Thread by @ShriramKMurthi

Since so many people seem worried about side-effects from the COVID shots, a bit about my personal experience. Got the two Moderna shots 4 weeks apart. Here's what I experienced: ↵

Shot 1: sore arm, like a flu shot. 5:30 on a Wed. Spent Thu waiting for the fever/fatigue to hit. By 3pm realized I'd squandered the day doing not much of anything, played hooky and read books. No fatigue at all. ↵

Shot 2: also Wed 5:30pm. Much sorer arm for ~36 hours. Otherwise fine Wed. Wasn't going to get fooled again. Worked normally Thu AM, went for a bike ride. Thought I'd take it easy; 5 mins in had forgotten and was riding normally. ↵

Ran into a friend, stopped to chat. Felt tired when I resumed. Struggled a bit up short, steep inclines on the way home. was very tired that evening, very sleepy, slight headache. Hit the sack early. ↵

And that's it. Fri was able to ride absolutely normally. It's now been 72 hours and nothing else happening. So it's possible to get through the whole thing with nothing more than a mile headache and a bit of extra yawning. ↵

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Oh, ironically, the most painful part of bike riding wasn't the riding. It was a bit awkward in road bike posture, but not really a problem. It was that Thu was a cool day, so I wore a thicker jersey, which required lifting my arms to put it on & take it off. THAT was what hurt!