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What sources of information (other than your personal medical providers) did you use to help address concerns or learn more about the COVID vaccines? Here’s what the vaccine experience has been like for seven of your fellow autoimmune warriors:Īutoimmune Diagnosis/Diagnoses: Graves' DiseaseĪre you considered part of any "high risk" categories for COVID (excluding autoimmune disease)?ĭid you have any concerns about receiving your COVID vaccine?Īre you under a medical provider's care? If so, did you consult with them before receiving your vaccine? We recognize that in the autoimmune community there may be some legitimate vaccine hesitancy due to the complexity of the chronic disease paths we are all navigating, so we are offering education, not alienation, as an act of community care. When we can relate to others it helps ease our concerns around any kind of decision, especially one so impactful to our health. The next step is providing personal context about the vaccine experiences of others in the autoimmune community. This is a worldwide event with far reaching consequences for everyone, but we want our community to know that we understand the extra stress this situation presents for those with autoimmune disease. We want to validate the uniquely demanding circumstances that the pandemic and vaccine decisions present for those of us with autoimmune disease. It makes sense then that maintaining our wins becomes paramount and doing that during a global viral outbreak has not been easy. Restoring our health and wellness despite autoimmune disease is a huge challenge. The first step is affirming the lived experience. Here at Autoimmune Wellness we take our responsibility as community leaders with a large public platform very seriously and have been thinking about steps we can take to help bridge this divide. Although the vaccine debate has been around for just about as long as vaccines have existed, the impact of that debate during a pandemic has been particularly profound.
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it’s no secret that the COVID-19 vaccines are currently a very divisive issue in the United States. Let’s acknowledge something right off the top.