Re:Rogue antibody and mystery pathogen behind AstraZeneca bl...
by Amezarak on Monday December 26, 2022 @09:30AM
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This is probably, more-or-less true statistically, on a population level.
On a real-life level, things can be different. As I would have expected given my age and health profile, my pre-vaccine Covid case was extremely mild, practically asymptomatic. I would not have even thought I was sick if it wasn't for other members of my household being very sick, and then both of us testing positive.
On the other hand, after my first vaccine dose, I got extremely ill and then had a mild stroke. I deeply regret getting the vaccine. I feel very strongly there was no real point since I'd already had Covid. I just did it because of the mandates. The whole ordeal has soured me a lot on the whole issue.
When all is said and done, the mRNA vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna) saved a lot of lives. Moreover they showed that the technology is safe and viable, so expect to see a lot more of that type of in-body, self assembling vaccine for everything from influenza to cancer in the next decade. Of course any formula can have unwanted side effects, whether it's generated in your body or not, but doing nothing and waiting to see how a virus treats you isn't safe, either. You could get pretty fucked up either way, but you're less likely to get fucked up from the vax, and less likely to get fucked up from covid if you had the vax. There's risk in everything. Do the math and take the route with best survival rate. In this case, even the AZ vax was a clear winner over getting covid unvaccinated in 2021.