I don’t want to get my second dose ....

amother

Mon, May 31 2021, 6:41 am

Got my first vaccine dose of Pfizer last Wednesday.
Still can’t sleep Cz my arm is hurting so badly.
Had terrible chills & shakes on Thursday & Friday night. But my arm is swollen at site & really hurts. Taking Advil around the clock.

I don’t want to do this to my body again with second dose!
Was talking to my sister & she said since I had Covid (Btw had a pretty bad case of Covid in December) I have more immunity of not getting it again than a vaccine can give me. Similar to the mono virus. Everything is so new & unstudied, we really don’t know much.
She also said ‘they’ (who are they?) say the huge increase in babies who are catching RSV is from the shedding of the virus from all the vaccines being given.
😳

But don’t want to derail my own OP.
& don’t feel like taking a poll here.

But curious how many of you are not going ahead with second dose of vaccine if you’ve had Covid?

amother

Powderblue

Mon, May 31 2021, 6:58 am

I had Covid and also had really bad reaction to the first shot , worse than what you describe. I still had high antibody count from natural infection at the time of getting it , but my work wouldn’t accept it as proof of immunity as CDC doesn’t differentiate between individuals with positive antibody titers and everyone else . Since I am in medical field and wanted eventually to get the vaccine anyway , it wasn’t worth it for me to get into argument with them , so I got it . My reaction , though considered normal , was way over the top . However , I still wanted to get the second dose because in the US , one does does not really do anything as far as you being considered vaccinated . I worked with immunologist a week before my second dose and it was somewhat more tolerable , but still way more aggressive reaction than what most people have , even those who get side effects . If I didn’t need the fully vaxed status for my work , I would not have gotten the second shot . You have good protection with one if you had natural infection , there are studies to back this up . If you are doing it because you need proof that you are fully vexed, know that in the US one shot won’t get you anywhere , and you eventually just suffered for nothing . You can work with an immunologist to minimize side effects if you have to take it .

amother

Mon, May 31 2021, 6:58 am

Jewishmom8 wrote:

I live in Israel
everyone who had covid gets only one dose of the shot.
if I were you I would just get the one
from what I have heard over all it is enough.

Really?
That’s such a relief for me!

If I need to travel, & would need proof of vaccine, you think a one dose proof is ok?

amother

Mon, May 31 2021, 7:02 am

I neither live in USA or Israel.
Live in Canada (embarrassed to say ....)

They don’t even ASK me when I got the first shot if I had Covid or not. Here things are don’t with no seichel.
& my next shot If booked end of September.

But people are able to get their second shots if they look hard enough for pop up clinics

amother

Puce

Mon, May 31 2021, 7:23 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Your sister had covid already, but you didn't?
Take the second shot. People are more vulnerable between the 1st and 2nd shot.

If you already had covid, then that's a different story.

Sesame

Mon, May 31 2021, 7:30 am

Yes in Israel it’s only one shot if youve had covid. My dr doesn’t allow the second one after recovery even if a person wants cos he says it’s totally unnecessary and don’t inject stuff stum for no reason.
But best to discuss with your dr as you’ll get every opinion here and ppl aren’t necessarily qualified to give medical advice and every story is different, so you can’t base it off someone else’s situation.
Just be aware that you have the option not to take it if that’s what you want. It’s good to be aware of options so you can look into it and speak to your dr.

amother

Mon, May 31 2021, 7:40 am

amother [ Puce ] wrote:

Your sister had covid already, but you didn't?
Take the second shot. People are more vulnerable between the 1st and 2nd shot.

If you already had covid, then that's a different story.

The other way around; I had Covid,
She didn’t. She already had both shots & lives in USA. I live in nerdy Canada 🇨🇦

amother

Blue

Mon, May 31 2021, 8:08 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

The other way around; I had Covid,
She didn’t. She already had both shots & lives in USA. I live in nerdy Canada 🇨🇦

Canadians all scrambled to get the shot because of their extreme restrictions, in hope that it will open the country. What a joke, they probably won’t go back to normal ever...
But the Government is sitting a laughing and patting their pockets from all that vaccine money....

amother

Puce

Mon, May 31 2021, 8:12 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

The other way around; I had Covid,
She didn’t. She already had both shots & lives in USA. I live in nerdy Canada 🇨🇦

Find out from your doctor if you had covid and took 1 dose of the shot, if you're now exempt from restrictions or if you still need more to be around freely.

Sesame

Mon, May 31 2021, 8:43 am

amother [ Blue ] wrote:

Sorry next time do your research BEFORE doing something instead of following blindly.

Presumably she did. But no one can predict how their body will react. Things change. Just cos something made sense a few weeks ago and a plan was made, if things change it’s ok to reassess according to the new circumstances. In fact, not only is it ok, but advisable.
(Had she have gone in blindly and randomly changed her mind for absolutely no reason, then I would agree - better to do research before.)

amother

Indigo

Mon, May 31 2021, 8:45 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

RSV is not related to the covid vaccine. RSV after the prevelance of covid has another explanation which I will come later to explain.

PinkFridge

Mon, May 31 2021, 9:17 am

Ellie7 wrote:

This is not true.

Even if it was, does that apply to people who already had COVID, for whom some doctors are saying one shot's enough?
And to amother puce, Ellie7's right. It is possible that some people are starting to relax after having the first shot and that might make them vulnerable. Whatever they were doing till the shot they need to continue doing till after the second. (Please note: I am in no way blaming anyone who got COVID between shots. Just mentioning one real scenario.)