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Aristus

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52. Yeah, it doesn't pass the smell test.

Wed Nov 25, 2020, 11:02 AM

Nov 2020

Anti-vaxxers will cobble together any ridiculous excuse to avoid getting their vaccines. Be careful you're not mistaken for one of them.

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This deserves a Kick! Cha Nov 2020 #1

K&R, Also warn people they're bypassing process's to get it to people. Reports on vaccine are NOT uponit7771 Nov 2020 #2

Great post! spicysista Nov 2020 #3

Yep . . Iliyah Nov 2020 #4

I didn't get a flu shot this year.... Maxheader Nov 2020 #5

Back spasms a month post vaccine is extremely unlikely to be a side effect. hedda_foil Nov 2020 #7

Right. AllyCat Nov 2020 #8

Yup. Four weeks out from a vaccine is not related. Texin Nov 2020 #61

Wrong - go over to the CDC website- many symptoms womanofthehills Nov 2020 #86

Your symptoms are not related to the flu vaccine PJMcK Nov 2020 #21

Not quite true for all people wnylib Nov 2020 #57

You need a nebulizer... Maxheader Nov 2020 #120

I still have the rescue inhaler, but I also have wnylib Nov 2020 #122

This message was self-deleted by its author wnylib Nov 2020 #59

Do you people do any research? Check out the CDC instead womanofthehills Nov 2020 #88

CDC says the symptoms last a couple of days kcr Nov 2020 #92

Thanks for your thoughts PJMcK Nov 2020 #95

Here are some CDC charts on various vaccines - and some side effects starting over a month from vax womanofthehills Nov 2020 #112

Unrelated, much too long between, not flu shot symptoms. You are fooling yourself. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #37

Yeah, it doesn't pass the smell test. Aristus Nov 2020 #52

Asking questions about vaccines does not make one an anti-vaxer womanofthehills Nov 2020 #123

Same here PatSeg Nov 2020 #60

In the 90's I had multiple chemical sensitivity that manifested as reactive airway disease womanofthehills Nov 2020 #113

I've only had one flu shot in my life PatSeg Nov 2020 #121

Armchair docs KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #102

I'm a nurse coolhandlulu Nov 2020 #115

all the clinical trials offerings done so far have had minimum particiaption by at risk groups beachbumbob Nov 2020 #6

Not true. Although trials are only now getting started with children, Tanuki Nov 2020 #12

Thank you for addressing this misinformation. NNadir Nov 2020 #17

there are over 50 vaccines under development and clinical trials have not included the young or the beachbumbob Nov 2020 #19

Well, you have a choice PJMcK Nov 2020 #22

A big one DID include. So go with EVIDENCE. Lack of evidence gets OVER-RIDDEN by evidence. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #39

Your first post stated "ALL". Now you are at "many". Keep going till you hit the evidence we have.nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #42

Right? The goalposts, they are a movin' DrToast Nov 2020 #83

Thank you. I am horrified at the anti-vaccine disinformation on this site AllyCat Nov 2020 #29

Same here. I will gladly take either of the vaccinations approaching Tanuki Nov 2020 #58

Me too. Especially in this case anti- vax ignorance threatens lives. NNadir Nov 2020 #64

Wanting to make sure a vaccine is safe is not anti-vax womanofthehills Nov 2020 #114

Anti-this and anti-that types when the anti- is about scientific issues are consistent in one thing. NNadir Nov 2020 #119

The government's Vaccine Injury Compensation Program womanofthehills Nov 2020 #124

Me too. Especially in this case anti- vax ignorance threatens lives. NNadir Nov 2020 #65

The roll out will come in four separate waves Sympthsical Nov 2020 #80

Pfizer appears to be even better Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #87

Of course the side effects of Covid and being intubated for a respirator are much worse. marble falls Nov 2020 #9

Yup AllyCat Nov 2020 #30

Exactly. If it's approved, I'll take it. Hoyt Nov 2020 #68

I f given he choice, it's the vacine every time. marble falls Nov 2020 #76

I'll Get On Line, Too ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #77

You mean they won't come with the little packet that unfolds to 3' x 2' of tissue paper Klaralven Nov 2020 #10

Those things are ridiculous, aren't they?? AZ8theist Nov 2020 #23

And that's when you know its worth paying attention, they're glossing over on something ... marble falls Nov 2020 #36

Before taking any drug- it's a good idea to go over to "ask a patient" womanofthehills Nov 2020 #116

I'm sure as they continue to improve the vaccine over time, side effects will be less severe Buckeyeblue Nov 2020 #11

Right? I felt like $hit for a day after getting both shots of Shingrix AllyCat Nov 2020 #31

Shingles 2-part was no fun. But who the heck wants C-19? Hopefully 1 or 2 will emerge as tolerable. Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #55

Just a question bdamomma Nov 2020 #91

having chickenpox is the reason folks get shingles yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #101

this llashram Nov 2020 #40

I often experience side effects with flu shots. It is however preferable... NNadir Nov 2020 #13

Shingrix vaccine for shingles took two shots central scrutinizer Nov 2020 #14

Yes, same here - a couple of days each. yonder Nov 2020 #41

Much better than shingles central scrutinizer Nov 2020 #44

Both my hubby & I got the 2 Shingrix ahote without any side effects. If you pushed on the area napi21 Nov 2020 #81

Me too, but only after the second shot. Ilsa Nov 2020 #100

It took me ten days to bounce back from the first Shingrix.. luvs2sing Nov 2020 #15

Except for a sore arm, I had no adverse side effects from the shingrix vaccine. Everyone is still_one Nov 2020 #20

Shingles contributed to my grandfather's death.. luvs2sing Nov 2020 #26

I had the first Shingrix shot two months ago luvtheGWN Nov 2020 #38

I was told the same thing. I was fortunate though and it was just a sore arm both times still_one Nov 2020 #45

Same here birdographer Nov 2020 #48

Wow. I wonder if that was due to the nurse or doctor being a little too still_one Nov 2020 #62

Those side effects aren't actually from the vaccine. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #70

Hey smirkymonkey bdamomma Nov 2020 #94

Hey bdamomma! smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #99

Wow! How Differently RobinA Nov 2020 #107

Whenever someone gets a vaccine you are given a form of potential side effects, and you sign still_one Nov 2020 #16

Good thing. These days, it seems even a walk in the park could kill you. n/t thesquanderer Nov 2020 #18

I plan to wait a little while to see how it goes. nt leftyladyfrommo Nov 2020 #24

I remember how I felt after getting BOTH shingles shots (Shingrix) NurseJackie Nov 2020 #25

I did the same. luvs2sing Nov 2020 #27

the only thing I know for sure llashram Nov 2020 #28

It is not just political pressure driving this! AllyCat Nov 2020 #33

okay, and llashram Nov 2020 #34

The big question about the vaccine is this: luvtheGWN Nov 2020 #43

Nope. But we still have to maintain scientific-based precautions AllyCat Nov 2020 #71

I tend to have reactions to any vaccine shot that I have never had before avebury Nov 2020 #32

One of the best threads- Thank you kansasobama Nov 2020 #35

Or... progressoid Nov 2020 #46

The 2009 swine flu vaccine knocked me for a couple of days. roamer65 Nov 2020 #47

I was wondering about antibodies too - if you test positive for antibodies, would you need a vaccine womanofthehills Nov 2020 #117

Very possible on India. roamer65 Nov 2020 #118

Side effects are temporary. Death is permanent. flibbitygiblets Nov 2020 #49

THIS. roamer65 Nov 2020 #54

In this case bdamomma Nov 2020 #96

Side effects are simply your body's immune response reacting to the presence of the smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #103

K&R n/t Smickey Nov 2020 #50

"If this proves to work..." wtf does that mean? babylonsister Nov 2020 #51

Fauci has already said he would take the vaccine and encourage his family Tanuki Nov 2020 #63

That quote was from someone in the clinical trials DrToast Nov 2020 #85

I guess the No Masks crowd will remain Covid victims. Paladin Nov 2020 #53

Might as well be honest. roamer65 Nov 2020 #56

Speak For Yourself RobinA Nov 2020 #109

Masks are definitely effective. roamer65 Nov 2020 #110

THANK YOU. tymorial Nov 2020 #98

My 24 year old nephew was in the AstraZeneca trial. Mickju Nov 2020 #66

Would be interesting to see antibody titer on him. roamer65 Nov 2020 #79

Unless he is in the UK Sgent Nov 2020 #111

I have almost no effects from the flu shots, sometimes none. northoftheborder Nov 2020 #67

Not everybody has a reaction to a flu shot. LisaL Nov 2020 #69

Correct. roamer65 Nov 2020 #73

"people are going to have to toughen up" LOL! The maskless are the snowiest of snowflakes. apnu Nov 2020 #72

FWIW - Video: "The Question Nobody's Asking About the COVID-19 Vaccines" Pluvious Nov 2020 #74

That was excellent. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #84

Seems to me like fearmongering based on speculation Ms. Toad Nov 2020 #93

Just a heads up. He's a geologist who's been convicted of fraud. kcr Nov 2020 #90

It took me 2 months of misery to get over this years flu vaccine which was apparently Vinca Nov 2020 #75

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Nov 2020 #78

I didn't get flu shots for a good 15 years bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #82

K&R bdamomma Nov 2020 #89

Sigh tymorial Nov 2020 #97

I'll get it. Not all vaccines are easy. herding cats Nov 2020 #104

I recently got dose #1 of Shingrix, & am glad the doc warned me about the side effects... Hekate Nov 2020 #105

Wow, people will definitely need to bd told they'd be "put down for a day." SunSeeker Nov 2020 #106

Cholera shots werenn't a day at the beach, either. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #108