The chronic community is accustomed to dealing with unique and frustrating challenges. This has been especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the entire world is rife with uncertainty surrounding public health and safety. People with autoimmune diseases are considered a high-risk group for serious outcomes from a COVID infection, yet they were not a population included in the initial rounds of vaccine clinical trials.
This has left chronic folks in a tough spot: having to be extremely vigilant about COVID precautions while knowing relatively little about how these new vaccines will work for them. To top it off, new research in the journal
After the hardest year in recent memory, it’s a huge relief to know that all Americans age 16 and older are finally eligible for COVID vaccines. As of April 30, 99 million Americans are fully vaccinated, making up 29% of the country’s total population. We haven’t hit herd immunity yet, but we’re on our way to getting there. If Americans continue to get vaccinated at this rate (a big
if, since recent polling suggests that one in four people would refuse the vaccine if offered), we could get back to some semblance of normal life by late summer or fall.
There has never been a moment in our history when vaccines have gotten this much hype. Thanks to the miracle of modern science, we now have multiple highly effective vaccines to help us end the COVID-19 pandemic.
But with any new scientific breakthrough especially one of this scale comes a fair amount of scrutiny. Getting a new vaccine can be scary, even when experts agree that it’s extremely effective and safe. And with the internet being what it is these days, it’s easy to get caught up in anecdotal reports about weird side effects after vaccination.
To cut through the noise, we spoke to two experts about the most common COVID vaccine side effects and why they occur plus, when it’s worth reaching out to a doctor.
Jessica Murnane is your new endometriosis BFF. The 44-year-old creative consultant from Charleston, SC, knows a thing or two about endo she has stage IV and has been living with it for over a decade. Murnane began speaking publicly about endometriosis in her 2017 cookbook,
One Part Plant, in which she briefly mentioned how plant-based eating had helped her manage her endo symptoms. What started as a passion project has since grown into an online community called “Know Your Endo” and now, a new book of the same name.
Know Your Endo: An Empowering Guide to Health and Hope with Endometriosis is part practical self-care manual, and part support and advocacy guide for people with endometriosis. Murnane lays out a toolkit for endo warriors (or, as she calls them, her “friendos”) to live and thrive despite the tough mental and physical impacts of endometriosis. She combines scientific research and expert interviews with the real-life voices of people living with endometriosis an
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