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What's up with the down votes...

It is a legitimate question. People get heart inflammation from things like court visits.

If you know something then please share.



I didn't vote on your post, but I did read it earlier and found it a bit silly. "White coat" syndrome- getting nervous going to the doctor or for medical things, is definitely real. I have it too. I always have a hard time getting my blood pressure checked because I get so involuntarily aggravated by the whole thing. And there are definitely people afraid of needles. But (nearly) everyone has various vaccinations during life, and it feels implausible that you've identified some special new condition people are getting (that in this case was already expected and is just higher) that is specific to these vaccine based on stress instead of the known rare response of the body.


I don't think it's enough to say people get vaccinated and we didn't see this in the past. This is quite different. Many people are afraid of this vaccine more than others in the past. I've had countless arguments with family trying to convince them it's okay. Their arguments are A) it's mRNA, which is new... And B) they argue it was rushed.

I can't help but think about how someone with that mental state would feel while in the waiting room.




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