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atelopuslimosus t1_it7qm2x wrote

I never used to get my flu shot. The first time I got it was during the swine flu outbreak that was hitting younger people harder. After that, the thing that really solidified me as an annual flu shot person was that I worked with kids every day and my work provided flu shots for free. I thought, "How selfish do I have to be to refuse a free shot on my lunch break that could protect these kids I work with from a potentially deadly disease?".

Over the years, I've taken a harder and harder line with anti-vaxxers. I have landed on the opinion that an otherwise healthy person that refuses to fully vaccinate themselves or their children is a selfish conspiratorial freeloader. I treat them nicely in person, but otherwise avoid them like the plagues they carry.

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julianradish t1_ita5i6u wrote

The worst vaccine I've had to get, ever, is the covid stuff, it makes my arm so sore and it makes me tired. That's it though. I can sacrifice 1 day of productivity to help the people around me

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ballrus_walsack t1_itafnnf wrote

Clearly you have not gotten the shingrix (shingles) vaccine. It’s bad but only for a day. And actually getting shingles is 100x worse.

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AdamantineCreature t1_itb6zq1 wrote

I had the shingles shot the same day I had my tetanus booster. If there was any side effect to shingrix it was lost under the fun of TDaP. Still better than covid.

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julianradish t1_itam0e3 wrote

Omg, I don't remember if I've gotten it but im not even 25, might have when I was a baby.. I would just try to sleep through it lol. Worked for the covid booster

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ballrus_walsack t1_itamxla wrote

If you are 25 you won’t have gotten the shingles vax shot. It’s primarily for older people.

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atelopuslimosus t1_itblb80 wrote

Actually, if they're 25, they may never need the shingles vaccine. Depends if they had chickenpox or the chickenpox vaccine.

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AdamantineCreature t1_itb6va5 wrote

The covid shot makes me want to die for a couple of days. Still worth it to lower the risk of infecting my older relatives.

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