Anonymous
01/06/2025 17:12
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Back to OP's question -- flu shot only. My kids did the original Covid but that was it.
Now if someone would develop a vaccine for mono I would be all over that one. That thing is a nightmare.
Now if someone would develop a vaccine for mono I would be all over that one. That thing is a nightmare.
Anonymous
01/06/2025 17:06
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Both kids got the Covid shots, neither got the boosters. Our doctor didn’t recommend them and we don’t plan on ever getting them the boosters. DH and I got one booster early on and didn’t get any more after that. Looking back, I regret giving the initial shots to my kids but caved to the pressure here.
Why? Did something happen?
Yes the lamestream media lied to us
What did they lie about?
Effectiveness of the shot particularly in preventing transmission
No one said it would stop transmission. It was just stop deaths and reduce the load on hospitals.
DP. To be clear, I’m not the type to ever use the phrase “lamestream media.” But at the time of the initial shots, most were under the impression they were going to stop transmission, until reports of “breakthrough infections” started to trickle out. Remember those? Then there were so many breakthroughs that they had to say, no no no, they were never going to stop transmission, they’re just to reduce severity.
Anonymous
01/06/2025 16:57
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Both kids got the Covid shots, neither got the boosters. Our doctor didn’t recommend them and we don’t plan on ever getting them the boosters. DH and I got one booster early on and didn’t get any more after that. Looking back, I regret giving the initial shots to my kids but caved to the pressure here.
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Why? Did something happen?
Yes the lamestream media lied to us
What did they lie about?
Effectiveness of the shot particularly in preventing transmission
No one said it would stop transmission. It was just stop deaths and reduce the load on hospitals.
Reduce deaths *
Anonymous
01/06/2025 16:57
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Both kids got the Covid shots, neither got the boosters. Our doctor didn’t recommend them and we don’t plan on ever getting them the boosters. DH and I got one booster early on and didn’t get any more after that. Looking back, I regret giving the initial shots to my kids but caved to the pressure here.
Why? Did something happen?
Yes the lamestream media lied to us
What did they lie about?
Effectiveness of the shot particularly in preventing transmission
No one said it would stop transmission. It was just stop deaths and reduce the load on hospitals.
Anonymous
01/06/2025 16:47
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
My kids(all girls ) got the initial COVID shot and Booster. My two teens, had horrendous menstrual cycles after both and really messed up the cycles for a few months. I also had a few very heavy/irregular cycles that I never had before or after and I had COVID arm after first shot. We have not done COVID shots since the initial Booster. We always do flu shots.
Anonymous
01/06/2025 09:00
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We have been so busy, no excuse, we haven’t had our flu shots never mind our covid shots. We usually get a flu shot, kids only received 1st and 2nd covid shots when they came out.
Should I bother at this point to get both shots fir our teens or just get one, the flu shot? What have you done? My teens are 16 & 17, healthy.
I was a huge Covid shot fan in early 2021. But by the fall of 2021 it was obvious they were pretty useless for the vast majority of the population. I think pushing them on people before we really understood how effective they were over the long and medium term really kneecapped our public health agencies. Was stupid in retrospect.
In any event, whether you do or don’t get the shot for your family, yes, you are all going to get Covid again. And you will all be fine.
I disagree with this statement. The initial Covid shots primed our bodies to fight off Covid like the other circulating coronaviruses (aka common colds). Covid was no longer a novel virus for us after 2020/2021. I see no reason to get any Covid booster shots, but I definitely think that the initial shots were necessary.
Anonymous
01/06/2025 08:32
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised people are reporting side effects from either shot. My kids and I get both shots annually and never have any side effects, other than sore arm.
Uh oh, that means it’s not even working as well for you. Research shows that more side effects (which are incredibly common for this shot, btw) indicate higher levels of antibodies.
Anonymous
01/06/2025 08:26
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised people are reporting side effects from either shot. My kids and I get both shots annually and never have any side effects, other than sore arm.
I have gotten a fever of 102 work every shot. This is the first year I haven't been gotten the covid shot simply because I couldn't fit being sick after into my schedule. I had covid on October though. I don't know i have gotten the every single time except this year and have gotten covid so many times. It's hard to see the benefit.
I always get the flu shot and never knowingly had the flu. It seems more effective anecdotally
Anonymous
01/05/2025 21:03
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Teens can get Novavax, fewer if any side effects https://www.vox.com/even-better/391511/novavax-covid-vaccine-booster-mrna-pfizer-moderna
Anonymous
01/05/2025 18:09
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Both kids got the Covid shots, neither got the boosters. Our doctor didn’t recommend them and we don’t plan on ever getting them the boosters. DH and I got one booster early on and didn’t get any more after that. Looking back, I regret giving the initial shots to my kids but caved to the pressure here.
Why? Did something happen?
Yes the lamestream media lied to us
What did they lie about?
Effectiveness of the shot particularly in preventing transmission
Health professionals were clear that the main benefit was less severe illness. I don't know what media you watch, but I was aware it reduced but didn't prevent transmission.
Yep. We were all forced to get the vaccine so we'd have less severe illness.
By "forced" do you mean your employer required it? Your employer whose healthcare expenses rise if you are severely ill?
Well, I don't have health insurance through my employer, so it had no impact on their bottom line.
But yes, Biden had OSHA push through a mandate that large employers acted on. The public health pressure campaign was relentless and ultimately burned all the trust and goodwill that the health institutions had. Over something that was a nothingburger for the vast majority of the working age population.
Anonymous
01/05/2025 17:35
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:We have been so busy, no excuse, we haven’t had our flu shots never mind our covid shots. We usually get a flu shot, kids only received 1st and 2nd covid shots when they came out.
Should I bother at this point to get both shots fir our teens or just get one, the flu shot? What have you done? My teens are 16 & 17, healthy.
I was a huge Covid shot fan in early 2021. But by the fall of 2021 it was obvious they were pretty useless for the vast majority of the population. I think pushing them on people before we really understood how effective they were over the long and medium term really kneecapped our public health agencies. Was stupid in retrospect.
In any event, whether you do or don’t get the shot for your family, yes, you are all going to get Covid again. And you will all be fine.
Anonymous
01/05/2025 16:32
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Both kids got the Covid shots, neither got the boosters. Our doctor didn’t recommend them and we don’t plan on ever getting them the boosters. DH and I got one booster early on and didn’t get any more after that. Looking back, I regret giving the initial shots to my kids but caved to the pressure here.
Why? Did something happen?
Yes the lamestream media lied to us
What did they lie about?
Many things:
- misinformation about the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab being the most likely source,
- effectiveness of cloth masks
- 6’ social distancing
- false claims the vaccine had no effect on our menstrual cycles, etc.
Anonymous
01/05/2025 14:48
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Both kids got the Covid shots, neither got the boosters. Our doctor didn’t recommend them and we don’t plan on ever getting them the boosters. DH and I got one booster early on and didn’t get any more after that. Looking back, I regret giving the initial shots to my kids but caved to the pressure here.
Why? Did something happen?
Yes the lamestream media lied to us
What did they lie about?
Effectiveness of the shot particularly in preventing transmission
Health professionals were clear that the main benefit was less severe illness. I don't know what media you watch, but I was aware it reduced but didn't prevent transmission.
Not quite. There was a lot of talk about herd immunity and preventing transmission in the beginning. The talk morphed into preventing severe illness later when it became obvious that preventing severe illness is what the vaccine could accomplish.
I think the vaccine plays an important role in public health but, like most things, it doesn’t have to be for everyone. My parents in their 70s, yes. My boys in their teens, no. We all have different factors to consider.
Anonymous
01/05/2025 12:44
Subject: If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Both kids got the Covid shots, neither got the boosters. Our doctor didn’t recommend them and we don’t plan on ever getting them the boosters. DH and I got one booster early on and didn’t get any more after that. Looking back, I regret giving the initial shots to my kids but caved to the pressure here.
I’ve gotten the Covid vaccine plus several boosters, but that is absolutely not true when the vaccine was first rolled out.
Why? Did something happen?
Yes the lamestream media lied to us
What did they lie about?
Effectiveness of the shot particularly in preventing transmission
Health professionals were clear that the main benefit was less severe illness. I don't know what media you watch, but I was aware it reduced but didn't prevent transmission.
Anonymous
01/05/2025 12:17
Subject: Re:If you weren’t a covid shot fan, dis you chg your mind? Did you give it to your teen?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are people okay with being sick 4-6 days? So blase about losing a week of your life to illness!
I vaccinate to reduce amount of sick time if I get a virus. I enjoy life too much
We’ve never gotten very sick from covid. Youngest got a runny nose for a day. I was sick about two days. Husband and middle child completely asymptomatic.
Flu has been a whole different ball game for us.
+1 Covid doesn't seem to bother our family at all. We got our 3 Covid shots back in 2020 and are done. But the flu? No thanks. So we've all been getting the flu shot every year for 10-20 years and haven't had the flu since then.
Your anecdote means nothing. I’ve gotten Covid shots keep getting Covid. Never had flu shots never got the flu
My anecdote means a lot to us. This regimen has worked well in our family, and we'll continue it. YMMV.