Covid Vaccine - Blog Posts

Okay yeah so I got this shit three days ago it hurts SUPER bad! But I'm just ultra sensitive to stuff like touch. My mother, sister, and step dad were sore for like one day now no more soreness. I also have a phobia of needles soooooo my brain is also just telling me I'm gonna die. Altogether the worst pain is the side affects (hehe skz) if you get any. I had bad headaches and body stiffness on the first day now I'm just really off balance (but that could just be the iron deficiency acting out), my brother had a high temp the day after the vaccine and his boyfriend did as well he also has a locked up arm(as in the can't really move it at the moment), and my mom threw everything up the day after the vaccine. Other then what I said above everything is going alright.

The following are some stuff I use during my normal health issues as well as came in handy for the vaccine, I just thought it could help some people who are going in for theirs soon:

- After the shot try and keep your arm in motion as much as you can, bend your arm so your fist touches your chest (kinda like chicken dance lol) and rotate your elbow in wide slow circles (this will help not make your arm lock up like my bros bf, its still gonna be stiff but it helps in the long run)

- The headaches can feel like someone put your brain in a jar and shook it so try not to move to quickly whether that be walking fast, sitting up to quick, or turning your head to fast. Light kinda depends on you so you might need to sit in darkness for awhile you might not

- I recommend trying to get a little sun on the second or third day, sitting outside for a little usually makes me feel a bit better cause you can start losing lots of vitamin D without realizing it (D3 vitamins also can be good if you work all day and can't get out much)

- Take a hot shower (w/ supervision if your feeling dizzy that or sit in your shower/tub) if you feel achy or stiff DON'T TAKE PAIN MEDS unless you feel you really need them as they can mess with the vaccine sometimes and can make it hard for it to work

- Stock up on some teas and your energy drink of choice before the vaccine, you might get stomach problems (the tea is to help prevent further problems but doesn't always help. throwing up makes you loose a lot of liquid so energy drinks or pedialyte is good for making up what you lost).

- If your overheating to a bad level (like high 90- 100s) but can't afford the hospital trip dunk yourself in a bath of ice water for a little, it will drop your temp down (again have someone on stand by because you could pass out from the temp shift)

I tried to pick small stuff you can do with a busy schedule because I know a lot of people have full time jobs or lots of school work. STAY SAFE EVERYONE!!!💙💙💙

There are crazy things that are happening all over the world today. Anger is raging in the hearts of many and the world feels more like a battleground than the place it use to be. Because of that, I am going to try my best and commit to not be one who has anger in her heart. I will not be one who pretends that she does not give a care in the world when she really is hurting and has emotions tenfold. I will not mask my hurt with anger and I will not mask my fear with pretending to be someone I’m not. There is a phrase that says that we should fake it till we make it, but what is that benefiting us? Sure we can learn to go through the motions, but then we’re not really living. We’re kind of just in that i between state. We should be able to live and love. Love is not weak, feeling emotions is not pitiful, and faking is not living. A person is allowed to feel hurt, but they should not always choose anger. Instead, they should let theirselves feel hurt and then try to understand how they could be better. Anger just leads to feeling bitter and confusion. It’s better to let yourself feel hurt and not be quick to anger. Hear the other person out, then tell them your side, and then come to an agreement. Anger reaps pride and pride reaps blaming others entirely for the mistake that involved both parties and not just one. Is that what we become? People who blame rather than love? People who are quick to anger rather than people who care? Again, love and caring are not weak. Instead, they make us stronger. Also, a person is allowed to feel fear. One should not be hiding their fears for toughness. Yes, it’s ok to feel tough, but it is also ok to feel fearful. This allows one to understand what they are afraid of. Though some may choose a path that makes them more fearful, instead choose a path that will help you get over your fears. Now that you have discovered your fears, what can you do to help you understand your fears as they really are-getting over the fear? All this that I just described is truly living. The negatives are not and make one instead go through the motions. Today, I vow to truly live.

yesterday i got vaccinated and i woke up with a headache and pain in my arm, now I'm feeling better and also, i spent all the morning finishing my chemistry report for Friday, I wrote like 4 pages of it and is almost finished, i still haven't finished the introduction and conclusion, but I think I can do that at night or tomorrow after my algebra exam.

hey! so normally I'm 100% for vaccines and all but I'm,, suspicious about the COVID vaccine bc of the rushed timeline and Pfizer's history. I also have some personal mental issues that's making it difficult for me to break down the likelihood of the vaccine being dangerous/fake/etc and was wondering if you could help me with that? What do you think the likelihood is that Pfizer faked their data? Or that the vaccine has long-term side effects? Or that it was dangerous materials in it?

I've been wanting to write something about this, so I thank you for this question!! I am confident in the vaccine, and will be getting it as soon as I'm allowed. I have done my research, spoken to physicians within my family who have also done their research, and am happy to say that a lot of the fears people have are unfounded. Let's get into it!

Was the vaccine rushed?

No. It was prioritized. The Covid vaccines, to receive approval, have undergone all of the same trials, rules, testing, and processes as every other vaccine. No corners were cut. Over 45k were used in human trials. The reason most vaccines take a number of years is because a) availability of persons with said illness for testing, b) availability of persons willing to undergo human trials, c) resource availability (scientists work on a number of things), and d) funding. The covid vaccines could move faster than usual through these barriers, for obvious reasons, leading to quicker outcomes.

Pfizers history? Likelihood that they faked their data?

They have had a number of lawsuits against them throughout their existence as a company (best known for Chapstick, Advil, and Prep), most involving undisclosed side effects in medications they have produced. Some involving unapproved human trials. Vaccines are, of course, different from medications. However, the Covid vaccine has undergone extensive external review and has been found valid and safe.

Wall Street Journal - FDA review confirms safety and efficacy of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

Medical Xpress - Pfizer vaccine results published in peer-reviewed journal

The New Daily - FDA publishes first peer-reviewed report on Pfizer trial as Britain rolls out COVID vaccine

The New York Times - Pfizer’s Vaccine Offers Strong Protection After First Dose

BBC News - Safety data on Pfizer jab released by US

Vaccine long term side effects?

This is hard to say! However, the nature of how the vaccine works leads to minimal concern about long term side effects. To quote a physician I'm related to when I asked him about it, "I imagine the worst it could do would be....not work for someone, so that they still get Covid." Let's jump to the next question to see why that is.

Dangerous materials in it?

Vaccines train the immune system to recognize the disease-causing part of a virus. Traditionally, this means they contain either weakened viruses or purified signature proteins of the virus.

But an mRNA vaccine is different, because rather than having the viral protein injected, a person receives genetic material – mRNA – that encodes the viral protein. Think of it like instructions to make a fake shell of the virus. When these genetic instructions are injected into the upper arm, the muscle cells translate them to make the viral protein directly in the body. Your body creates the fake shell, which looks like the virus.

This approach mimics what the SARS-CoV-2 does in nature – but the vaccine mRNA codes only for the critical fragment of the viral protein. This gives the immune system a preview of what the real virus looks like without causing disease. This preview gives the immune system time to design powerful antibodies that can neutralize the real virus if the individual is ever infected. In conclusion, your body creates a dummy virus uniform with no virus inside of it. Your immune system then learns how to defeat it, without risk of harm. That way if it ever runs into the real virus, it sees the shell and knows how to effectively attack.

While this synthetic mRNA is genetic material, it cannot be transmitted to the next generation! This means your body won't continue creating fake shells. After an mRNA injection, this molecule guides the protein production inside the muscle cells, which reaches peak levels for 24 to 48 hours and can last for a few more days. So essentially, you create fake shells for a few days, then you stop. It doesn't keep going forever, which I know some folks were concerned about.

Conclusion:

It is a trustworthy, worthwhile vaccine. If you don't want to go first, that's alright! It will be first responders, essential workers, and folks in long term care facilities who will receive it this year and early next. But I do encourage everyone to take it if they are at all optioned to.

I hope this helps!

My vaccination Day..

I had my coronavac vaccine today.

Yehey finally.

COVID is slowly becoming a “third world” disease. While first world countries are hoarding vaccines, having doses for populations many times their size, third world countries can’t get any because pharma companies want to sell to the first world countries first. Even then, first world countries will receive them first. While rich countries recover from COVID, they will forget about the pandemic while many other countries live the absolute worst moment of the pandemic without being able to vaccinate their population.