I had the J&J vaccine on Wednesday and started experiencing some flu-like symptoms around eleven hours later (headache, body aches, chills, etc.). Yesterday, I had some minor aches and nausea. Today, I'm about 90% of where I normally am physically. Do I have any regets about getting the vaccine? Not at all.
Problem is, a lot of places are already chronically understaffed so employees feel pressured either by management or by themselves to go in to work sick. I know I’m guilty of it and have gone to work sick many times because we were so short handed.
I know people who treat their sick leave like an extra week of paid vacation and take all 5 days every year.Well one problem is most people don't want to "waste" sick days on when they are sick.
I definitely got the real deal, too! Nothing really out of the ordinary; my left deltoid started feeling tender late last night, and the yucky phlegmy, slightly head-achy feeling came on in the wee hours, not unlike the feeling I get 24 to 48 hours into a round of antibiotics. This, and my sore arm will pass in a day or two, I expect.
It's hard to say how big a role the Pfizer doses played, and how much derived from general COVID related fear and anxiety. In any case, I'm glad to hear your insomnia suffering has mostly passed for you!
From what I understand, the next phase of Pfizer's trials is testing two different things: a booster in the original vaccine arm to extend immunity over the longer term, and a booster that targets the South African variant (against which the Pfizer vaccine is less effective than the other strains).
Kidding aside, it could have been a general yucky feeling, which is basically what I had yesterday. That and a low grade headache that wouldn't quit!A co-worker had his second shot on Thursday, then left work early on Friday saying he didn't feel well but didn't elaborate on his symptoms.
Or maybe he just wanted an excuse to check out early on a beautiful warm and sunny Friday afternoon.
