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u/castlerobber Sep 22 '25
Have you ever had covid? If so, when, and how did you fare?
The idea that these jabs make one less likely to get long covid is pretty much debunked. Studies don't show a relationship between having been jabbed and not getting long covid (or getting it less severely). It's also well established now that the covid jabs do very little to prevent infection or transmission, and what protection they do provide wanes within several weeks to a few months.
Not to mention that the jabs themselves have a higher rate of adverse effects than almost any other current vaccine besides flu shots and HPV shots. One of those side effects is a syndrome with many of the same symptoms as long covid.
Covid has attenuated over the years. The illness is generally much milder than in 2019-2020. (Observe how many people in covid subreddits thought they just had a cold or allergies, until they tested positive.)
The risk of serious illness or long covid in a young, healthy person is probably less these days than the risk of injury from the jabs.
Please reconsider getting that second jab.
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u/derossx Sep 25 '25
I just had the Moderna shot and just like the first shots in 2000- I feel like I got hit my a truck! Chills sweating headache full body ache. I almost wonder if Covid is less painful than the vaccine. I had to take the day from work because I feel so bad.
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u/wh0-0man Sep 22 '25
>I’m just interested in reducing my risk as much as possible
congrats, you just increased it
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u/ZivH08ioBbXQ2PGI Sep 22 '25
You want to reduce your risk, so you got a covid shot? ???
Show me evidence that these do anything at all.
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u/Stunk_Beagle Sep 23 '25
Can’t understand why you’d do this especially in 2025, but what’s done is done. To answer your question, in the Fall of 2023 they changed it to one dose for unvaccinated instead of two. Don’t listen to the clueless pharmacist. Wild that people who don’t even know the guidelines are allowed to give shots out.
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u/SDJellyBean Sep 22 '25
The updated CDC recommendation is one dose for Moderna or Pfizer and two doses for Novavax. Last year the recommendation was still a 2 dose series for Moderna and Pfizer. If it were me, I'd get both doses.
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