Reply to "COVID-19 Vaccine for j-Pouchers (I am in US)"

RHoltMember

Hi all, I agree with the folks who are saying the side effects/risks from the vaccines are not worse (by a long shot) compared to the risks from COVID. I would also like to say that having an autoimmune disorder is not the same as being immune-compromised. We don't have weak immune systems. Instead, we have CONFUSED immune systems! My personal opinion (and I am a long-ago nurse, not a doctor or virologist) is that our baseline autoimmunity sets us up for long COVID if we were to get the infection. Just a note that I have several friends and a son who are completely vaxxed and boosted and then got omicron and it was not a mild illness. They definitely avoided hospitalization, but had a LOT of discomfort from the illness. They have each said to me "Imagine if I had not had been vaccinated and boosted"?

2/6/2212:18 PM

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