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Re:Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown by sundvor on Sunday March 13, 2022 @08:56AM (#30660842)
Can confirm triple Pfeizer rendered what I assume was Omicron to something relatively mild for this non drinking, normal BMI near 50s male. Getting Covid still made me feel rather rubbish for a few days.

Kudos and my personal thanks to the vaccine developers.

Re:Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown by cersa8 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @10:45AM (#30661644)
For almost everyone, vaccinated or not, Omicron is a minor nuisance. Somehow everyone seems to claim they have minor symptoms because they got vaccinated. This is human psychology 101 as it validates your decision for getting vaccinated.
Re:Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown by sundvor on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @08:44AM (#30765352)
Re:Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown by maxerickson on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:17AM (#30661955)
"Almost everyone" always does a lot of work in statements like that.

It's bizarre to call out the "decision to get vaccinated", as if it is something people should be uncomfortable with, having spent a bit of time getting a vaccine that is clearly safer than the illness it protects against.

Re:Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown by sundvor on Monday March 21, 2022 @08:58AM (#30753569)
Yeah, a complete no brainer for me to get myself and my family vaccinated.

Of course I can't A-B test my own ability to cope with Covid with zero vaccinations and triple boosted, so the points of the person who replied to me strike me as just silly.

I experienced them with triple shots, and was happy if that might have reduced my exposing time somewhat if applicable. There definitely was a grey area of time between kind of noticing something akin to symptoms, and using one of the precious RAT tests. Most of that time spent using a mask around people, just because default.

I also donate blood, so maybe that's a character trait. Empathy, I mean.