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@DiapDealer, same here, I feel like poop most days anyway, so I probably won’t notice much difference.

So far two of my friends have had their 2nd shots. One didn't have side effects at all from either shot. One had very minor side effects from the 1st shot and a lot of nausea from the 2nd, or so he thought. But he is an alcoholic and was drinking quite heavily to cope with life. The doctors finally convinced him he was causing the nausea by drinking heavily while taking all of his heart medicines, and they got him to check into a drying out clinic for a week. As soon as he stopped drinking, the nausea started going away.

If someone is a heavy drinker, they should probably lay off for a few days around the time they get the shots. I still don't think his severe nausea was because of the 2nd shot. I think it might have pushed him over the threshold a bit, but it was the heavy drinking while taking a boat load of necessary medicines that made him sick. I hope he learned his lesson and stops drinking so much.

So far I’ve lost two people I knew to COVID-19. One had been my boss in the early 1980s. He spread it to a dear friend of mine who still worked with him. Fortunately my friend survived, though he got very sick. The other was a kindly older police officer who patrolled in our little town. He likely caught it while on duty. Unfortunately he spread it to his 84 year old mother, they both died just days apart.

I definitely think it is worth getting the vaccines to not only protect ourselves but those we come into contact with as well. But each person needs to decide on their own.