The way pharma companies were talking at the beginning you’d think all the anti-vaxers would be dead by now. 
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I mean, the data at this point is fairly clear, the large majority of people still dying from covid did not get vaccinated.
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Pfizer bivalent booster yesterday midday with 30 minute TR sweet spot session following.
Overnight had some chills / fever, Garmin measured high stress levels, poor sleep and almost no body battery recharge - interesting.
By midday today, however, feeling fairly normal and aim to get a mid-long run tomorrow morning.
All of that being said, I had mild symptoms for about 3 days (cold-like) about 2 months ago with Covid. Even though my symptoms faded fairly quickly my run and cycle training took a hit for about 2 weeks. For this reason I got the booster and hope of I catch it again my downtime will be lessened.
On side effects and effect on training: got my bivalent booster on Wed. Today is Sat. Zero side effects, not even “the arm”. Had not any side effects with my three previous jabs either.
Did a 70min easy spin right after the jab. A threshold session on the MTB on the day after and a 2.5h mountain trail run yesterday. Zero negative impact. Heart rate was as expected.
Took my 77year old mom with me to the vax center. She got her 5th. Zero side effects with any of them. Went for a long walk on Wed after the jab. Does all her shopping and grandchildren school pick-up duties by bike. No impact noticed. It’s quite hilly here and she does not have an E-Bike.
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There’s also genuine disagreement regarding the recommendation of timing after infection for boosters.
I’ve had five Pfizer shots in total (the primary series, two boosters, and now the bivalent booster), and I’ve had side effects roughly half the time. I got the bivalent booster on Thursday and preemptively took Friday off work to recover from any symptoms, but I had none other than the sore arm, so I spent the day out on my bike instead.
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I had the new booster last Wednesday night and did a Strength Training Session Thursday no problem. I have now had all 5 rounds of shots and did not have any side effects after #4 pfizer and #5 moderna. While my wife was knocked down for a couple of days every shot though - its crazy how much it can be different for everyone.
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Every single shot has kicked my ass
got #4 booster/flu shot Friday evening, woke up Saturday thinking I finally avoided the other effects (beside the sore arm)
Went for a ride mid-day, promised the wife I would turn around if I felt bad, by the time I felt bad I was a good hour from home. Fever, chills, body aches, night sweats - uggg. Totally worth it, but my wife laughs as she doesn’t get the other effects like i do.
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Not the same paper it used to be.
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I just had my 5th today. The bivalent Pfizer. Besides the 1st 2 Covid vaccine shots where it was just get them as soon as possible, the last 3 I’ve tried to schedule where i have no exercise the rest of the day and the following day is no exercise or low to mild intensity workout. The 2nd Covid vaccine I was achy and run down for like 48 hours. I think 1st booster I was a little achy but didn’t last long. 4th shot just felt a little more tired but again didn’t last long
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I am 47 - so maybe “old”, hah. It was iffy whether I qualified based on the guidelines or not - I have MS and though the drug I am on does not compromise my immure system I am in a gray area there. I mainly got the 4th dose to help my kids out.I was taking my young ones to get their booster and having daddy get a shot at the same time helped with their anxiety.
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Wife and I both had the covid bivalent booster and flu shot yesterday. We both report sore shoulders, mild aches, and a bit of lethargy. About the same as the previous covid booster for aches and perhaps just a little more tiredness overall.
She did an upper body workout this morning with no issues. I’ll do a trainer ride later in the day.
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I have no idea as to what’s even being offered in the UK at the moment, it all seems to have gone eerily quiet. I think I heard something about “those elidgeable for a booster will be invited for one” but thats about it!
FWIW I had the original 2 shots and booster but thats it so far. No one I know personally has had a “bad” case of Covid for well over a year.
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My wife and I got the Moderna bivalent the day it came out (and all 4 Moderna’s before that); first, because it was a no-brainer to do so, and 2nd because of a 2 week international trip we just came back from (Portugal, coming from U.S.).
The long haul flights could be renamed as “covid-city” (lots of coughing, sneezing, etc). With no travel restrictions, you need to wear a mask if you want to be protected. However, we never felt we needed to wear a mask, indoors or outdoors, while in Portugal due to the efficacy of the Moderna (or Pfizer) vaccination.
To understand our confidence level, despite our historically very cautious behavior during the pandemic for a number of reasons), I offer you this perspective:
Over the past 25 years, the influenza vaccines have had an average efficacy of 40% with the range as low as 10% and as high as 60%. The mRNA vaccines have had efficacies against the various SARS COV-2 variants from approximately 65-95%. So on average, they have been 50% to 100% more effective than the flu vaccine! While perhaps we could have a discussion of the risks associated with Covid vs Influenza, the general point is that mRNA vaccines have achieved a very high level of protection enabling activity that would otherwise may not have been possible.
Note: If there had not been the growth of variants that we have seen, Moderna and Pfizer would have introduced a dual influenza/COV-2 vaccine this winter.
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I had a sore arm from my bivalent, I actually felt worse after my flu shot this year. 
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Looks like Pharma companies need some more cash for the stockholders and CEO’s.
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I got my bivalent booster plus the flu shot yesterday. Sore in both delts. Would do it again.
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I’m looking forward to mine, have both Flu and bivalent on the same day and time … having a rest week the week after as I always feel rubbish afterward
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Biz trip to the UK. By plane, with two colleagues. We spent almost all the time together. Both of them came down with Covid yesterday. Both of them have only standard vaccination from ages ago, I have the second booster. Who knows, either it is the vaccine or perhaps I have good genes. I’ve always hoped for super -v02max-genes but now I can live with anti-civid genes as well … or perhaps I was just lucky … or I get it tomorrow.
W/r to infection, the plane appears to be the most likely place for the infection. Out of Munich on the last week end of the Oktoberfest. Plane was full with “survivors”, incidence has been exploding in town.
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