I was too cavalier in retrospect. NYC real estate market is in a COVID-induced coma and I wanted to fly out to check out properties. But the coronavirus is still in the air and it would be irresponsible to fly even if I'm not too worried about it. Getting vaccinated would make it a little easier for me to travel without guilt or worry, so I signed up for the Pfizer vaccine trial.
Getting knocked out for 5 days by flu vaccine was a fresh reminder of the danger of vaccination for CFS patients. The vaccine doesn't get cleared out of your body in a day or two like some toxin; it stays in your bloodstream for days or weeks irritating your immune system to coax antibodies out of it. And people sensitive to inflammation may suffer while that is going on. There is no guarantee that the vaccine wouldn't permanently worsen your CFS either. Many COVID patients, after all, are living with CFS-like problems long after they become virus-free.
Luckily, I was rejected for the trial. The trial has to follow the patients for side effects and people with certain existing conditions obviously are not good candidates. CFS with its flu-like symptoms after an exertion poses particular problem because, if you get knocked out, they wouldn't know if it was because of the vaccine or CFS. And that's beside the fact that CFS patients may be more sensitive to the vaccine and therefore suffer side effects that normal people wouldn't.
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