fact most municipal hospitals are understaffed and frontline workers are underpaid dont we often ignore people at the lower end of the spectrum jabbing was done in ten seconds and we were told to wait for 30 minutes before leaving for home contended and apprehensive while it made a lot of sense for us to rather have the vaccine than let the virus reinfect us i wondered what nextneither of us were lucky to escape side effects of the first dose of vaccine within a few hours my wife ran a high fever which waxed and waned between 991015 degree c for two full days twelve hours after the jab i felt achy little run down with slight throat pain a crazy taste in my mouth and an unexplainable smell sticking on the walls in my nostrils all these kept growing for one full day and then started subsiding in 48 hours we were advised not to do any kind of fermentation hot or cold on our arm and the soreness too went away in two days as side effects are normal signals by our body that it is building protection we were prepared for them these discomforts were temporary and a couple of painkillers like paracetamol were good enough to ride through the pain and fever for us we were ready to consult our doctor if discomfort had persisted beyond 48 72 hours but the need never arose in case of unusual side effects such as loss of smell or taste beyond 72 hours we were also advised for another round of covid test and fortunately nothing like this happened to uswe are mindful of the fact that covid19 is still in circulation and the 2nd shot will build even better immunity for us keeping away from public places wearing a mask all the time maintaining distance of at least six feet staying away from poorly ventilated places and washing hands frequently are a few cardinal principles for our family now as these vaccines will be the most pleasant story to be told about the survival of mankind i tell everyone that a short period of discomfort is much better than visit to a hospital and icu vaccines are here to save our life and no fear should undermine their importance in troubled times like these its never been more important to remain positive and go by what scientists and doctors have to advisealso see how to take covid vaccinedid you get the covid19 vaccine if yes you can share your experience with uswrite to us at toihealth1gmailcom with my covid vaccine experience in the subject linewe will publish your experiencedisclaimerthe views expressed in this article should not be considered as a substitute for a physicians advice please consult your treating physician for more details