The new COVID shot is not a booster, it's like the flu shot: researched and formulated to protect from the most dangerous and common strains this year! It'll still help against other strains! Get it soon as you can and help www.yalemedicine.org/news/updated... yourself and your community! - ThreadSky

backthatelfup.bsky.social • 500 days ago

The new COVID shot is not a booster, it's like the flu shot: researched and formulated to protect from the most dangerous and common strains this year! It'll still help against other strains! Get it soon as you can and help https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/updated-covid-vaccine-10-things-to-know yourself and your community!

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girltalk.bsky.social•499 days ago

I am SO out of it this vaxx which never happened in the past.

backthatelfup.bsky.social•499 days ago

New juice, new after affect. I definitely remember having serious brain fog after one of them, that sucked. 🥴 hope you're feeling better soon!

vleewalker.bsky.social•499 days ago

Got it with my flu shot on September 27th! 😷

evarawlsphd.bsky.social•499 days ago

My 101F fever can attest that it's not a booster 😂

elfy.bsky.social•499 days ago

still got a fever? wow..hope you are ok..

evarawlsphd.bsky.social•499 days ago

The first vaccine shot way back put me out for ~3 days at 103? 105? I think. It was in the "you should go to the ER" range 😂 I'll be fine probably by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. In the meantime, enjoying the anti-anxiety fever 😊

elfy.bsky.social•499 days ago

ok so you boost your core temp and the anxiety takes a break?

odd...but useful i guess?

regnad.bsky.social•499 days ago

I recently got natural immunity before I had a chance to get this. Oh well.

Got a flu shot though.

backthatelfup.bsky.social•499 days ago

There are lots of strains of COVID out there, so might want to talk to your healthcare provider about still getting the shot. You could have caught one not included in this year's vaccine! Hope you didn't feel too bad when you had it!

bitteroptimist.bsky.social•499 days ago

Thank you! I’ve been repeating this like a fool to everyone who says booster. Maybe an article will help me. Even the pharmacist said it to me and I said, “wait, but this isn’t a booster, right?”

backthatelfup.bsky.social•499 days ago

The messaging is muddy :/ like it had been...since the get. So, understandable 🙃

rogergrow.bsky.social•499 days ago

My hospital can’t even get the vaccine.

backthatelfup.bsky.social•499 days ago

That's wack :/ Not sure if this is helpful, hope you can find one soon https://www.vaccines.gov/search/

delightw2023.bsky.social•499 days ago

Interestingly YaleMed is only offering Moderna and nothing else even though many of us in the autoimmune community have asked for Novavax bc of flares caused by mRNA.

backthatelfup.bsky.social•499 days ago

Yeah, not sure what's up with that. https://www.vaccines.gov/search/ found this site that can help people track down vaccines by type, hope it's useful!

ursathehopeful.bsky.social•499 days ago

Got it yesterday ✅

backthatelfup.bsky.social•499 days ago

Nice! Hoping it doesn't make you feel crummy! 💪🏼

ursathehopeful.bsky.social•498 days ago

Thanks! I seem to have bounced back without much trouble.

alice-chachacha.bsky.social•498 days ago

I got my covid shot a few weeks ago, and it made my crashing fatigue and weird tachycardia disappear! The lingering gastric distress it triggered is a bit bothersome though.

mgraalum.bsky.social•498 days ago

The COVID shot has been updated continuously since it came out. This isn't new

robsnutz.bsky.social•499 days ago

I got my flu shot with my covid vaccine this year. Not going to lie it was a rough 24 hrs but worth it.

supersaiga.bsky.social•498 days ago

yeah I got them a week apart, the flu shot made me feel like a cold was coming on that never came on, now i have [redacted because it's one of the symptoms easy to cause with the nocebo effect] since Thursday but it's mild and it's fine

robsnutz.bsky.social•498 days ago

I had a 101 fever for about 8 hours and then it felt like a cold till the next day.

theorae.bsky.social•499 days ago

I got mine with my tetanus booster but something triggered my fibro for a week. Still worth it.

jimothy63.bsky.social•498 days ago

…that’s what a booster is

burneraccount.bsky.social•498 days ago

I got it on Friday. No side effects only a sore arm.

backthatelfup.bsky.social•499 days ago

I used to do a thread about the flu shot every year on the other SM site, and link to an article by @voraciousbrain.bsky.social about the flu shot. I just think vaccinations are neat! Getting sick sucks! Getting other people sick also sucks! Let's do what we can to avoid it!

backthatelfup.bsky.social•499 days ago

Here's a site to help find a vaccine in your area (USA only, sorry) https://www.vaccines.gov/search/ with moderna, Pfizer and the novavax as an option for filters

bodiva.bsky.social•499 days ago

Thursday

immaggiandfairy.bsky.social•499 days ago

We can’t, we’re not old enough. Only over 65s can get it.

redwoodgirl.bsky.social•498 days ago

That's incorrect. I'm younger than that and I got a free booster/new strain vaccine last month.

eattherich.bsky.social•498 days ago

Same; also in 50s and also got vaccines for Covid and annual flu last month.

immaggiandfairy.bsky.social•498 days ago

jasonstiff.bsky.social•498 days ago

I got mine along with my flu shot at the same time last month...

backthatelfup.bsky.social•498 days ago

I think the person who posted this is in the UK, and I'm not sure what the requirements are like there *shrug*

redwoodgirl.bsky.social•498 days ago

Oh ok. Not for the first time I'm wishing we had country identifiers on our handles.

jasonstiff.bsky.social•498 days ago

My country identifier is Big Sky Country.

backthatelfup.bsky.social•498 days ago

Yeah, who knows when that'll roll out. Till then it's like a scavenger hunt to figure out where ppl are from.

immaggiandfairy.bsky.social•498 days ago

Correct, this is UK. You chaps are lucky.

immaggiandfairy.bsky.social•498 days ago

Correct. You’re all lucky to be able to get it unrationed. We can’t even buy it.

immaggiandfairy.bsky.social•498 days ago

Uk
You’re all so lucky.

ronmimnaugh.bsky.social•498 days ago

Same here. Got my yearly flu shot and covid booster Friday. Was body achey all weekend. Still glad i got them.

immaggiandfairy.bsky.social•498 days ago

phenolbarbiedoll.bsky.social•498 days ago

Not sure who told you that but they were wrong.

eean.dev•498 days ago

I could believe some places are doing age-based rationing as supply has been slow

immaggiandfairy.bsky.social•498 days ago

UK.
You’re all lucky, we can’t even buy one.

eean.dev•498 days ago

Ha OK cool stuff

phenolbarbiedoll.bsky.social•498 days ago

Where is that true? Last I saw the figure was around 3% of the population has had the new shot. Demand is weak and you can (and should, right now) walk into any pharmacy and get it.

eean.dev•498 days ago

The fact that not many got the shot isn't really evidence of plentiful supply. The roll out was easily a whole month behind the flu vaccine because they dragged their feet on approving it.

immaggiandfairy.bsky.social•498 days ago

I wish I was wrong though.

phenolbarbiedoll.bsky.social•498 days ago

I wish you were too! I got mine Friday. :(

immaggiandfairy.bsky.social•498 days ago

In the UK. I am completely right.

phenolbarbiedoll.bsky.social•498 days ago

Ah, apologies. Here in the US the disinformation won and people just aren’t trying.