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Has anyone had the 2023 updated Covid shot?

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Feb 25 6:28pm | Replies (110)
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@sushicat

I’m 100% with Joe. Not getting this latest booster has the potential to do you much greater harm than having a normal immune response to the vax for 24-48 hours.

You are vulnerable when unvaccinated. Your chances of exacerbating your current LC symptoms from another infection are far worse than side effects from the vaccine. The two are not the same. The vaccine builds up your immune system. Strengthens it. Trains it to fight. A Covid infection tears your immune system to shreds. You pay for it for months, years. To me, this is a no brainer decision.

I would seek a second opinion. Your doctor sounds uninformed. I’m sorry if this comes off as harsh, but staying updated on the vaccines will keep you out of the hospital and out of the morgue. No, they do not prevent infection. But they prevent a lot of other truly horrible things.

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heyjoe415 | @heyjoe415 | Oct 21, 2023

Thanks sushicat. In the vast majority of cases, vaccinations approved by the FDA help people and the larger population. And the vaccines don't just diminish the effects of catching the virus. They can prevent catching the virus in the first place. Both are good reasons to get vaxxed IMO.

I do agree with denglish19 that a person with an infection should wait on a vaccine, and I think people are told/asked this before a vaccination is administered. It's also good to remember that the vaccine can't give you the disease it protects against. But yeah if your immune system is already taxed with, say a cold virus, wait until that has passed before getting vaxxed.

Fortunately, and largely thanks to the Covid vaccinations, current strains of Covid are milder. The vaccinations gave the virus fewer places to spread and so weakened the virus. Even non-vaxxers ave benefitted from all the people who did get the vaccine.

As for whether an otherwise healthy person under 65 should get the vax, any vax, up to them I guess. These vaccines have all been tested, and there are RARE occasions where the vaccination does harm. The benefits outweigh the risks IMO.

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