Ugh 😩 I met my new doctor today, had my yearly exam, and got three vaccines.

[shdwdrgn@tech.lgbt]

@alice Last year when the measles outbreak started, I checked with my doctor if there was any way I could verify my vaccine. Turns out I was born in a period when they used a version known to quickly lose effectiveness, and sure enough my blood tests came back negative. Got a new MMR shot the next week. Can't believe I've gone carefree for so many decades and never caught it!

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@CosmicCactus mine did.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@Armavica @alice

{taking notes} 🤭

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@alice @grammasaurus @CppGuy

that's some good sly parenting: allow them the chance to be the supportive and courageous one by describing your own trepidation

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@antdude Covid, flu and HepB booster.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@Aprazeth orange cream, but I also had chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream earlier 😅

[carsten@minnesotasocial.net]

@lispi314 @alice @benroyce right! I get the COVID vaccines early afternoon, then the worst side effects hit me at about midnight and I sleep through them. Not too bad the next morning ... I reward myself with a day off and try to only do enjoyable things.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@Sobex you should never be too old for a vaccine 🙄😮‍💨 health insurance is bullshit.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@lemgandi 🫂

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@benroyce if I ran a company, I'd offer two free days off for anyone getting a vaccine. One to get it, one to recover.

And it'd still be cheaper than the loss of productivity from multiple sick days across multiple people each year when just the flu sweeps through.

@lispi314

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@Shdwdrgn 😅 glad you dodged that! Measles is brutal.

[patrickoftheg@mastodon.social]

@alice @benroyce @lispi314 The past three companies I've worked at, before the great migration to work from home, paid for an actual nurse to come in and vaccinate everyone who wanted it.

It just made business sense?

I'm surprised other places don't do this.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@PatrickoftheG I had a company that did that. Would've been *even* better if it coincided with the day they'd bring in the Ben & Jerry's truck and give out free ice cream.

@benroyce @lispi314

[mike805@noc.social]

@alice @benroyce @lispi314 If I ran a company I'd make it clear that you do NOT come into the office sick as ****. If you do you will be sent home, and if someone else gets whatever you brought in, you're fired!

[cosmiclibrarian@universeodon.com]

@benroyce @alice

I worked with vaccines and I heard this all the time. I also have a strong reaction to vaccines, but I could live with it. You know what? A healthy immune system should react to a vaccine. The nurses I worked with agreed with me.

[wyatt_h_knott@vermont.masto.host]

@alice @benroyce @lispi314

my employer used to set up a tent just inside the gate and give away flu shots to anyone who would take them. Which was good.

They also ran a rewards program if you didn't take sick days. Which was bad. I had to fight with one of my direct reports once who was like no, if I go home I lose my incentive, and I was like I don't give a shit you just dripped snot on my desk I'm putting you in for a sick day no matter what you do, so go fucking home.

[davep@infosec.exchange]

@alice That reminds me, I've got to do similar. I'm a big boy now and hardly flinch despite my enduring fear of needles...

[patrickoftheg@mastodon.social]

@alice @benroyce @lispi314 There's a Ben and Jerry's truck that you can have visit you? I cry for my barbarian hinterland :(

[shdwdrgn@tech.lgbt]

@alice I mean, I'm 57 so really it's a killer at my age. Got my shingles vaccine several years ago too before it got too bad. I just don't get why any parent would *choose* to expose their children to the torture and possible death of these illnesses that can easily be prevented, especially knowing that they themselves have benefited from the same vaccines.

[fredrict@mastodon.opportunis.me]

@alice @Shdwdrgn Fortunately, these holes in the coverage don’t necessary have consequences: when a lot of other people are protected, the risk of contamination is low. But when an illness starts spreading again because of misinformation, danger arises…