I got the J&J shot back in March and it almost killed me. 6 hours after the shot I started shaking uncontrollably and I felt like I was freezing to death. I had a 105* temp. It only lasted a few hours. I felt achy for a couple days after.
So I got the booster today and thankfully I didn’t get sick. It’s been 12 hours so I think I’m in the clear. I told the nurse about my experience and they were debating whether or not to give me the booster. I had to back peddle and downplay the situation.
The severe reaction I had to the first dose was my immune system responding. I was hoping I wouldn’t get sick from the booster and I didn’t.
I have a feeling that if I caught covid without the vaccine it would have probably killed me. I’m 45 and I have scars on my lungs from a case of pneumonia I had when I was 27.
COVID has had me freaked out the past couple of year. I know how bad pneumonia can be covid is a SARS virus which is basically a viral pneumonia. For those that don’t know SARS stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
Some people don’t take this serous until it’s too late. It’s really a roll of the dice. It’s too bad it’s become such a polarizing political subject.
There is no option for me to get a booster right now where I live (Ontario, Canada).
My first shot was Astrazeneca and my second shot was Pfizer. I’m thinking I will get Moderna for my booster if they end up of offering boosters and I have choice.
My first shot gave me some minor chills for a couple days and a sore arm for about a week. My second shot didn’t have any side effects other than a mildly sore arm for a few days.
I’ll get the booster when it’s available to me (I got my first two Pfizer jabs in May). I was in the house with my folks who both had Covid pretty bad, and I never had any symptoms. So I’m thinking the vaccine works, at least for me.
I had a job at the local hospital as a SARS screener back in 2002. My job was to take peoples temperatures and either allow or deny them entrance into the hospital. I read that virus had a higher mortality rate than covid, I think I remember reading around 10% but it was easier to control because transmission only occurred when you were symptomatic, if it had been as transmissible as covid it would have been a disaster.