Still haven’t had it, but had a close contact a few days ago, so I’m just curious.

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    Haven’t had a booster in a year, so I’m a little worried. From what I’ve read, it doesn’t really do much after a year. I’ll definitely stay in for another couple days and test though!

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      Eh most of us haven’t. New version only came out this month. Don’t be worried, it’ll be fine if you do. The scary thing at the beginning was that 1) it was new and doctors didn’t know the best ways to handle it and 2) since so many people got it all at once it meant people who really needed doctors couldn’t get the attention they needed.

      Just brace for a sucky flu, and remember the warnings on if it’s time to see a doctor. If it helps you feel better, knowledge is power and this article lets you know what to expect, and for me what calms me down is signs that it’s time to call a doctor. (I get anxiety thinking any old symptom is an emergency, so I like to calm myself down by trying to be rational and say “okay, when is it actually an emergency”).

      My wife and I had fevers, really bad for 4 days (we watched all of the harry potter movies and I don’t remember about half of them), cough, sinus, all the standard flu stuff, and that was about 8 months after the vaccine, but your mileage may vary of course.