Hi, I'm a long-time lurker on this thread and just wanted to let you know my relatives' experience of taking the vaccine.
I have two cousins, who work in healthcare. They both had the Pfizer shot a couple of weeks ago.
One had a sore arm and an achey/flu like feeling for a couple of days but was able to go to work and is now fine.
My other cousin, her arm was really sore and the next day she felt the worst she ever felt in her life, she said. She had to phone in sick but did feel better after a couple of days and is back at work. She doesn't want the second shot, after how the first made her feel!
She is a healthy woman, in her mid twenties. If the shot made her feel that bad, how must it be affecting elderly people?
I see that a US baseball legend, who took the shot two weeks ago, as part of a publicity campaign to persuade people to take it, has now died:
Hank Aaron, who endured racist death threats while chasing down and breaking Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record, and still considered by many to be baseball’s legitimate long ball king, died Frid…
nypost.com
I don't mind saying that I'm scared to take the vaccine.
Also, I was watching my local church's online Mass yesterday, the parish priest has tested positive. He said the Mass from home, as he's self isolating, so I could see with my own eyes, and as he said himself, all he has is a head cold!
Obviously, he's lucky it's not worse, and I know Covid is very serious for a lot of people but we're destroying our economies and I don't know what the solution is but I just feel perplexed!
Sorry for rambling!