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For the second dose, as I walked out of the clinic an old-boy volunteer approached me: "Excuse me, which vaccine did you have?", "Astra-Zeneca" I replied. "Oh, OK then, we asking all of the people who have the other vaccines to wait in this tent for 15 minutes, there have been some cases of fainting ...", he leaned a bit closer, "... mostly women."

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My brother did faint. Before he fainted I asked him are you ok? And he started replying incoherent words, that’s when I knew something was wrong. I was quick enough to go hold him as he was dropping towards the floor like a dead weight.

Also you have to understand I had no clue if the guy was fainting or dying on the spot

Ps: feel free to downvote cause this comment isn’t bringing any value, though it brings value to me as I’m venting off my heroic act..

You did great catching him. Always try to catch someone falling.

A friend became briefly unconscious once and fell while another friend didn't react fast enough to hold him. The result of hitting asphalt hard was bleeding in the brain the size of a fist and 5 days in hospital care with hearing troubles for weeks.

Edit: spelling.

don't try to catch, try to cushion the fall. trying to catch can lead to both of you being injured. esp when there is a large size differential

From now on, your brother should tell the doctor/nurse this whenever receiving a vaccination or other injection. They will ask him to lie down, and wait 15 minutes (regardless of this new rule).

I always had problem with injections. First time i almost fainted, asked them to lie down and wait. Next time i asked them to do the injection lying down

BTW this is not a side effect of the specific vaccine, lots of people have fear of needles like that (Though i must say these vaccines feel like a sizeable chunk).

I seem to have that issue with the dentist while they’re injecting into the gums or whatever. But shots in the arm don’t bother me at all.

Something about the inability to see whats going on, I just imagine the dentist panicking but trying not to let me know while the spit vacuum is draining my blood.

Your point is some of the volunteers are clueless and sexist?

This article states the 15 min wait is about anaphylaxis, not fainting.

He probably was a bit sexist in the way that old people can be, not necessarily malicious about it. There wasn't really a point, I just found it funny.

Agreed. I laughed. A worthy anecdote.

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