Ugh 😩 I met my new doctor today, had my yearly exam, and got three vaccines.
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@Wyatt_H_Knott @alice @benroyce Travel for work is for work, it should be part of work hours and paid.
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@alice @Wyatt_H_Knott @benroyce I initially misread that as "built on domestic abuse" but actually yeah pretty much.
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@Wyatt_H_Knott @alice @benroyce Travel for work is for work, it should be part of work hours and paid.
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Ugh 😩 I met my new doctor today, had my yearly exam, and got three vaccines. Now I feel like shit from the jabs, and lemme tell you...
I'd get them again in a fucking heartbeat, because science and social responsibility fucking rock 🤘
I always get shots done separate days. That way if I have a negative reaction, I know which Jab done me dirty.
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i think "the day after a vaccine sucks" is a big motivator of the antivax movement
no one likes that day
but for a certain sort of painfully ignorant type of person, that is all vaccines mean
the whole "protect you from diseases that will REALLY make you miserable or deathly ill, for a week, a month, or years, possibly maim you, permanently, or possibly kill you" part...
you know, the fucking obvious
it doesn't matter to people who can't or won't think about really simple things
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nobody does
but we grimace, get the shot, and carry on
children are excused a more dramatic reaction. and some adults have valid phobias or trauma about needles (and they steel themselves and put aside their fears, because they can think. emotion is not a problem, lack of thinking is)
but, there exists supposedly grown adults who "function" on this "Mummy, Mummy, I don't like needles! 😭" immaturity. *and* it informs their entire political attitude towards vaccines
morons
@benroyce @CppGuy @alice When
I was 15 there was a huge meningitis epidemic. People were dying. So everyone got vaxxed. I went with a schoolfriend of mine and her mom. My friend was afraid of needles and I was too. I was, though, more afraid of dying.
I went first and got it, it was fine.
My friend, though, a 15 year old teen, made this RIDICULOUS scene, cried, screamed, the drama lasted one hour (1/2) -
@benroyce @CppGuy @alice When
I was 15 there was a huge meningitis epidemic. People were dying. So everyone got vaxxed. I went with a schoolfriend of mine and her mom. My friend was afraid of needles and I was too. I was, though, more afraid of dying.
I went first and got it, it was fine.
My friend, though, a 15 year old teen, made this RIDICULOUS scene, cried, screamed, the drama lasted one hour (1/2) -
makes me think of this:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7120417/
of course this idea fires up the whole genetic engineering debate
but i wonder: if people could just eat foods, and get vaccinated thataways, if antivax hysteria might disappear
(or maybe make it worse, from the conspiracy theory wing, even though this quells the needle hesitancy wing)
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@benroyce @CppGuy @alice I sometimes feel like crap after a vaccine, yeah. I sometimes feel like crap after I eat too much. Or during air travel. I always feel like crap after I drink wine now that I'm in my 40s. Feeling like crap once in a while is part of the human experience and you can't stop it from happening, especially if it brings something good - like staying healthy.
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makes me think of this:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7120417/
of course this idea fires up the whole genetic engineering debate
but i wonder: if people could just eat foods, and get vaccinated thataways, if antivax hysteria might disappear
(or maybe make it worse, from the conspiracy theory wing, even though this quells the needle hesitancy wing)
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@benroyce @CppGuy @alice I sometimes feel like crap after a vaccine, yeah. I sometimes feel like crap after I eat too much. Or during air travel. I always feel like crap after I drink wine now that I'm in my 40s. Feeling like crap once in a while is part of the human experience and you can't stop it from happening, especially if it brings something good - like staying healthy.
@renata @benroyce @CppGuy @alice I once had a reaction to a flu shot that was almost the same as the flu itself, except for no cough, no six weeks of bronchitis after it, and no need to isolate to protect other people.
Those symptoms had a known source creating zero risk to others as this is not a live virus vaccine. This was the flu vaccine containing the Sydney strain, about 9 months after having had that and had a case that would have sent most people to the hospital though I ruled that out for personal reasons. Thus on seeing it again my immune system hit back very hard I guess.
Somehow I've never had a detectable unpleasant reaction to a covid vaccine, and so far only one symptomatic covid case.
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@benroyce @CppGuy @alice I sometimes feel like crap after a vaccine, yeah. I sometimes feel like crap after I eat too much. Or during air travel. I always feel like crap after I drink wine now that I'm in my 40s. Feeling like crap once in a while is part of the human experience and you can't stop it from happening, especially if it brings something good - like staying healthy.
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@AnnieBuddy @renata @benroyce @CppGuy @alice
they wont let us have a shingles shot until we're 50 here in Marlaina's Alberta -
makes me think of this:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7120417/
of course this idea fires up the whole genetic engineering debate
but i wonder: if people could just eat foods, and get vaccinated thataways, if antivax hysteria might disappear
(or maybe make it worse, from the conspiracy theory wing, even though this quells the needle hesitancy wing)
@benroyce @renata @CppGuy @alice An edible vaccine must never be the only option! Whatever food you use there will be someone who cannot eat it due to allergies or taste/smell issues.
I have had severely twisted taste and smell all my life and cannot even be in the same room with most foods being cooked. Putting a vaccine on a hot dog and asking me to eat it would be like asking me to eat a turd containing the same vaccine
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@benroyce @renata @CppGuy @alice An edible vaccine must never be the only option! Whatever food you use there will be someone who cannot eat it due to allergies or taste/smell issues.
I have had severely twisted taste and smell all my life and cannot even be in the same room with most foods being cooked. Putting a vaccine on a hot dog and asking me to eat it would be like asking me to eat a turd containing the same vaccine
@LukefromDC @renata @CppGuy @alice no argument. It should be a range of options to catch people who can't tolerate one or the other option
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@AnnieBuddy @renata @benroyce @CppGuy @alice
they wont let us have a shingles shot until we're 50 here in Marlaina's Alberta@gildilinie @renata @benroyce @CppGuy @alice
I paid for it myself. It seemed like a good investment. I am sorry that everyone isn't able to do that. Even insurance doesn't cover it. $450
My husband's cousin had to have shoulder surgery to replace the tendons from another part of his body because of damage from shingles.
I did the cost benefit analysis and thought it was worth it.
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@benroyce @renata @CppGuy @alice An edible vaccine must never be the only option! Whatever food you use there will be someone who cannot eat it due to allergies or taste/smell issues.
I have had severely twisted taste and smell all my life and cannot even be in the same room with most foods being cooked. Putting a vaccine on a hot dog and asking me to eat it would be like asking me to eat a turd containing the same vaccine
@LukefromDC @benroyce @CppGuy @alice I absolutely cannot tolerate the smell of pork being cooked, including bacon and this toot speaks to me
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@AnnieBuddy @renata @benroyce @CppGuy @alice
they wont let us have a shingles shot until we're 50 here in Marlaina's Albertaoof
I got shingles at 45ish and whoa, it was the least inconvenient case possible and it was debilitating. Just the itching! But also the stickiness!
... and discovering how many 20somethings around me weren't vaccinated against ?chickenpox?measles? whichever the root disease is, and expected me to stay home, okay, but didn't see why they should get vaccinated. Maybe I convinced some.
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@benroyce @CppGuy @alice I sometimes feel like crap after a vaccine, yeah. I sometimes feel like crap after I eat too much. Or during air travel. I always feel like crap after I drink wine now that I'm in my 40s. Feeling like crap once in a while is part of the human experience and you can't stop it from happening, especially if it brings something good - like staying healthy.