Why am I so ill despite being fully vaccinated

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I have tested positive for Covid and I have never felt so ill. I do not have any underlying health conditions, so why do I feel so unwell if I have had all my vaccines?

I hope you start to feel better soon OP. I had it a fortnight ago and felt awful for two days but then started to perk up and now feel fine.

There is some random element, as with all illnesses.
Dd1 had chickenpox so mildly I could have easily missed it.
Dd2 caught it from her and was so ill the GP came to check on her twice a day and we were told to keep a hospital bag ready.

On average, the injections reduce the severity-but also remember that the effectiveness does start reducing after 3 months in some people.

Also, as you have not been hospitalised, you count as a "mild" case. May not feel it to you, but that's what you count as.

How long do the benefits of the 3rd jab last? Maybe the effects have worn off?
I don't know, just wondering.

The severity of infection depends on complicated interactions between the host, virus and environment none of which are constant in time.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934673/

The vaccine is there to stop you being hospitalised and dying. You can still get if the balance of other factors (see paper above) are against you.

I've got it and I'm so sick. But I really believe had I not been vaccinated I would be so much worse.

Vaccines usually only take the edge off. I can breathe and im pleased about that.

My DH is a consultant on the COVID ward.
The only people being admitted to hospital and sometimes ITU are unvaccinated ( the biggest proportion) and immuno-suppressed people. So vaccination is definitely making a huge difference.

Because everyone is different
I had 2 jabs. I can honestly say i felt ill for one eve more of an exhaustion . Next day just tired. Day 3 fully spring cleaning house empties and sorted loft for dh to charity and tip run.

My dm has had 3 jabs. Was ok ish off and on. Odd bit of fever

Mil 3 jabs. And honestly she was close to being ventilated. So poorly

Dms colleuge. No jabs. Covid twice just a sniffle and tired

Dsis. 1 jab. Tireness

Had I not tested because a colleague tested positive I would never have thought I had covid. Unvaccinated and also pregnant at the time. It was milder than a common cold. Main symptom was a runny nose. I was well enough to go into work if it wasn't for isolating.

Said colleague had had 1 vaccine and was very poorly. She had to have longer off work after isolation.

Point is, doesn't depend on whether or not you've had the jabs to how bad you'll get covid.

I have it right now too, double jabbed and I feel utterly dreadful. I hope everyone suffering recovers soon.

So how come I am unvaccinated and had no symptoms. Yet my friend who is 5x jabbed is sick as a dog with it twice?
Please present your findings to Professor Whitty. It could help increase his understanding of the disease.

Whether you suffer badly is personal, like any other virus. Some do, some don't. If less of those who do are hospitalised, the virus has done its job. It's not meant to stop you feeling crap, it's meant to protect the NHS from you being hospitalised.

I'm the opposite as is DH both fully vaccinated with booster. He's fine had just a basic cold, I had fever for one day now have a slightly scratchy throat and a runny nose but otherwise absolutely fine. DD is also fully vaccinated and is showing negative despite having a very tickly cough. DS unvaccinated is also negative.

@clarkkentsglasses "So how come I am unvaccinated and had no symptoms. Yet my friend who is 5x jabbed is sick as a dog with it twice?"

Luck. Idiot.

Why is it that anyone who had no/minimal symptoms who happens to not be vaccinated gets shitty comments?

So many variables including viral load

That's why so many medics died because they were exposed to very high viral loads.

There are some immunosuppressed people who are getting their 5th jab now. They had 3 primary doses instead of two, then a booster, and now a spring booster (5).

@CloseYourEyesAndSee

Because vaccines don't stop you feeling ill, they reduce the severity of the infection? If you weren't vaccinated you might be on a ventilator 🤷🏼‍♀️

Exactly

We're moving this to the covid section now OP. Hope you feel better soon.

Double vaxxed and positive now. It’s easily the worst I’ve felt and I get bad colds at least twice a year. The chest pain is excruciating but the blocked nose/sinus pain is relentless.

My 9 month old is suffering bad today so no matter how shit I feel, I need to make sure he’s ok first. Plenty of cuddles in bed this weekend.

Hope you feel better soon OP

No vaccines and very little symptoms for all four in our house

Unvaccinated household with 2 small children and 2 adults. We all got covid for the first time in Feb. Youngest DC 2 no symptoms at all. Older DC 1, husband and I only had 'symptoms' before testing positive. We all had night sweats for one night. Husband thought it was because he turned the heating up too high. I had a slight lower back pain that I confused as the same lower back pain as my monthly cycle cramps and then sore muscles around my ankles. The next day we all tested positive and didn't experience another symptom after that. Tested negative after 10 days.

Last week we all tested positive again. DC 1 and DC 2 both had several cases in their class rooms. Aside from a scratchy throat for literally half a day I had no symptoms. DC 1 showed no symptoms at all. DC 2 had a cough for one night. Husband sore throat for a day. We carried on with our normal business since Gov't changed the rules and we were not required to isolate. Husband continued to go to the gym, I went about my daily business doing errands and going to the shops, we all went to my Mother's Day lunch. Literally could not tell we had Covid at all!! We all tested negative after 5 days.

Will also just add that husband he's a life long severe medical condition and was advised to shield and constantly told to get the vaccine from the very start of the pandemic but refused.

Everyone else I know has had the vaccines and boosters and has all been pretty rough with it.

But yes, I guess it's just really the luck of the draw.... or is it?

I think we are used to having the upper hand over about 95 per cent of viruses, and that we have been drawn into expecting to feel better through easily accessible treatments. Even viruses that hold no real fear for areas with clean water, care, and good infrastructure are still regular killers where the opposite is true.

Couple that with messages implying that 5 days is roughly enough for you to test negative and the symptoms to have run their course (it's a load of bollocks for many people - lucky if you're mildly affected. The positive line generally comes around 3 days in or more in any case).

This one is not something we have predictability on yet. A sense of security is slightly wishful thinking, although things are many times better than they were.

Why not just look at case levels in highly vaccinated countries. And draw your own conclusions.

Every adult I know who has had it (a lot, I'm a teacher and it has run through the whole staffroom this term) has been flat out in bed for a minimum of 4 days, not well enough to work for a minimum of 7, frequently not well enough to get through a day at work until 2 weeks later (many tried and had to go home). Almost everyone was still suffering 3-4 weeks after infection.
This is what 'mild' covid looks like. This is what the government think we can get on and live with every couple of months with no isolation or mitigations and still somehow keep schools and hospitals running. Some had it much worse and needed medical care as well.
Hope you feel better soon OP, I think a lot of people are finding it a shock what 'mild' means.

So how come I am unvaccinated and had no symptoms. Yet my friend who is 5x jabbed is sick as a dog with it twice?

Ah the endless "...but my own personal experience" (with no thought behind it) trumps any kind of robust evidence.

Have you considered the fact that someone who has been 5 vaccinated 5 times at this point is time is likely to not be representative of an average healthy person @clarkkentsglasses?

i.e., if you've had three primary vaccines + 2 boosters it'll be because you're CEV