Would you have walked out or still got it

[AyyX]

If you saw someone come out after getting the Covid jab get a seizure and collapse?
My sister went to get hers and saw that.. I told her I would’ve walked out after seeing that 😬

I actually saw this very thing after my first jab in Feb. He had a seizure as he walked back to wait in his van. Still had my second jab and saw the bloke driving about last week. You have no idea if the jab was to blame tbf. My DD has a seizure condition that can be triggered by pain.

I would still have it. But then I am what is now known on MN as a"pro-vaxxer.":)

DD said that while she was waiting she saw two people faint after their vaccines. I'd read before that it's more common in younger people, a combination of nerves, less likely to be hydrated or have eaten recently (for that reason she had a banana and water before going in - she'd been at work).

Could be the person who had a seizure suffered from epilepsy due to stress/nerves over having it, nothing to do with the vaccine. Stress always makes my Mum's more likely to have a seizure.

[quote AyyX]@AddsVsGeorgs alright smartie pants

It’s a question, answer or go away.[/quote]
It's an answer. You just didn't like it.

It wouldn't occur to me to not get my own jab. Like most other people who've answered, I wouldn't assume a connection between the jab and the seizure - so many other factors are possible; nerves, heat, stress, pre-existing condition, unrelated illness. Also I'm not medically qualified to diagnose just by seeing it that someone's had an actual seizure rather than fainted or passed out for another reason.

They could have been epileptic, had another condition.

It might have been nothing to do with jab and I would have done it.

I'd still have had mine. Someone else's reaction to it has no bearing on what mine might be (AZ, doubled jabbed, no more than a sore arm).

Of course I’d still get it. I’m aware some people have reactions to it, I have already taken that into account when I booked to get it. Seeing it wouldn’t make much of a difference to me.

[quote AyyX]**@AddsVsGeorgs alright smartie pants

It’s a question, answer or go away.[/quote]
@AddsVsGeorgs gave a perfectly valid answer. It just wasn't what you wanted to hear.

In answer to the question, yes I would have continued and got my jab. Walking out would be very silly indeed.

Unless everyone was dropping like flies then no, of course I wouldn't leave.

Yes i would still have got it
Because I know that it cannot give you a seizure.

Either the person fainted out of anxiety (sometimes people's arms do twitch if they faint) or they already had epilepsy and they coincidentally had a seizure

Since I am confident that neither of those apply to me I would be happy to go ahead.

For some people, very regular seizures are part of every day life.
Should those people not get their jabs?
You know nothing about this person.
Before Covid, we all knew of people who had sudden and unexplained health emergencies. Now pretty much every person I know has had a jab in the last six weeks. Should I now assume every heart attack, stroke or anything else is a direct result of it?
Of course these things need to be checked but I can't understand how people can't see the massive, and often unconnected, overlap

I volunteer at a vaccine hub. We have had a few people faint . A combination of the heat recently, dehydration and not eating any breakfast before they came . Some are also very anxious about the actual injection. They recover very quickly .

I'm a fainter, due to unusually low blood pressure. I take my jabs and try to stay in a seat until I'm safe but occasionally misjudge and hit the deck. I would be mortified to hear that it had put others off having the jab.

Have the jab please.

As with all immunisations we don't just have them for ourselves, we have them so that there is countrywide immunity in order to protect those people that are immuno compromised and/or can't have the jab.

The risk is lower than being on the pill and they are about to make that purchasable over the counter because it's so safe.

Of course I’d still get it.One stranger’s medical history has nothing to do with mine.
As a PP said if everyone was dropping all around I might not.

Someone crashed while I was waiting to have blood taken the other day. The alarms went off for ages, everyone into the little room.

It happens. It’s scary and I’d have happily not had blood taken, I hate it at the best of times, but you never know what’s caused the reaction in that person.

It’s one of those situations where logic has to prevail.

When your sister says she saw someone have a seizure, they could well have just fainted. My dd faints after she has any contact with a needle (because she's got a fear of them) including having her ears pierced, and it looks like she's having a fit as she lies there twitching for a minute or two.

I’d have still had it. Why wouldn’t I? I assume everyone else was walking out absolutely fine?

Yes of course I would

It would have freaked me out but I would have went ahead.

Reminds me of when the lady before me who had her coil fitted came out and collapsed infront of me. Cervical shock. I still went ahead and had mine fitted however.

As others pointed out, what about all the other people who walked out fine?
Do you stop flying because one plane crashed? Or stop driving because you witnessed an accident? Stop eating because someone choked?

This happened to someone I know when they went to get their jab.

They were in the waiting room waiting to get called in when someone just collapsed on the floor. They have no idea if they failed/ had a seizure/ something else as everyone got ushered away from the scene.

They still got their jab, never crossed their mind not to. They just hoped that the person who collapsed was alright.

I’d have my jab of course.

This happened when my DH got his. It's was at one of the huge centres so there were loads of medical staff and they got an ambulance immediately, but it was still quite upsetting. He went ahead with his vaccination though.

I'd have stayed. I collapsed after having the flu vaccination - I still had the covid one.

Yes of course I would. they were probably epileptic.