SUNY and Covid vax mandates

DigitalDad
Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:56:27 +0000

MACmiracle:

vaccine reactions in our family have generally been worse than our covid infections

That mirrors the experience of my family - with two different vaccine brands. All of us had unexpectedly strong reactions to each vaccine dose, specially when compared to virtually everyone else in our circle.

Frankly I rather found it reassuring that my immune system’s intense reaction was only to the mere (short-term) presence of the “profile” of a non-existing virus. Imagine how more worrying it would be if our body had to put up a prolonged fight to an actual virus roaming around, without having already been “primed” by a vaccine and recurring boosters.

Some in my family managed to escape infection (despite some very close, lengthy exposures), while two people who did have CoVid had very mild cases.

I think our cases (including our two) fall within the well-documented and rather expected result, that vaccinated individuals typically benefit from a shorter/less severe illness - even after (or because?) our vaccine reactions had been strong(er).