i donāt view 101 as a slight fever. that kinda sucks
Well, I havenāt run a fever in years, so what do I know? My threshold for bad is noticeable chills, but my little home office tends to run hot so maybe that spared me. (I keep the door shut to keep the racket from the kids down, and the multiple computers in my office can really kick off some heat.)
No long term safety studies? But then how will they credibly claim them to be SafeAndEffectiveā¢?
Canāt not piss in everyoneās Cheerios?
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Fair enough. They are also looking for common side effects that take months or years to manifest.
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Thatās not a common problem with vaccines, but hey, new technologies. We shall find out.
25 hours in, and I feel like I swallowed a handful of Tylenol PMs. Feeling tired isnāt unpleasant, in fact, Iāll be crawling into bed in a few minutes and that should feel quite nice.
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IFYP. Iām almost (99.9%) certain that assumption has not been tested (rigorously) for any vaccines.
I think itās fair to say thatās the first time Iāve ever encountered that quaint expression.
Very little has been tested as rigorously as whether the MMR vaccine causes autism. (It does not.) Iāve read studies of other suspected long-term side effects.
As suspected, Mrs G is made of sterner stuff than yours truly. No discernible side effects 48 hrs out from 2nd Pfizer.
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Iām still absolutely exhausted. But now that Iām up and out of bed, itās not too bad. I thought Iād need to call in sick, but nah.
You guys have got me paranoid enough about side effects that I plan to wait until after exam day despite now being eligible 
Ok well keep in mind there is a significant amount of publication bias. People with no side effects probably arenāt going to go out of their way to post about it.
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I was more worried about going to the exam unvaccinated.
If you time out your first shot to be a week or so before, itās a very low chance youāll be getting major side effects before, since the second is worse.
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Keep in mind I usually take a preventative ibuprofen just in case I get a headache during the exam. Certainly donāt want to risk losing any meaningful study time that risks otherwise not having to wait a year to sit again. We are very risk averse with exams haha
But if I catch COVID at the exam I wonāt have any symptoms until well after Iāve finished it.
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Iām a significant outlier but still aināt right. Tuesday could barely function again. Yesterday felt almost completely normal. Today Iāve got the weird brain fog going again but am able to work. I have no idea whatās happening to me and neither does anyone else yet. The vestibular forum in the OP continues to grow, so Iām not the only one with similar effects, but no real solutions or explanations have appeared as of yet.
Sorry to hear it, hope you feel better soon.
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I got my second Pfizer dose yesterday. Arm soreness started around 12 hours after the shot. A little sore by nothing major and seems the same as the first dose for me. Weāll see how the next couple days go but so far so good.
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Iām considering calling the pharmacy and seeing if my Tuesday appointment can be changed to a Thursday or Friday appointment. Iām not feeling so exhausted that I canāt function, but I would certainly prefer to be in bed and sleep all day.