After watching my brother and mother developed heart issues after receiving Covid shots no for me ! However I had had friends receive it with no issues , I worked straight through the Covid epidemic with only a mild episode of it. My brother was warned by his heart doctor not to get a second shot or booster for it .
I didn't get the vaccine and fortunately it wasn't required by my employer. That mandate was struck down for large businesses, exception being the medical industry.
I work indirectly for Big Pharma as they are all of our customers including NIH and NIAID as well as 19 of the world health agencies. I was about to lose my job while they tried to push all contractors to get it. Luckily the company realized that they would lose half the workforce since we are global and the legal issues between all the countries would be a nightmare so they dropped it at the last minute.
In a way, I didn't mind. I didn't have to think about it or make a decision one way or the other. Hospitals and clinics have RNs going around all day giving shots. So, you don't need to make an appointment with Employee Health (which can be cumbersome at best).
As both a werewolf and a gentleman having both vaccines was important to both of us.
The shingles shot does rather hurt and it took two doses for me.
Yes, you need two shots of the shingles vaccine for it to work... the couple days of feeling crappy are worth it to not get shingles. I had a case on my left shin when I was in the USAF and they could do nothing for it and I was miserable for three or 4 weeks until it finally faded away- I don't want to go through that again. My mother had it around her right eye and forehead- that was nasty.
