Which wave? What were your symptoms? How were you psychologically? If you got COVID again post-vaccine, how was it different? I got COVID from a coworker (not sure which one because so many were sick and we were all told to keep working) during the first wave in NYC. I don't remember being that sick ever in my life. A fever (minimum 102F) for an entire week. Non-stop phlegm and coughing. An SpO2 of 89-90% at one point. I just remember being in denial about the SpO2 reading because being hospitalized was a probable death sentence. So i.took a bunch of deep breaths, got it to increase to 93% and pretended it was an oximeter malfunction. But in hindsight, I was genuinely scared for my life and the trauma of that fear of potentially dying still lives on in me. Next time I got COVID post-vaccine... Honestly, it was so simple and mild that I don't even remember the symptoms I had. It's crazy how different the experience was. I still get my COVID booster yearly because I never want to experience anything like my first COVID infection ever again.   submitted by   /u/shatana [link]   [comments]