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I noted your statement of "we react poorly to a vaccine". Can you expand on that?

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gloaming | @gloaming | Feb 6 1:00am

When we are vaccinated, say with the annual flu or with a pneumonia vaccine, or a shingles vaccine, or with the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) the administering tech/nurse/pharmacist will ask you to stick around the facility for about 15 minutes to ensure you don't experience anaphylaxis. You may successfully end that cautionary time period and go home, only to have a reaction with your heart, perhaps due to pericarditis or something else, maybe loss of Vagal nerve tone.