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Ouch. I'm glad you talked to a doctor about it.
I'm gonna get my shots. I haven't had bad enough effects to matter, so I'll try to do my part for herd immunity. And I work with too many antivax suburban moms to feel safe, so it's also for me, lol.
I wound up in the ER after my first shot, but it was more a false alarm because I wasn't aware of the potential for thyroid gland swelling, which made me feel like my throat was closing shut.
Good thing it was a flase alarm, too, because I was stuck in an empty waiting room for 2 hours thinking I was dying before the swelling lessened, at which point I was finally seen, told there were no issues, given 2 tylenol, and charged $900. Fucking America.
BUT ANYWAY with even the "safe" side effects being so brutal (I also had an almost-fainting-spell and my skin felt sunburnt for 3 days), people should be more understanding when someone's side effects are actually considered unsafe.