Poll of the Day > Is it normal to feel awful 4-5 days after getting the Covid vaccine?

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I got the first dose on the Pfizer vaccine on Sunday, and aside from my arm being really sore I was fine for a couple days. But on Wednesday I started feeling ill and lightheaded, and today I have a headache and a stomachache.

To be fair the nausea was likely because I thought of something gross (I'm very squeamish and it's happened to me before), and maybe my anxiety is amplifying my symptoms, but I'd be somewhat relieved if this turned out to be because of the vaccine or some stomach bug. I feel like I'm going crazy sometimes.

Its not a bug it's a feature.

Considering it's a previously unused type of vaccine, there's no known "normal" response.

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Having a strong reaction happens sometimes. It's not the most common result of a vaccine, but it shouldn't be a major concern. That sick/miserable feeling is your body's immune system telling you to rest so it can use the energy to ramp up its defenses in reaction to the vaccine and preparation to deal with the real threat. It should pass in time.

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Yes.

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EvilMegas posted...

Yes.

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You're feeling immune responses. That is how your body fights off disease. Just now it's doing training practices against a dummy.

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You have typhoid fever

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Also if anyone gets Moderna, there's this thing to be aware of (my mom got it, uncomfortable but not a major concern)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/01/27/covid-arm-moderna-vaccine-rash-harmless-side-effect-doctors-say/4277725001/

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Symptoms can last up to a week I think so yeah.

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Mead posted...

You have typhoid fever

You serious? I know you're not, but my anxiety is trying to convince me otherwise lol.

SunWuKung420 posted...

Considering it's a previously unused type of vaccine, there's no known "normal" response.

Except, you know, for the norms that have been established by the trial process and the millions of doses already delivered. The fact that the trials were accelerated means we don't know about any really long-term (6+ months) effects it might have, but there's also no particular reason to suspect that there might be any, and that sort of time scale is completely irrelevant to TC's experiences within a week of being vaccinated.

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MabinogiFan posted...

You serious? I know you're not, but my anxiety is trying to convince me otherwise lol.

If it wasnt true I wouldnt have been able to post it.

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Mead posted...

If it wasnt true I wouldnt have been able to post it.

Well I don't really feel like I'm about to die so I probably don't have it. I hope I don't anyway.

If you're face is paralyzed on the side like a stroke victim, don't worry. I heard that clears up in a few days.

And don't let them redefine what vaccine means. This is mRNA treatment.

Did you take the mRNA covid vaccine back in 2021 and developed adverse effects? Then you may be eligible for compensation. Call our lawyers at Dirty & Dastard at 1-888-COVID-19.

NeoSioType posted...

If you're face is paralyzed on the side like a stroke victim, don't worry. I heard that clears up in a few days.

And don't let them redefine what vaccine means. This is mRNA treatment.

It's not thankfully. Just a little stomach and occasional lightheadedness, the latter of which has happened to me fairly recently before.

Not "normal", per se - plenty of people have been vaccinated with zero side effects after.

But enough people HAVE had negative reactions of various kinds, where they feel tired or weak or sore (even to the point of developing bruises) or just have general flu symptoms that it's not out of the question, and it's not just you having an abnormal adverse reaction. It's not something that everyone experiences, and it tends to only last for a short time even for people who don experience it, but it happens.

If you're still feeling terrible after a couple days, you might want to get in touch with a doctor and get checked out, but you should be fine.
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dedbus posted...

Its not a bug it's a feature.

Bethesda makes vaccines too? Awesome!

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I remember hearing somewhere that theres two shots. One of them you wont get sick from, and the other you will. But I cant remember which was which... Thats just what I heard...
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They rushed those vaccines so who knows what's in them. I don't trust it personally.

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BUMPED2002 posted...

who knows what's in them.

If you ask them, theyll tell you. Its not really that much of a secret...
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BUMPED2002 posted...

They rushed those vaccines so who knows what's in them. I don't trust it personally.

the sheer amount of study and clinical trials done on these vaccines rivals any other treatment in human history

historically its gonna go down as an incredible achievement for humanity

if you want though youre free to take tour chances with covid which we know for a fact can fuck you up for life and greatly increase the chances that youll suffer from a stroke or a septic infection

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LinkPizza posted...

I remember hearing somewhere that theres two shots. One of them you wont get sick from, and the other you will. But I cant remember which was which... Thats just what I heard...

Yes this is true. My wife got the first one and got a bad headache and her arm hurt like a bastard about 4-5 hours later. Felt bad and had to lay down for most of the night because of it.

Apparently the 2nd shot is worse (?) She went to get it this afternoon so it's too early to tell if that's the bad one or not.

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Mead posted...

the sheer amount of study and clinical trials done on these vaccines rivals any other treatment in human history

Except, ya know, TIME? Like, what's it do to you after a year? Two years? Five?

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DDirtyDastard posted...

Except, ya know, TIME? Like, what's it do to you after a year? Two years? Five?

Tagged.

Yep. Thats also known. Though, it might be better than the lifelong effects of COVID...
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LinkPizza posted...

Yep. Thats also known. Though, it might be better than the lifelong effects of COVID...

Link please.

Pun unintended.

These guys must have some accelerator scenarios in lab. We already know the long-term effects of the virus and the vaccine. Incredible.

DDirtyDastard posted...

Link please.

Pun unintended.

These guys must have some accelerator scenarios in lab. We already know the long-term effects of the virus and the vaccine. Incredible.

Maybe I should have phrased that better. When I said its already known, I was talking about its already known that no one knows the long term effects. But that theyre probably better than the lifetime effects of COVID...
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LinkPizza posted...

Maybe I should have phrased that better. When I said its already known, I was talking about its already known that no one knows the long term effects. But that theyre probably better than the lifetime effects of COVID...

That's a pretty dangerous assumption.

DDirtyDastard posted...

That's a pretty dangerous assumption.

Which part?
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LinkPizza posted...

Which part?

All of it really.

A) The suspected long-term effects of the virus are worth pushing an experimental vaccine on 100's of millions of people without it being properly tested.

B) The assumed safety of said improperly tested vaccine is worth risking the lives of 100's of millions of people over a novel virus that hasn't been observed long enough to know its long-term effects on the general public.

Now, I understand that if we accept the premise that the virus itself was worth shutting down the world and utterly destroying the global economy, we need to take drastic measures to set things back on track. I disagree with this.

Mind you, I don't think shutting down the world they way they did was worth doing in the first place.

That all said, if we're being super serious about the dangers of this virus, it is completely irresponsible to push this experimental, untested vaccine on the public. We should remain cautious.

Like we should've done all along, we should've isolated the most vulnerable. Too many healthy people have suffered from this and in turn have lost faith in their leadership and global experts in the field. Rightfully so, in my opinion. Logic dictates these Draconian measures were unnecessary, and to suddenly throw caution to the wind with complete faith in an experimental vaccine is completely backwards logic.

At this point I'm just watching with my proverbial popcorn. Globally, the world's governments have shit the bed and we're all going to suffer. Slap any kind of conspiritorial nonsense you want on it. We're in for one helluva ride.

DDirtyDastard posted...

All of it really.

A) The suspected long-term effects of the virus are worth pushing an experimental vaccine on 100's of millions of people without it being properly tested.

B) The assumed safety of said improperly tested vaccine is worth risking the lives of 100's of millions of people over a novel virus that hasn't been observed long enough to know its long-term effects on the general public.

Now, I understand that if we accept the premise that the virus itself was worth shutting down the world and utterly destroying the global economy, we need to take drastic measures to set things back on track. I disagree with this.

Mind you, I don't think shutting down the world they way they did was worth doing in the first place.

That all said, if we're being super serious about the dangers of this virus, it is completely irresponsible to push this experimental, untested vaccine on the public. We should remain cautious.

Like we should've done all along, we should've isolated the most vulnerable. Too many healthy people have suffered from this and in turn have lost faith in their leadership and global experts in the field. Rightfully so, in my opinion. Logic dictates these Draconian measures were unnecessary, and to suddenly throw caution to the wind with complete faith in an experimental vaccine is completely backwards logic.

At this point I'm just watching with my proverbial popcorn. Globally, the world's governments have shit the bed and we're all going to suffer. Slap any kind of conspiritorial nonsense you want on it. We're in for one helluva ride.

whered you get your MD? Didnt realize you were an epidemiologist.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

whered you get your MD? Didnt realize you were an epidemiologist.

Take a course on logic. You don't need a PHD to follow a logic chain. You're already a known apologist so I won't bother engaging with you. Stay safe kiddo.

lmao zero argument whatsoever

fAcTs aNd LoGiC

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

lmao zero argument whatsoever

For those taking note, the above statement is classic projection.

you think you know how to deal with an epidemic better than people who have studied it their entire lives and Im the one projecting?

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wow, i didn't know taking a course on logic made you a better virologist than actual virologists

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Joe_Biden posted...

wow, i didn't know taking a course on logic made you a better virologist than actual virologists

yeah its pretty incredible. Im signing up for a logic class as we speak.


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DDirtyDastard posted...

Take a course on logic. You don't need a PHD to follow a logic chain.

classic uneducated denier. i honestly expected more from you, shenti, ok?

"your facts and logic don't mean anything to my uneducated guesses!"

btw, nearly everything you've posted in this thread is wrong and/or inaccurate, ok?

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@DDirtyDastard prove us wrong! dont run away with your tail between your legs! Stand your ground!

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

you think you know how to deal with an epidemic better than people who have studied it their entire lives and Im the one projecting?

You baited me, I'll bite.

Your argument is literally "trust the narrative" while I just listed tons of reasons why that shit is dangerous and there's an abundance of literature backing my statements.

Yes, trust the mainstream media. Trust Google Search. Trust mega-tech, trust big-pharma.

DDirtyDastard posted...

A) The suspected long-term effects of the virus are worth pushing an experimental vaccine on 100's of millions of people without it being properly tested.

It has been properly tested to the best of their abilities. They just dont have time to test the long terms effects yet... Though, it seems fine so far...

DDirtyDastard posted...

B) The assumed safety of said improperly tested vaccine is worth risking the lives of 100's of millions of people over a novel virus that hasn't been observed long enough to know its long-term effects on the general public.

Some of the long terms effects for the virus seem to be known. Like the damage already done to like lungs and such. And losing senses, which seem to take forever to come back, if they do. And sometimes, not fully. And its possible some of those things will last forever, as well...

DDirtyDastard posted...

Now, I understand that if we accept the premise that the virus itself was worth shutting down the world and utterly destroying the global economy, we need to take drastic measures to set things back on track. I disagree with this.

Mind you, I don't think shutting down the world they way they did was worth doing in the first place.

If a virus is shutting down the world and destroying everything, then I would agree that drastic measures do need to be taken... Whether I want the world to be shut down or not doesnt seem to matter, though. But even with shutting it down, the virus still seemed to spread... So, maybe not drastic enough measures were taken...

DDirtyDastard posted...

That all said, if we're being super serious about the dangers of this virus, it is completely irresponsible to push this experimental, untested vaccine on the public. We should remain cautious.

I disagree. Also, you keep calling it untested, but thats wrong, as well. It has been tested. The test havent seen long term effects yet, but it has been tested. And I think it could be good. Id rather have a chance to get rid of (or lessen) the virus instead of letting it take over the world again...

DDirtyDastard posted...

Like we should've done all along, we should've isolated the most vulnerable. Too many healthy people have suffered from this and in turn have lost faith in their leadership and global experts in the field. Rightfully so, in my opinion. Logic dictates these Draconian measures were unnecessary, and to suddenly throw caution to the wind with complete faith in an experimental vaccine is completely backwards logic.

It would be nice if that were possible, but those people would still need others to take care of them. Not too mention, those measures could actually be hard to take, as well... I think making a vaccine was the better choice between the two...

DDirtyDastard posted...

At this point I'm just watching with my proverbial popcorn. Globally, the world's governments have shit the bed and we're all going to suffer. Slap any kind of conspiritorial nonsense you want on it. We're in for one helluva ride.

We were in for one either way...

At the end of the day, Ill listen to experts, since they are the experts after all...
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you have no idea how the vaccine works yet youre making WILD assumptions about how dangerous it is. do some research, please.

and yeah, Im going to listen to the fucking experts on this shit, not some rando trump supporters on gamefaqs lol

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DDirtyDastard posted...

Yes, trust the mainstream media. Trust Google Search.

Probably better than just trusting you, who is just another random person, if were being honest...
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like it blows my mind these people think Im the idiot for trusting LITERAL EXPERTS and not random people with zero expertise on the subject, just logic

youre not as smart as you think you are. none of us are.

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DDirtyDastard posted...

You baited me, I'll bite.

Your argument is literally "trust the narrative" while I just listed tons of reasons why that shit is dangerous and there's an abundance of literature backing my statements.

Yes, trust the mainstream media. Trust Google Search. Trust mega-tech, trust big-pharma.

your argument is literally "trust me over the people who have spent their lives doing this specific thing"

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LinkPizza posted...

It has been properly tested to the best of their abilities. They just dont have time to test the long terms effects yet... Though, it seems fine so far...

Imagine the consequences of this vaccine if it ends up being dangerous. The whole world is banking on this being safe and it could potentially be FAR more damaging than the virus itself. It's a bad idea to bet against the house.

Some of the long terms effects for the virus seem to be known. Like the damage already done to like lungs and such. And losing senses, which seem to take forever to come back, if they do. And sometimes, not fully. And its possible some of those things will last forever, as well...

How many people are actually having these effects versus the destroyed businesses? The drug and alcohol addictions? The suicides? We're going to see the numbers of lives destroyed by the lockdowns popping up soon. It'll be too late to reverse that damage.

If a virus is shutting down the world and destroying everything, then I would agree that drastic measures do need to be taken... Whether I want the world to be shut down or not doesnt seem to matter, though. But even with shutting it down, the virus still seemed to spread... So, maybe not drastic enough measures were taken...

Or it didn't make a difference either way. Now it's two masks. At the start it was zero masks (how can you trust that Fauci fuck after that? How is he not responsible for the spread?)

I disagree. Also, you keep calling it untested, but thats wrong, as well. It has been tested. The test havent seen long term effects yet, but it has been tested. And I think it could be good. Id rather have a chance to get rid of (or lessen) the virus instead of letting it take over the world again...

I'm not saying it isn't tested, I'm saying it's not tested enough. This isn't your run of the mill vaccine, this is a completely different kind of vaccine. They're parading it as the miracle, but there's no reason to think that because it's so new that they don't even have enough mRNA vaccine trials to confirm safety for them in general.

It would be nice if that were possible, but those people would still need others to take care of them. Not too mention, those measures could actually be hard to take, as well... I think making a vaccine was the better choice between the two...

We were in for one either way...

At the end of the day, Ill listen to experts, since they are the experts after all...

Only certain experts are allowed the floor. Tons of experts are being banned from social media. Tons of scientists and experts have said lockdowns are doing irreparable damage, but the media just brushes it under the rug.

https://www.newsweek.com/over-12000-scientists-sign-anti-lockdown-petition-saying-measures-will-cause-irreparable-1548490

DDirtyDastard posted...

Imagine the consequences of this vaccine if it ends up being dangerous.

that would suck, thank goodness they do clinical trials before giving it to the public. this isnt happening so youre literally just fear mongering.

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DDirtyDastard posted...

How many people are actually having these effects versus the destroyed businesses? The drug and alcohol addictions? The suicides? We're going to see the numbers of lives destroyed by the lockdowns popping up soon. It'll be too late to reverse that damage

how many people are already sick or dead for ignoring protocols?

now multiply that several times over if everyone ignored them.

you can't have businesses or an economy if everyone is either sick or dead.

DDirtyDastard posted...

Or it didn't make a difference either way. Now it's two masks. At the start it was zero masks (how can you trust that Fauci fuck after that? How is he not responsible for the spread?)

example: you and a few people are standing in front of a button. it looks like a normal button. someone goes and presses it, but nothing happens. so logically, you can hypothesize that the button does nothing. so you tell the others that the button does nothing. someone else goes and presses that button and they get shocked. well now, this changes things. now the button shocks you if it's pressed. but it's not a particularly bad shock the guy says, so now you tell everyone that the button is fine it just gives you a light shock. another person goes and presses it but this time their head explodes.

well shit, that changes everything you thought you knew about the button, didn't it?

for someone who said to follow the logical chain for things, this should be an easy thing. now the button kills you. however, the person next to you? they still say that the button does nothing.

what do you do now? it's your turn to press the button.

this is what happened with the fauci mask comment at the start of the pandemic. really what he had actually said if you listened to the whole thing instead of a cherry picked line with no context is that he told people to stay home and to not hoard masks so that people in the medical field would have more access to them, something we know was an issue for them already. then more and more information was discovered and it turned into that yeah, wear a mask if you are going around other people since clearly a lot of you are ignoring them and going around other people.

DDirtyDastard posted...

Only certain experts are allowed the floor. Tons of experts are being banned from social media. Tons of scientists and experts have said lockdowns are doing irreparable damage, but the media just brushes it under the rug.

only experts who actually know what they're doing are allowed on the floor. Jim bob over there who thinks the moon is a hologram, he can safely be ignored because he thinks the moon is a hologram and jewish people have space lasers.

they're the same people being banned from social media. they're the same people who are shouting that people dying and spreading the sickness to other people to die is fine, as long as people can go and get a haircut, all while lining their pockets with money meant specifically for those businesses that are struggling, taking bribes from corporations to ignore the things they're doing.

the media isn't brushing that under the rug, they're ignoring it specifically because those people do nothing but spread vitriol and toxicity and make it harder and harder to get the pandemic under control.

but people like you don't care. you want the illusion that you care, when really you're trying to fear monger.

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great post, mr president. these people have very black and white worldviews. nuance is scary

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DDirtyDastard posted...

Imagine the consequences of this vaccine if it ends up being dangerous. The whole world is banking on this being safe and it could potentially be FAR more damaging than the virus itself. It's a bad idea to bet against the house.

It's also bad to just let a virus spread and mutate for literally no reason other than fear mongering... The vaccine COULD be dangerous, though test so far seem to show that it's not. But we KNOW the virus is bad. It's killed people, and has already had damaging effects on others... The vaccine still seems safer than the virus so far...

DDirtyDastard posted...

How many people are actually having these effects versus the destroyed businesses? The drug and alcohol addictions? The suicides? We're going to see the numbers of lives destroyed by the lockdowns popping up soon. It'll be too late to reverse that damage.

Yeah. Some business were destroyed. But having no people come by because they're all sick or dead also destroys businesses. Or nobody being able to work because they're sick or dead, as well... The problem wasn't the lockdown itself. It was more because of how the US didn't know how to handle it correctly, it seems...

DDirtyDastard posted...

Or it didn't make a difference either way. Now it's two masks. At the start it was zero masks (how can you trust that Fauci fuck after that? How is he not responsible for the spread?)

Because they are still learning about the virus. It's not like everybody knew everything about the virus as soon as it was here. Unless you somehow magically knew everything about it...

DDirtyDastard posted...

I'm not saying it isn't tested, I'm saying it's not tested enough. This isn't your run of the mill vaccine, this is a completely different kind of vaccine. They're parading it as the miracle, but there's no reason to think that because it's so new that they don't even have enough mRNA vaccine trials to confirm safety for them in general.

They haven't had time test the long term effects. We already know that. But again, having a chance to lessen or get rid of the virus is better than just letting it go buck wild. Which you seem to be all for... I'd rather have a vaccine that seems good so far than a virus that we already know is confirmed bad...

DDirtyDastard posted...

Only certain experts are allowed the floor. Tons of experts are being banned from social media. Tons of scientists and experts have said lockdowns are doing irreparable damage, but the media just brushes it under the rug.

https://www.newsweek.com/over-12000-scientists-sign-anti-lockdown-petition-saying-measures-will-cause-irreparable-1548490

Sure. You know what else could do irreparable damage? COVID if left to do whatever it wants...

Also, they could be banned for certain reasons...
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