Covid vaccine and personal experiences

[Patrick]

I would advise being attentive after the Moderna vaccine.

After my mother had the second dose, hours later, she passed out and fell. She doesn't pass out ever and the last time she fell was decades ago. The fall was really hard. She broke her arm and fractured her hip, and is now recovering and getting physical therapy. She is "old" at age 83, so that will account for possible bone fragility. She should be fine. Just a heads-up that it does happen.

The side effects should not be taken lightly, especially for people that age. I think they don't want to alarm people even more than they already are, but I frown upon the minimization of those side effects. People should be given more info and warnings and at that age maybe even have someone stay with them for at least 24 hours after. Minimizing side effects is not going to help build confidence in vaccination. I wish they would be more open with this.