Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Mnementh]

hatmoza said:

Hey gang,

If you don't remember, I was the guy who took the second dose of Pfizer the same day I traveled on a plane, and it kicked my ass the whole 14 hour flight and some.

Further update - My 3 year old daughter got Delta days after the flight, and it was tough on her. it was honestly quite painful for me to observe, the father, seeing your three old battling this damn virus for close to 2 weeks.

My 5 year old son contracted it from her about a week later as he tested positive. The weird thing is, my son unlike my daughter, showed absolutely no symptoms. We wouldn't even have known he had it if he didn't have to do a PCR for school.

My wife and I, both vaccinated with Pfizer, never contracted covid-19 despite being in very close proximity to both.

Sorry, to hear about your daughter. Struggling with strong illness is never nice, for small kids it may be even harder.

People are different, that's why it may have hit your daughter harder than your son. Also it may have an influence, how much virus they initially breathed in, as more initial virus may result in a bigger virus base, before the immune system kicks in.

It is also conceivable the vaccination protected you against infection. Apparently the first time directly after vaccination you have an elevated level of immune bodies against the disease, that help prevent the infection taking root at all. Later on only the long-term immune reaction stays, which means the infection might take root in your body, but the specific immune response kicks in fast and prevents serious illness.