Quote from: erre on Today at 10:15:46 AM

Quote from: Natsuu on Today at 04:35:16 AM

I am for one salute all the doctors and nurses who face these viruses and diseases on a daily basis. I am glad that you and your colleagues turned out fine and well.

We can't put blame on people who wouldn't want to take the vaccine as they might have the same reasons as mine, avoiding risk by letting others first.

I am not a doctor, nor have studied to medicine-related courses, but I will trust my gut and think that you're not a fake in this forum.

Please, keep the updates for your second dose of the vaccine, as well as the results a week later after the second one. I'll gladly use your information and insights if I will take the vaccine or not in February.

I will update after my second shot (1st february), but really this drug is already experimented and already administered to maybe a milion of people only in Italy, my experience is only a drop in the sea.

Severe reactions exist but are rare, we don't have data for longer term (years) reactions but I feel pretty confident that the mechanism (i described it above) is pretty safe, maybe safer than a traditional vaccine, although less "natural".

The video is frightening, I did never see seizures like that but I suppose they are possible. Acetilsalicilic acid can cause sudden death, and allergic reactions to simple things like nuts kill people every year. You cannot live without taking risks.

Especially for me, a worker in an hospital setting, the risk of the vaccine is IMHO less than the risk of the covid. One of my collegue lost her smell and taste SINCE MARCH after a covid infection, and this alone would be extremely disturbing for me because I love eating. Also, me and my wife are trying to have a son and the effect of the infection during the first months of pregnancy is unclear, I don't want to act as a vector and infect her. And my parents are almost 80 years old and I saw them like 3 or 4 times in the last year for the fear of killing them.

Value the risk balance and take your choice. Just one more thing, the ethical aspect: you are helping in saving lifes. If we manage to get a sufficient number of people vaccinated, we are out of this. Your choice is going to influence not only your life, but also other's one. The same goes for the mask and everything, flat-earthers does harm to nobody but covid negationists are actually killing people.

The vaccine is not yet distributed in my country, as they prioritize the health workers, police and military personnel. The stand you take in this reply is pretty solid, and make me think of the reasons why do I fear the vaccine in the first place. Thank you for your inputs. I made up my mind to take the doses of vaccine that will be distributed in our city in February.

I have anxiety for things that I am not sure of, so the questioning I made, and thanks to you, I gained the trust I need to relieve the stress and anxiousness that I feel towards the vaccine. Salute.

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on Today at 10:37:28 AM

Quote from: Natsuu on Today at 04:35:16 AM

Please, keep the updates for your second dose of the vaccine, as well as the results a week later after the second one. I'll gladly use your information and insights if I will take the vaccine or not in February.

I've had both doses of the Pfizer vaccine and have only experienced some mild arm pain on both occasions. Anecdotally from my colleagues, the second dose seems to have cause a couple more mild side effects than the first (a bit more muscles aches and a couple of low grade fevers), and that seems to be reflected in the evidence from the studies. All in, no serious reactions and everyone here jumping at the chance to take the vaccine. Good to know the people I work with and live around me aren't as crazy as half the people in this thread.

Thank you for the input, I will definitely put this into my consideration, and sure to rest assure if I feel some mild fever after the 1st and 2nd dose.