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OhhhJa posted...

I've only had the first dose.

Ah. Well then the next couple days may be a little rough for you. Personally, I was fine the day of (got my shot at ~2:30 pm), woke up the next day feeling low-energy and kind of achey all over, but otherwise alright, and then around the 22-hour mark I was shivering violently as I sat in front of the toilet contemplating whether or not I was actually going to puke. I spent the rest of that afternoon huddled under a blanket, napped a bit until I woke up because the fever switched to the uncomfortably sweaty phase, and then was really low-energy and occasionally feverish for the rest of the day. The day after that was comparable to how I woke up (tired, achey), but I improved from there.

YMMV, but I'd suggest planning to be out of commission this weekend.

OhhhJa posted...

But it also sounds like you don't really understand the immune system. People with really strong immune systems can often be infected with something and not even realize it because the front line of their immune system is taking care of business.

The side effects to these vaccines are caused by the immune system, though. The fever, aches, fatigue, and whatever else hits you are entirely a product of your immune system reacting to the vaccine. If you don't have side effects, it's not because you knocked out the "infection" before it could do anything, it's because your immune system didn't respond very strongly.

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