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Originally Posted by JMintzer

I had Covid, way back in early 2020, a year before the vaccines came out. Mild fever (never over 99.7°), mild body aches and chills and a slight cough for 36 hrs...

After my first (Moderna) vaccine, I thought I was gonna' die. 101° fever, intense body aches, chills and fatigue, a red swollen arm that I was unable to use for several days. I was wiped out for 4-5 days...

It was so bad, I seriously considered skipping my 2nd dose (as it was supposed to be worse than the first one). Luckily, it was much better, with minimal symptoms.

Since the "booster" was the very same shot as the first two, yeah, one could get a "scary" reaction, despite your mocking dismissal...

You are one of the lucky ones who had a very good immune response to the vaccine. I had a 101.6 fever with my first shot of Moderna and the normal symptoms of a fever such as body aches, fatigue, a very hightened sensitivity to touch (I HATE that symptom) and also had a very red and swollen arm reaction at the injection site. I was so relieved to know my immune system was still kicking ass. I welcomed those symptoms. By the next morning I was good to go, feeling perfectly normal. I welcomed my second shot but did not have any systemic reaction; just the red and swollen arm at the injection site. I had no reaction at all from the half dose booster.