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Re:Moderna, the company that helped save the world, has unra... by lumost on Thursday October 30, 2025 @02:23PM (#45763333)
It's my unfortunate experience, when I've had covid its a 6-12 hour affair that happens once every 12-24 months. My 3rd vaccine shot had me in bed for 3 days. Leading to continued vaccination being unsustainable. My wife has a similar experience to yours, and gets moderate to severe covid. She gets the vaccine every year to help avoid it - but still gets moderate COVID roughly once per 6 months.

It's unfortunate that the vaccine has such radically different outcomes within a single household, if it was a flu shot like experience I'd happily get it once per year.

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Re:Moderna, the company that helped save the world, has unra... by rsingel on Thursday October 30, 2025 @02:41PM (#45763634)
COVID is a nasty virus. I need my brain way to much to FAFO.

COVID-19 may Enduringly Impact Cognitive Performance and Brain Haemodynamics in Undergraduate Students - ScienceDirect https://share.google/49ER4VjJUwipGotZO

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Re:Moderna, the company that helped save the world, has unra... by toast0 on Thursday October 30, 2025 @02:37PM (#45763570)
> it was a flu shot like experience

Flu shor experience varies too. The last several have been very low response, but the first few were a miserable couple days and I stopped getting them because certain misery was worse than a chance of misery that I'd never know if it was flu or not, because testing was inaccessible.

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Re:Moderna, the company that helped save the world, has unra... by soco on Thursday October 30, 2025 @03:14PM (#45764074)
Last year I skipped the flu vac (I had a zillion for tropical diseases so I though come one not another one) and lo, I got a flu about every 4 weeks, so like over 6 the whole season. I'm on a way to get it this year.
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Re:Moderna, the company that helped save the world, has unra... by rpdillon on Thursday October 30, 2025 @02:48PM (#45763742)
Wait, you're saying that when you got COVID, it lasted six hours?
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Re:Moderna, the company that helped save the world, has unra... by lumost on Thursday October 30, 2025 @02:57PM (#45763860)
At least testably/symptomatically, I'm asthmatic as well - so it's surprising that the impact is so small. My wife gets it for 1-2 weeks whenever she comes down with it.
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Re:Moderna, the company that helped save the world, has unra... by xjlin0 on Thursday October 30, 2025 @02:38PM (#45763581)
at least the vaccine greatly reduce the severe conditions such as death.
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