this is officially worse than the booster, at least for me. Fuck that. With boosters, you feel like shit for one day, kinda groggy the next, then you're good. Going on day 3, I feel the worst right now, and I have a race on Monday I really wanna do but am worried I'm gonna have to bail on. We have a cruise coming up, then once we get back I'm gonna verify that I'm eligible and get another round. This shit affects people differently, and it gets me BAD
everyone makes boosters out to be worse than they are. Yes, they make you feel not great for 35-48 hours, but then you're fine and it leaves as quick as it comes on. Man up, take some benadryl and fever reducer like tylenol or advil as needed, and have something easy like sous vide steaks of soup or whatever. Drink plenty of water, get all the snacks, and sleep it off. It's fine. The alternative is MUCH worse.
The only vax issue I had through all four shots was a swollen lymph node after the 2nd shot and pain in the shoulder for the first two shots. Never felt under the weather.
The shots make me feel bad for 24 hours. Really not pleasant - like a full on flu for a day. COVID made me feel bad for 72 hours at least, isolate/mask, and left me with a dry cough for 2 weeks. This is disregarding the potential for a more serious infection, long COVID, the other still-nebulous effects on heart/lungs, etc. Easy math.
I typically experience arm soreness, and feel a little feverish and tired for about a day. Given that I’m now a walking co-morbidity- getting older, fat, asthmatic- I treat it like the flu and get a booster once a year if possible. I’ve had COVID twice now, and it hasn’t been more than an inconvenience that lasted a day or two. I thank the vaccine for that.
Same with me - 24 hours and it seems like it's right on the dot. Aches, pains, super high fever and then boom, gone. (Booster)
Funny, the 24 hour timeline is incredibly precise for my symptoms as well. It's like ~4-6 hours after I get the shot I start to feel bad, then almost 24 hours to the minute, the symptoms improve and I'm back to normal.
I got my booster this morning around 10, and started feeling crappy around 3. Pretty mild symptoms, like the other times I’ve gotten the vax. I’m in my local bar drinking screwdrivers, which, I feel, blunts the symptoms. It’s definitely blunting something.
After my last bout of Covid, which was a rather good one, my sense of smell has returned. For the first time in almost half a decade, I can smell more than dog farts. We are on a cruise right now headed to Alaska. I forgot the ocean has a smell.
I’m pretty sure I had covid this weekend. Lightest Ive ever felt it. Still not a hundred percent but instead of being at 50 percent for a week I was 80 percent for two days and back up to 95% by today.