It looks like all experiences were welcome, not just positive.
Yes, if you got the newest vax and had a reaction I would love that to be in this thread.
But labeling a diatribe about why you don't want to get vaccinated "an experience" is quite a stretch.
after your first covid vaccination, the immune system has produced memory t cells in the lymph nodes that will keep most people from the worst outcomes of catching covid.
They provide
some protection IF your vaccine "took" (which you likely can't know). But there's a lot of evidence that immunity to all COVID wanes over time regardless of whether the immunity is from vax, infection, or a combination.
Your statement assumes a lot that is simply not proven science and is currently uncertain. Here's a summary of what we know about t cells and the vaccines for COVID:
Paul Moss reviews the current knowledge of T cell immunity in the control of SARS-CoV-2.
www.nature.com
Boosters are so so regarding transmission. You can be boosted and still catch covid from others and give covid to others.
That's true. These are not sterilizing vaccines that stop transmission. It is likely they reduce transmission but a vaccine-only approach was never going to succeed in stopping COVID.
We need to wear high quality masks like n95 as well until we get a sterilizing vaccine, the virus mutates to a much less dangerous or transmissible version, or we get better indoor air standards that simply filter out dangerous airborne pathogens.
Also, circulating antibodies from recent vaccination, while not 100% effective at preventing infection, seem to be pretty good at preventing infection.
Variants are changing rapidly and by December the dominate strain will likely be something else.
The virus can mutate to evade immunity, which is what it is doing.
The virus cannot mutate to evade PHYSICAL barriers, which is what high quality masks and HEPA are.
Also, each time you get vaccinated your body responds and it doesn't always respond exactly the same way. It remembers different parts.
Taking too much of any medicine can tweak the immune system causing dysregulation meaning the immune system response is over or under active.
Yes, we should always strive to take the lowest effective dose. But with vaccines each dose is so low and it's a one-time thing that it's hard to argue there's a high risk. There's a guy who had something like 40 doses before he was caught. He's FINE!
I've had a total of 5 shots. My plan is to get vaxxed about every 6 months until we have better public health strategies or better treatments or until COVID is actually gone/not so dangerous. I have zero problem with these vaccines. Tylenol is literally far more dangerous.
