I don't understand anti-vaxxers.

[hamsterjill]

27. But did you ever actually faint?

There's a difference in my opinion of a "fear" and an actual inability to control your reaction. I've actually fainted dead away before. I fell and hit my head the first time it happened as I was not aware it was going to happen.

The most recent time was having an iv inserted. I was fine until the drip started flowing, then I went full green and sweaty. There was an anesthesiologist near and he came and monitored me until the episode passed. I was near blacking out, but didn't go all the way that time. The feeling of losing consciousness is frightening.

For people like me, there really needs to be an avenue for us to go where we can be handled privately so as not to scare people who are waiting around us. I want to get the vaccine and I will get it. Probably the J&J as it's one instead of two. But it would be simpler if I could get it in a doctor's office where I could lie down, have my legs elevated, etc. This is not something that people like me can control.