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Original poster

I'm triple jabbed so why am I so ill?

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whatisheupto · 27/01/2022 21:38

I know covid vaccinations don't stop you contracting the virus or passing it on.

I've had Covid for a week. I'm not awfully, awfully ill. But I'm pretty ill and just when I thought I was feeling slightly on the mend, I now seem to be going into the tiredness phase where everything is exhausting.

If I hadn't had the vaccines would I most likely have been much more ill? Or is it that I've caught a strain that the vaccines were never going to work against?

Can't help wondering why I'm feeling so crap when I've had all 3 jabs.

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sirfredfredgeorge · 27/01/2022 22:07

The vaccines protect you against serious outcomes.

The symptoms of a cold are not a serious outcome, and there's limited protection in those anyway, but it is possible but not confirmed, that past infection or vaccination can result in "original antigenic sin" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_antigenic_sin which may mean that your defence against the variant is weakened compared to if it was immune.

babyjenks93 · 27/01/2022 22:07

I am triple jabbed and I was hospitalised with omicron. My cousin hasn't even got the first jab and she's got omicron and she's fine. It's just the way it is. I have a shitty immune system (I have an autoimmune disorder).

VelvetChairGirl · 27/01/2022 22:07

@whatisheupto

I appreciate the well wishes! It's kind of frigging annoying after managing to avoid it for 2 years.... I thought I'd got away with it. Scary to think how ill I'd be if I hadn't been vaccinated, if this is how it feels after 3 jabs!
I had the chinese one before first lockdown, I wouldnt even say it was a bad cold, it felt nothing like a cold, it felt like someone had punched me in the throat for 2 weeks but I still went about doing my normal stuff, eating normally, washing up doing the endless bloody cleaning of the flat etc.
PurpleDaisies · 27/01/2022 22:07

@Lolamento

Where’s that come from? We’re not being asked to go for more boosters?

So that is two vaccines and a booster ever? I was under the impression that you will be invited for more boosters.

We might be. Nobody knows at this point. It may well be just vulnerable people, just like flu jabs.
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whatisheupto · 27/01/2022 22:08

@VelvetChairGirl. Charming! But also thought provoking. I guess like any virus you're much more susceptible during a period of stress and weakness.

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UserBotAI999 · 27/01/2022 22:09

I had the 2 in 1 (jansen) and then a booster and I didn't feel that bad for long when I got it so in your shoes I'd feel a bit hard done by as well!!
Hope you feel better soon.

TulipsGarden · 27/01/2022 22:11

The vaccines we have now don't work all that well at preventing symptoms, because they were designed for the original virus and Omicron is quite a lot different now. But they still work amazingly well to prevent hospitalisations and death, so yay - you got ill, you feel shit, but you're likely in no danger.

My son just had Covid. My partner and I didn't catch it. No idea why we didn't when some do, but very relieved and grateful.

Branster · 27/01/2022 22:12

@Tealightsandd

They helped keep you out of hospital.

The problem is the way anything other than hospitalisation (and even that sometimes) has been reported as 'mild'.

I've said before, how even without a 'serious' case it can absolutely knock people out for several weeks.

Sorry you're feeling so rotten OP. Rest as much as possible. I hope you feel better soon Flowers

That's what I still don't understand, nearly 2 years in. What exactly is mild? And also, references to 'like flu' in terms of symptoms. The very few people I personally know, who have had flu ever, said that it was unbelievably difficult.

To my mind, mild is a heavy cold.

What is this 'mild' that everyone refers to in relation to Covid? There's no clear explanation. It would be interesting to know.

OP I do hope you feel better soon. I don't think there is an answer to your question because there is no research on this. Pot luck I guess.

Thirtytimesround · 27/01/2022 22:12

Hope you get well soon OP 🎈

No one has a clue about this horrible disease. It’s so strange how some people in their twenties die from it yet I know elderly people who barely noticed they had it. Is a weird one that’s for sure.

Tealightsandd · 27/01/2022 22:12

@whatisheupto

Aha ye posters accusing me of being nesh. I saw you coming... hence writing: "I'm not awfully, awfully ill. But I'm pretty ill...."

No mention of "seriously ill" in my post @TheFoundation! Feeling really quite rough is exactly right.

I understand OP.

It's not surprising it's a bit of a shock - because of the heavily pushed 'just a mild cold' narrative from some quarters.

For many people, a 'mild' case of SARS-COV-2 is not just a mild cold. It can absolutely knock you out.

Still, it's fantastic that vaccines are helping to keep people out of hospital.

Tealightsandd · 27/01/2022 22:13

Sorry @Branster

I posted before I saw your post.

budgiegirl · 27/01/2022 22:15

It is odd how it seems to affect some people so much more than others. We've just had it in our house - family of 2 adults, 2 young adults, one teenager - all vaccinated and boosted where allowed. We only tested as my 20 year old DS had a sniffle, three of us were positive, two negative, and none of us with any symptoms other than DS's sniffle. No idea how we'd have been if we weren't vaccinated (although my doctor was adamant that we felt ok due to the vaccine)

I have seen so much anecdotal evidence that vaccinated people are suffering more with Omicron than unvaccinated

I doubt so much that this is the case. Again anecdotal I know, but my friend spent 17 days on the high dependence unit with covid recently - she is triple jabbed but has underlying health issues. There were at least a dozen other patients on the high dependency unit during her time there - her doctor told her she was the only one to have had her jabs.

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whatisheupto · 27/01/2022 22:16

@babyjenks93 sorry yo hear that, it must have been so scary. Glad you're OK now!
@JeeezLouise they're the kind of stats I am interested in, thank you.

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StellaGibs · 27/01/2022 22:17

I have covid now. Not had my booster. Feel quite rough when the pain relief wears off but with it im ok. Just more sleepy than usual.

The variable nature of a persons covid response is what makes it dangerous, plus the fact its so contagious so isnt just something only the elderly or vulnerable tend to pick up like flu mostly is (with exceptions).

VelvetChairGirl · 27/01/2022 22:17

[quote whatisheupto]@VelvetChairGirl. Charming! But also thought provoking. I guess like any virus you're much more susceptible during a period of stress and weakness.[/quote]
everyone immune system/immune response is different from birth just like everything else about a person varies from person to person.

IamnotSethRogan · 27/01/2022 22:19

*XenoBitch

A lot of people with Covid say they could have been more poorly if they had not been jabbed... but they don't know.
I have seen so much anecdotal evidence that vaccinated people are suffering more with Omicron than unvaccinated.*

Bollocks

Brownpigeon · 27/01/2022 22:21

I had delta. Was unvaccinated. WFH the whole time.
Still not vaccinated (and you can all gloat now that I'm losing my job in the NHS) but yes, anecdotal evidence does worry me enough to still not get it.
Friends, family and patients. That's not a handful. It's quite a lot.

XenoBitch · 27/01/2022 22:24

@IamnotSethRogan

*XenoBitch

A lot of people with Covid say they could have been more poorly if they had not been jabbed... but they don't know.
I have seen so much anecdotal evidence that vaccinated people are suffering more with Omicron than unvaccinated.*

Bollocks

Yes, saying "bollocks" is evidence to the contrary.
Argealanlea · 27/01/2022 22:26

Unfortunately the vaccines were only ever promoted as avoiding hospitalisations. I think there’s so much out there about omicron being mild people expect a sniffle and for some that’s all it is. But it can be anything from no symptoms to horribly ill but avoiding hospital. Lots of narrative around I’m vaccinated so I’ll be fine - but what is fine! It means you’ll survive but covid is not a cold it’s far more serious.

Agree with @PurpleDaisies re people who are unvaccinated saying they are unaffected. My cousins whole family caught it. One is very anti vax. She was chatting to my parents and said she’s absolutely fine with it no issues at all. I was talking to my cousin and she said this person had actually been very sick with it and far worse than everyone else in the family. Meanwhile my parents were telling everyone how X is unvaccinated and covid barely affected her.

Wynwoodwalls · 27/01/2022 22:27

@Lolamento

Where’s that come from? We’re not being asked to go for more boosters?

So that is two vaccines and a booster ever? I was under the impression that you will be invited for more boosters.

True, I'm in England and had my 4th jab last week
FromEden · 27/01/2022 22:28

A lot of people with Covid say they could have been more poorly if they had not been jabbed... but they don't know.

Exactly. I heard someone yesterday say this exact thing but just before that he mentioned that his unvaccinated friend also tested positive at the same time (they were on holiday and testing to come home) but had literally zero symptoms. So even though his unvaccinated friend had no symptoms and never developed any, and the vaccinated person got quite sick, it would have been worse if he wasn't vaccinated. It's a special kind of delusion at this stage

Pinkrose1111 · 27/01/2022 22:31

or maybe the vaccines just don't work? Not to sound like an anti-vaxxer but I've heard so many people who've been double/tripple vax complain about how ill they are and continually testing positive yet people who haven't been vaxxed who feel fine with no symptoms or said it just felt like a cold or flu?

TheGonnagle · 27/01/2022 22:32

I’ve had four vaccines, immunocompromised, triaged for (and decided against with consultant guidance) antiviral therapy when I tested positive for Covid two weeks ago tomorrow.
First two days felt fine, next 5 days felt fucking rubbish but more heavy cold, banging headache, full body ache rubbish. Not your two years ago Covid pneumonia, ventilation and ICU Covid. The last week I have been mainly tired. Tired and grumpy.
Now I’m back at work, functioning normally and enjoying a glass of wine. Yay for science.

EffortsToBuild · 27/01/2022 22:33

I don't know what the answer is to your question Op.

I'm 62, asthmatic and triple jabbed. I had covid a couple of weeks ago and genuinely, I was fine. It started with a runny nose and a sniffle then graduated to a bit of a cough and I did have some weird stomach pains for about 24 hours. But that was it. Honestly, most of the colds I have had have been worse and if I hadn't done a LFT (persuaded to by DS) I wouldn't have known I'd had it.
The other odd thing was that no one else in the household caught it despite me cooking, washing etc. for them when I was infectious.

Totally bizarre.

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