Thread by @howardtayler

Moderna dose 2 received!

Got vaccinated at 12:50pm. Played STAR TREK ADVENTURES on Twitch until just before 10pm. By 11:30pm I was set upon by flu-like symptoms. Didn't actually run a fever, but with the chills and the shakes and the aches it sure felt like I did.

I say this not to scare anyone away from it. The vaccine didn't give me Covid-19. The vaccine stress-tested my immune system, and my immune system responded admirably. My entire metabolism switched over from "let's do the usual stuff" to "TONIGHT WE GO TO WAR."

This morning I'm staggering around exhausted (didn't get more than a couple of hours of sleep) wearing clothing I sweated all the way through.

We planned my week so that Thursday and Friday were clear of everything. I'm glad we did.

Now, some folks may ask how the vaccine is worth it if THIS is the cost of taking it.

Well, this level of immune response only happens because a big load of stuff with the Covid-19 paint job was injected directly into my body.

If I pick up a "normal" viral load of ACTUAL Covid-19 from somebody sneezing over the top of their improperly-worn mask, that will be a tiny fraction of the load.

My immune system will wipe that out in short order, long before my whole metabolism retools for war.

The virus will try its usual trick of hijacking cells to make copies of itself, but the whole project will get blasted before there's any amplification of the viral load.

I might feel a sniffle.

What I won't be doing is passing that viral load on to anyone else.

And yes, we have lab data AND statistical data supporting this. As the vaccine rolls out across the population, infection numbers plummet.

Covid-19 runs out of places where it can set up shop to make copies of itself, and eventually it dies out. Nowhere to hide.