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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
The moral is: don't stress about potential (and quite normal) immune responses to the vaccine. Outside of very rare, severe allergic reactions (which usually happen within 15 minutes after injection and have been mostly relegated to people with known severe allergies who chose to take the risk of being vaccinated anyway), there is every chance you'll feel nothing. And if you do feel something, it will be normal and probably relatively mild (unless you stress yourself sick over it).
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A note on allergies - while the risk is higher for those with existing anaphylactic allergy, two-thirds of post-COVID-vaccine anaphylaxis cases occur in people without an allergy history. So it's important to stay out your observation period, and call emergency services immediately if you begin to get anaphylactic symptoms after leaving (itchy rash, swollen eyes, lips, tongue and/or throat, difficulty breathing, dizziness etc). ***DO NOT keep driving if you are the driver!** The risk is about 5 in a million.
I've been really pleased at the lack of autoimmune issues triggered by the vaccines in the extensive trials. That was the main side effect I was looking out for - Guillain Barre syndrome, Bells palsy, etc - and turned out it doesn't trigger that at all. (In general terms, the risk of the disease remains FAR higher than the risk of GBS from a flu shot, but it still pays for medical staff to be aware of the possibility).