COVID vaccination today: Flu shot in a week so no ambiguity of the side effects from either. Bob Wilson
mrs b got rsv, flu and covid. covid was the only one with side effects, sore arm and woke up with the sweats
Way out here in the middle of the Pacific in the States... but have never 1) tested positive for covid, or 2) had any symptoms post-vax. Deep-tissue bodyworker, so already militant re: being up-to-date on all shots since taking up this gig 15+ yrs ago... and then 2020 happened. Wash hands / sanitise touchpoints often and to standard, to prevent fomite transmission (+ use 70% isopropanol on hands as needed). Mask at all times clients in office (both of us + and any family they bring). During pandemic enforced the same standards hospitals used... and lost a chunk of 2019-era client pool. Which was fine, didn't want to expose the sensible ones to their perfidious ignorance. Still require masking for clients to this day (covid infection rate in this County remains non-zero, according to colleagues at the hospital -- which reflects the truth-resistant cells of petulance my country's now infamous for harbouring... apologies ) Flu shots've been far worse, symptom-wise. Usually block off a day or two after the really-nasty strains' vaxes. Covid ones have all been Pfizer but one Moderna in 2024 -- the only covid vax I'd felt any reaction to.
getting my annual physical yesterday, and the doc asked if i wanted a flu shot. sure! i didn't even know they had them, saved a trip to the pharmacy. no side effects at all, which is weird
