It may just be my social circle and/or selection and confirmation bias, but I’m getting a number of friends and family members with severe issues related to getting COVID after being vaccinated.
One has a heart issue now that may or may not require surgery as well as autoimmune issues.
One recently developed Bell’s Palsy and nerve pain they are calling shingles. He has no shingles rash and is in his 20s; we’re more concerned he’s developing GBS.
Another unfortunately has a baby with heart issues; the baby recently tested positive. We’re hoping there’s no long term issues since the mom got the vaccine while pregnant.
I know some of us are hopeful Omicron will be mild and finally end the pandemonium in the world. But I’m getting concerned we may really start seeing some nasty things happening among the vaccinated that will be completely overlooked.
Thoughts?
I've had GBS and I wouldn't say it's painful, aside from the falling down part of it. Maybe some peripheral neuropathy, which I would describe as having cold numb hands and then running them under warm water, but that was more when the feeling started to come back in my extremities almost a full year after diagnosis, but from what I've heard about shingles, it was nowhere near that kind of pain, for what it's worth.
Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry you went through that. I’m glad to see you recovered. GBS is a behemoth to handle.
Thanks for the reassuring info on differences in severity.
Actually, I'm glad, I got it from a flu shot, but that was back in 2018, if I hadn't have come down with that, I might not have thought twice about our current vaccine problem, plus I don't have to worry about reasons for exemption, that one can't be denied.
That’s a much better way of looking at it. I stopped getting flu shots due to my fear of GBS and getting increasingly sicker every year exactly three weeks after I’d get the shot. Like clockwork. Took until I was out of college to finally say no.
I know two people who’ve been getting the flu shots every single year since they became available. And now that they’re both over 70 years old they get the second dose as well. Both of these dimwits get DEATHLY ILL to the point of pneumonia, but each are convinced they’d be dead if they didn’t get the shots. You can’t fix stupid 🤪