I wonder how many anitvaxxers

Are antivaxxers because they have a strong hatred or fear of the actual shot.

I honestly believe this is the major reason people have been against vaccines due to childhood trauma of receiving shots as a child.

No one likes getting a shot but the pain is temporary compared to what you are being vacci ated against.

This post inspired by a commercial for a nasal flu vaccine that works like a nasal spray.

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JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M

I have diabetes, which they only discovered after I went to the hospital for something else. It had likely been with me a few years.

While there I got several insulin injections per day. One long lasting and sometimes two short term. Then when I went home I had to inject myself once a day with insulin. Then we switched to semaglutide, which is only one injection per week.

I have gotten quite good at limiting pain and bleeding. The key is to pick a blob of love handle fat, use a slow and steady, yet committed poke. A steady push of the pen-button. A few seconds wait with minimal jittering, then I grab the pen firmly at the base and slowly withdraw it to prevent shifting and side slices. I hardly ever get blood anymore or pain. I am efficient and it is muscle memory.

Unlike nurses who just plunge right in and press. Ouch!

Now, vaccines can cause swelling, of course.

I got a flu shot this year and then then a few hours later got a fever and then threw up off and on for 36 hours. Even water. I do not know why but I wonder if it was my body reacting to the vaccine.

I guess it is better than the flu. Yet I do not know if I have ever had the flu.