Friend trying to scare me about vaccine

[Lychee234]

She has never said in the past that she wouldn't be getting the vaccine or anything against it .
She currently lives in another country and I'm not sure how the rollout is doing there.

Anyway I have an appointment today for it as I am a care worker. I told her and first of all she said "Well I'm crossing my fingers you won't get horrible side effects!"

I then said that I had certainly had a few friends/colleagues who had had a hangover like feeling the next day but nothing too serious.

She then replied that 'sometimes the more serious effects take a while to show, I guess you'll see!"

I really don't get the point of saying that, trying to scare me. I am still getting it. I respect people who don't want it that's their choice, but the vaccines wouldn't have been approved if they caused severe side effects in many people.
Am i being overly sensitive?

on the basis that it is estimated that approximately 20% of the population have had covid - so about 13M people, and that has resulted in 100,000+ deaths - while shielding the most vulnerable (making this an artificially low figure) - so for easy maths that makes somewhere in the region of 10k deaths per million cases.

Now we have just passed the 10M vaccinations mark. So for the vaccination to be worse or more dangerous than catching coivd you'd be looking for a death rate from the vaccine of greater than 10k per million vaccinations.
So we would be looking at the moment for about 100k+ deaths from the vaccine - and you know what, shock horror the actual figure is a big fat zero, nil, nada!
And nobody has grown a 2nd head, forgotten how to walk, turned into a murderous cyborg or anything yet.

I think i know what i'd rather take my chances with, even if that means a sore arm for a day or a feeling a bit rough for a couple of days.

If her country is one of the many that are slow at rolling the vaccine out, maybe she’s jealous that you’re getting it sooner.

Sounds like she's jealous you're getting your vaccine and she not had hers yet!

Message her you got called up for a spare dose yesterday

Then tell her overnight you have developed scales all over your legs and Bill Gates is now your God

If she's doing this about things unrelated to the vaccine then the issues around the vaccine are a moot point. Your 'friend' is just a manipulative dickhead. Sounds like you'd be better off without.

I've heard that the Pfizer vaccine is more likely to product more adverse reactions in the second jab than the first. Still, it's a hell of a lot better than getting COVID......30 year olds are literally dying with no underlying health conditions. Give me a headache and some flu symptoms for a few days over that.

The 'long term' effects she is referring to are the fact that some people (who would already be genetically predisposed to this) may develop Guillain Barre, Type 1 diabetes etc. However, these can be triggered by any normal virus too so the risk is well worth it in my opinion.

Aboutone in three people recently given a Covid vaccine by the NHS report some side-effects,such as soreness around the injection site, according to a study by researchers from King's College London. None was serious, and experts said some side-effects are to be expected and are not a bad thing. The researchers asked for feedback, via an app, from about 40,000 people - mostly healthcare workers.

The 'long term' effects she is referring to are the fact that some people (who would already be genetically predisposed to this) may develop Guillain Barre, Type 1 diabetes etc.

Haven't seen any evidence for this mentioned. If there is any, please link to it.