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Comment by wsc981 | Hacker News Reader

I know people might be offended by me asking this question, but did you get COVID vaccinations? And if so, which brand(s)?

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Regardless of your opinion, the one bit of information provided by answering this question has little value other than to spark a pointless argument.

Not really and this is the problem.

My quality of life decreased after my booster shot. Had severe reaction and my athletic performance dropped quite a bit afterwards never going back to the baseline pre-vaccine. Also having more heart palpitations and a decrease on VO2max.

But apparently when I talk about this, I am either labelled anti-vaxx (even though I got the damn vaccine), a conspiracy crazy or people try to justify my issues with something else that magically coincided with the date I took the booster.

Another point of anecdata here: After my AZ booster (2 first vaccines were pfizer) I got a micro stroke (Lacunar Tia). My QoL also decreased after that. Too bad it's currently a taboo to talk about these sort of things.

My young healthy sister got myocarditis after her booster and had to be hospitalized. This is after successfully fighting off a covid infection months prior.

I'm far from antivax, and have had 3 shots myself. But it's crazy that you aren't allowed to talk about this stuff without being labeled a conspiracy theorist.

Filing with the vaccine injury court and reporting this adverse event will have a far more effective impact than encouraging people to draw conclusions and take action based on selection-biased anecdata posted to Hacker News.

I did, of course, post my own anecdata. But it's much harder for people to choose whether or not to actually become infected by COVID than it is to decide whether or not to vaccinate.

You'll also note that we are now in fact having the pointless argument I predicted.

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