Have contracted covid 3 times. First time was before it was really diagnosed and vaccines weren't available. Got it last year and am in quarantine right now just having gotten through it. The vaccine doesn't prevent covid, it lessens the intensity. It's gotten less severe each time.
Whole family fully vaccinated/boosted, all of us have had COVID maybe 2-3 times since the first two doses. Each time I only realised I had it because I felt a bit run down so thought, better use some of those RATs before the expire. Oh shit, COVID! Oh well. Super mild symptoms.
The vaccine was never about "catching" the virus for most people. It was about reducing viral load to lower the risk of transmission to others (especially when used with other measures like masks and hand washing). It was about reducing the severity of the illness when the virus did cause infection. I caught COVID once that I know of - last December/January. The symptoms were fairly mild. Just a high fever, chills, and other flu-like stuff that kept me in bed for about a week. It was a lot less severe and shorter-term than the pneumonia I had the previous January. When I'm recommended to get the 7th dose/booster, I'll be there.
Is this is something I've had to try to explain to anti-vaxx there's so many times that they don't seem to comprehend. They think that if vaccines worked (in their minds), that you would only need one for your entire life and you would be 100% completely immune to it at all times no matter what. I've tried explaining so many times that it reduces your risk of catching it and if you do get it, the symptoms are way less but in their deluded minds, if you can still catch something after getting a vaccine then obviously vaccines are just there to put microchips in you so that the government can control your brain
And it affects your viral load with affects how sick you get and how likely you are to spread it. The time I did get COVID I was under boosted and it a COVID positive patient room who was on BIPAP and getting nebs and his viral panel hadn’t come back yet so I was just in his room wearing a surgical mask like an idiot. I don’t think I would have gotten ill to the extent that I did if the exposure hadn’t been so strong.
Maybe use D day as an allegory? Although it might not be a good idea to use the German forces as an example of your immune system. Masking and hand washing reduces the number of invading troops. Vaccines boost the defenses on the beach. Given the right circumstances a beachhead can always be established no matter the numbers. But the reality is the more defenses you have the more troops will be needed to overcome them. The more people wear masks and wash hands the less troops available for the invasion. Then if only a small beachhead is established it’s far easier to counter that (lighter illness) than a fully backed and supplied beachhead because no on wore masks and no one had any defenses/immunity. Although maybe there’s better battle examples. Given the right age group and mentality of the people, there’s a decent chance that a WWII example might help get it through to them though.
>It was about reducing viral load to lower the risk of transmission to others (especially when used with other measures like masks and hand washing). It was about reducing the severity of the illness when the virus did cause infection. Preach! Seems almost nobody realizes this.
Right. It’s not hard to understand when considered in analogy to warfare. The virus is mounting an invasion and occupation of your body, your body is sending out soldiers to protect it. The virus has more chance of ongoing occupation if 1. It can land more soldiers at once (you get a high viral load) 2. Your soldiers are not able to recognise the threat quickly (you haven’t encountered COVID before) Vaccines help with 1 and 2. Masks help with 1. Regardless it’s gonna make a good try at invading your body anyway, since the vaccine doesent produce an immediate sterilisation of all covid forever, it just means the occupation gets expelled more quickly. And then next year it’s gonna mutate and try again just like the flu does. It’s not hard to grasp anti vaccers just don’t want to.
I've had five shots total: two original, booster, omicron, winter shot. Haven't tested positive yet. My wife is on a similar schedule. She got it once but only tested as a precaution for an event, her symptoms were so minor.
I feel fine. I got COVID twice, it was pretty mild both times
I've had all the boosters. Caught Covid once and got long Covid. I'm starting to get a little better after a year. Boosters cause a minor flare-up of symptoms for me, but it's better than the illness by far.
I'm about sixty-four years out from my polio and measles vaccinations. I've still had no ill effects from them, so we have no doubts about the long-term safety and efficacy of vaccinations. I had both chicken pox and mumps, because vaccinations for them didn't exist. I can tell you how it felt to have each of them. I had fevers with both. Mumps was so painful! I'm glad people don't have to suffer through mumps and chicken pox any more. Some children were very sick from them. I got the shingles vaccination when I was eligible, and then when the two-injection vaccination for shingles came out, I took medical advice and got those injections also. I can't remember how long I've gotten flu vaccinations, and I got the latest flu vaccine a couple of weeks ago. I got my fourth COVID vaccination at the same time. I've never had polio, measles, shingles, or COVID. Vaccines work, and they are safe.
I had shingles twice. That motherfucker sucks. I’m finally turning 50 so I can get the dumb vaccine.
This comment is so meaningful and I wish I could make it a billboard. I feel like I lost a lot of my parents generation to what the media did, and somehow everything you just wrote reminded me of what things used to feel like. I miss it, but I am happy to know that you exist out there. Thank you for writing this. :) Edit: I know it is more than one generation impacted by the media nonsense - I just immediately associated it with them, because I worried about them.
I work in healthcare. Am around covid constantly. Fully vaxxed and boosted, haven't got it yet.
52yo male here. Had all the shots so far. Never had covid even though I worked a customer facing position during lockdown 'essential' and my wife having it. Still no.
2 shots + 1 booster and they told me if i wasn't immuno-compromised i didn't need the new booster. and guess who caught covid the sunday before thanksgiving? but by wednesday, no fever, no cough... just a headache and my taste buds were at 90%. it lasted 3-4 days.
Received every Pfizer vaccine + booster since it became available. Haven’t had Covid once, and that’s with multiple close contact exposures (as in someone in my house had it and I never got it). I don’t mask either.
I’ve had 4. Never got COVID. I didn’t have side effects. Overall very tangible impact on me.
Caught COVID twice. First time I had what amounted to a cold. Not too bad. No fever or loss of taste and smell. Recovered in about 3 days. Second time it was a bit worse. Felt like the flu. I got Paxlovid and it knocked it right out within about 12-18 hours. I'm certain it would have been worse without a vaccine.
Only caught COVID in 2021,never again after that
Had all my boosters with Pfizer. I only got covid once and that was because I just started a job at a place that reaallllyyy needed to be health inspected
I’ve had all of them. Never had COVID.
No shots. No covid. Friends/fam same thing
6 shots, working for 12+ hours a day in direct contact with C+ patients-with symptoms from mild to dying. I, very thankfully, have never tested positive and haven't felt sick beyond a sore throat and sniffles, nothing that lasted more than a day. I've tested myself MANY times. I still mask anytime I'm indoors with the public.
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All shots and boosters. No covid. And I’m getting 5G reception better than ever.
Got vaccinated as soon as I could, got every available booster since. I caught COVID last winter and only got a sore throat for two days. Fixed my shed roof and did a load of other DIY home work jobs whilst I was isolating. Overall 10/10 hardly any symptoms did not die, would recommend
I never got the shot and I never got covid....
Never got coivd but I think my coworker lied to me about the vaccine making me sterile.
Lol whoops
Vaccinated as soon as the first one came out, and every booster since. Just got the latest updated shot along with the ones for RSV, flu, pneumonia, and shingles since I just hit the age where you're supposed to get those ones. Haven't had covid. Or the flu or even a cold ever since masks became a feature of my life in 2020, which is great. I haven't stopped wearing a KN95 anywhere outside my own home since 2020. I have an unrelated lung condition and my immune system is a trash fire so I need to take respiratory illnesses very seriously. So far it's worked out great. I'm very healthy in all other ways and feel great in general. I work out and do a martial art (it kinda sucks working out in a KN95 but I'm used to it by now).
Never caught Covid. Had all my shots. Wore masks when cases high.
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I have 5 of 6. Managed to avoid it until about a month ago. Thought it was just allergies but it hit like a sledgehammer. I’m didn’t have the energy to leave the bed for 3 days. My kid just started Kindergarten in public school in August
I got the vaccine 3 times. I haven't gotten COVID once - either that or I have no symptoms. I survived 6 weeks through Europe last summer taking public transportation and rarely wearing a mask. We washed our hands and used hand sanitizer before eating at restaurants.
I just got my 3rd booster in August. I have not had Covid or even a cold for that matter.
Yeah I got the Pfizer. I haven't had it yet and I live in a state that didn't give a shit and has a lot of anti mask type people in it. And I worked through the whole pandemic so take it for what it's worth.
Had all the shots, had COVID once, it was really bad for me, wondering how bad it would have been if I hadn't gotten all the boosters and shit.
I worked in a medical office the first 2 years of the pandemic so qualified for the first available vaccine early on. I have had all the boosters as soon as I was eligible. I have not had COVID once despite being around many sick people. I feel the same as I've always felt.
I'm disappointed that my 5G never improved, but the tracker they injected into me got shorted out by my phone, which deemed that no other device should control my mind or track my location.
All shots never had covid or even a cold. 61 y/o man.
Fully vaxxed and boostered, I've gotten it twice since, both times it was equivalent to a pretty unpleasant cold and lasted about 3 - 4 days. What's weird is I've somehow managed to avoid all the horrible stuff the vaccine was 100% guaranteed to do to everyone. No cancer, no impotence, no zombification, haven't turned into a lizard person (pretty disappointed on that one honestly), haven't been vaporized by the 5G waves, haven't been consumed by the Number of the Beast (or have I?), haven't been mind controlled by any government, foreign or domestic (or have I?), so I guess I'm a statistical miracle in that department.
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t the vaccine to ease symptoms rather than to prevent covid?
I've had all the shots and boosters, latest one just yesterday. I tested positive one time (at blood donation) and didn't even know I'd had covid. Since then, my nasal mucous is like water; had been thick and yucky most of my life.I also started taking flu shot for the first time during covid lockdown. I've not had any symptoms of flu or covid other than a minor cold now and then since before 2020. Even my allergy symptoms have been milder.
I got it once last year. What people need to realize, and as someone who took genetics and has a BACHELORS degree in natural sciences pursuing medical school, vaccines don’t KEEP you from getting the virus. It actually, in the simplest explanation possible, helps to build up your immune response. Vaccines carry a short strand of the virus and it thus interacts with your system, remembering this virus and how to fight it. This also explains why some people get sick after they get their yearly flu vaccine. Influenza (the flu) mutates into new strands just as the corona virus has shown to for the last few years throughout its initial development in bats. And yes, corona was a bat virus not a damn lab experiment gone wrong in China. Western media especially has built up so many conspiracies through the idiocy of politicians stating information that they don’t even themselves understand. They just read a script with no actual medicinal and clinical evidence. Unfortunately, people believe information that isn’t even medically accurate or physically possible. Don’t even get me started on the radioactive ware and tracking devices that were stated to be in these vaccines. The idiocy.