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I have a friend who is anti mRNA vaccines as they are so new.

Are they?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

We're getting Long Covid effects now, but I've yet to hear about Long Vax side effects.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I got long covid from an infection before the vaccines were available.

Getting the vaccination and boosters noticeably worsened my existing long covid symptoms. I still got the boosters because I assume a reinfection would be much worse than the vaccine's effects. If I ever thought I could reasonably avoid risk of future infections I would not choose to get more boosters, but since exposure is inevitable, I'll deal with the consequences of the booster.

When essentially everyone has had exposure to covid your statement can't actually be tested. We don't have a cohort of people we know got vaccinated but were never exposed to the virus.

Anyway, the vaccine is worth getting because the alternative is being exposed to the virus without protection, but that doesn't mean the vaccine is actually free of side effects for everyone.

[–] Echo5 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hypothetically, it could be because those folks have already died or are experiencing effects that genpop refuses to corroborate with the treatment. There’s been a major bias against reporting side effects (not that the process has ever been fully hashed out) and iirc the ‘cine industry is the only one you can’t sue, so any potentially-educational lawsuits that might’ve been are a nonstarter. Not saying these things are confirmed but that there’s definitely room for a lot to fly under the radar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

You can't sue the makers because a federal agency has taken all liability. You can sue the agency though, and they do pay out occasionally for injuries caused by vaccines.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some people have to go on blood thinners due to the covid shot. It’s rare, and most people should get their shot, but there are risks involved.

I work in a pharmacy and I’ve personally filled medications for about 5 people who said they are on blood thinners from getting a covid shot.