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I can’t wait. I love Vaccines. Science is truly amazing.
I know right? We need more comments like this to counter all the anti-vax bullshit.
I'm not just neutral on vaccines, I think they're fucking amazing and I want more.
I don't think we're going to find antivaxxers on Lemmy.
I'm not antivax but I'm suspicious of these 'subscription' vaccines which don't eradicate the disease but only succeed in helping them mutate every year so that they can keep lining their pockets. Don't we have the scientific advancements to eradicate flu instead of playing a profitable cat and mouse every year? I'm from India, and was very surprised to hear about the annual flu shots when I first came to the US. May be I'm just cynical, and there is just no way to truly eradicate flu accounting for its mutations.
Ugh, there seems to be one in this very thread. So sick of them (no pun intended).
The closest things to miracles we can actually do! Preserving probably millions of lives every year. It used to be normal to have a bunch of kids and just have many of them die or get crippled early in live due to child illness.
Fun fact: in Vietnam, after they kicked out the French, they changed all the French street names with some exceptions. Pasteur was one of those exceptions.
As I understand it, a good immune response is a positive thing with immunizations.
Is it? All I've ever heard is that whether you're experiencing symptoms is completely irrelevant, which makes sense since the symptoms are triggered by the innate (non-specific) response and immunity is the adaptive (specific) response. Those are from what I've heard more or less completely independent.
Studies show individuals with a more robust immune response trend higher on antibody count, but you are correct to say that it doesn't necessarily correlate to no immune response = no antibodies.
https://www.bu.edu/neidl/2023/12/its-good-to-feel-bad-after-your-covid-shot/
I'm in a similar place. The MRNA vaccines trigger a very strong immune response and I don't know if I want to go through it again. It sucks, and the non-mrna options offer at least comparable to slightly reduced protection. Which given my age is generally adequate
... unless you are in a country with a crazy antivaxxer at the helm of public health.
Does this mean we're still getting a flu shot this year in the US? Last I heard RFK cancelled everything for them
Side effects such as fever and chills were more common in people who got the new vaccine.
This caveat, glossed over in the article, is potentially a huge drawback.
Personally, the covid and flu shots by themselves make me feel icky but moderately functional for 24-36 hrs, but the time I had both at once I was practically bedridden for three days.
Obviously not everyone has this problem, but from what I've heard it's common enough that I worry if the two-in-one shot becomes the new standard it will turn a lot of folks off from vaccination altogether. There's enough vaccine hesitancy and skepticism out there already that a miserable reaction (or simply the need to clear your schedule for three whole days) could be enough to cause folks to indefinitely postpone their yearly booster or forgo vaccination altogether.
only the og first covid made me feverish,achey, plus the pain from the vaccine. that lessened over time as you get more shots.
Everyone reacts differently to different things. I know someone who's side effects were worse each Covid shot he got. He still got them, because he was taking care of an elderly family member, but he had to started planning to be bedridden himself. He's not antivax, but stopped getting boosters when the family member died because he didn't want to be laid up for a week at a time.
I find the Moderna vaccine in general (covid only) makes me feel worse than the Pfizer one. No idea why, but making it worse won’t prevent me from getting vaccinated, I’ll just get separate vaccines.
As long as people have choices, and they know what they are, it shouldn’t be a big deal. The problem will arise when people don’t know/have a choice and feel like crap when given the combo vax.
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