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New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises (www.reuters.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Some public health experts hope that Americans will welcome the new shot as they would a flu jab. But demand for the vaccine has dropped sharply since 2021 when it first became available and more than 240 million people in the U.S., or 73% of the population, received at least one shot.

In the fall of 2022, by which time most people had either had the COVID virus or the vaccine, fewer than 50 million people got the shots.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I ended up in the emergency room. lol. So yeah, I talked to many doctors about it.

Since I can’t get it. The rest of my family is getting it. They have no had any side effects.

ETA: to be clear, I’m not anti-vaccine. For some reason the booster causes some people to have heart issues. Otherwise I’d get the booster. I’m not worried about Covid killing me. I just don’t like getting sick if I can avoid it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I wound up in the ER after my first shot, but it was more a false alarm because I wasn't aware of the potential for thyroid gland swelling, which made me feel like my throat was closing shut.

Good thing it was a flase alarm, too, because I was stuck in an empty waiting room for 2 hours thinking I was dying before the swelling lessened, at which point I was finally seen, told there were no issues, given 2 tylenol, and charged $900. Fucking America.

BUT ANYWAY with even the "safe" side effects being so brutal (I also had an almost-fainting-spell and my skin felt sunburnt for 3 days), people should be more understanding when someone's side effects are actually considered unsafe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

First shots I felt ok. It was the second booster where I started to feel strange.

I thought I was having a panic attack. I’d never had one before but it was ongoing for days.

I went to urgent care thinking they’d give me some Valium or something.

Blood pressure was 190 and my pulse was 140. They sent me straight to the ER.

Normally my pulse is 60 and my blood pressures 120/80.

My insurance must be good. Both visit only cost me 75 dollars The ER cardiologist said they were getting flooded with people after the booster. Good news is it clears up in most people in a few weeks or months.

My heart rate is stable but my Bp is still high. About 130 but I need to drop a few pounds I gained since I couldn’t excercise.

I did catch a mild case of Covid. The congestion was horrible. Why I’d get the vaccine again. Even a mild case was pretty miserable.