or the Jewish Holiday version
They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat
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Thanks. Just sent that article to my daughter, who fainted after her second shot. No booster yet.
this is the way.
The overwhelming majority of stories I have heard are mild side effects or none at all. My experience was the latter. I don’t think I’ve heard anybody say their 3rd dose hit them the worse.
Don’t tell me that, I’ve got enough placebo effect to worry about as it is!
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My anti-placebo effect snippet is that I hydrated well beforehand and was pretty sick after the booster anyway. I however did not take ibruprofen/acetaminophen until after symptoms kicked in. That helped.
i didn’t know this bit of advice prior to getting the booster, but i was extremely extremely thirsty as one of the side effects from the vaccine, so i’d recommend it.
I was fully prepared for a bad reaction since it was my first Moderna shot.
I hydrated and and had similar but milder effects than dose 2. All Moderna.
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I’m still not sure if the booster took me down or not. Small germ disseminators muddied the waters on this one with their COOTIES.
One of the fastest and furiousest colds I’ve ever gotten and still suffering (started Saturday, boosted Friday, COOTIES were present the prior weekend and for 3 hours on Tuesday).
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Cross post from Annoyed Thoughts.
I like the Costco Hydration Multiplier that 1695814 mentioned - especially the Tangerine flavor. It also is good for preventing cramps.
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I’ve not tried that flavor but I’ve had several others of it.
Got the booster at Walmart (which, side story, was an interesting experience as I listened to the guy in front of me in line give the poor receptionist an earful about how his wife doesn’t “believe in any of this crap” while he was asking that they please give him both a COVID and flu vaccine). Didn’t feel any symptoms for the rest of the day except a sore arm, although I woke up pretty feverish in the middle of the night and struggled to sleep. Sort of in-line with my first COVID dose (which is to say less bad than the second). Hoping we’re in the clear now.
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I ached in every muscle the day after my booster. But i was fine the following day, except the spot was sore if i poked it.
(Since i was in a clinical study, and they asked me to check my symptoms every day, i dutifully poked it with a fingertip every day for two weeks. It was slightly sore for about a week. Not that i would have noticed it they hadn’t asked me to check.)
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was about to ask why you were poking the spot
I got on to my local health unit website to get a booster appointment: they have an option for a 4th booster for the severely immunocompromised. 
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Maybe you can schedule both boosters for the same visit!?
I just saw a headline indicating that Israel is getting ready to roll out a fourth round of shots.
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