My name is Samir, I'm a 24 year old from Lebanon, and like most people on this thread I have been skeptical of the ruling classes of the world when it comes to this pandemic. I'm no stranger to corruption and dirty politicians, I have basically watched psychotic politicians drive the country I live in to the ground with their incompetence and inconsistent ideals, but the stuff going on today globally with the pandemic is definitely fresh.
My brother lives in an apartment in Paris while he's finishing up his Bachelor's degree, I visit him fairly often but never during the pandemic as I'm sure you're familiar with what the situation in Europe was during 2020. A couple of weeks ago I decided to go there and visit since the restrictions were easing up (yet still harsh: must wear mask in public, curfew at 9:00pm, etc.). One day I was heading outside, and as I stepped outside of the building, three policemen jumped out of a van and proceeded to walk towards me. Never in a million years would I have guessed that these three *ssholes were coming to detain me. The first guy approached me saying "vous n'avez pas de mask?" meaning: do you not have a mask? I showed him my mask, which I had in my hand but didn't put on yet since I just got out the front door. The guy then said something that's equivalent to "yea, well that's not good enough", and then asked for my ID and issued me a fine. And just to be clear, this was outside, on the side walk, in May 2021. At that time restaurants in Paris were open and you were legally "allowed" to take off your mask if you were eating (even reading this sentence makes me giggle), and if you've ever seen what restaurants in Paris look like in Paris, you would know that you're basically sitting right next to the other parties around you. And so, any monkey with common sense would understand that this has nothing to do with health and safety, but has everything to do with politics.
In Lebanon the political and economical situation is seriously grave. After suffering an economic collapse that started in October 2019, just before the pandemic, and a disastrous explosion that tore down the capital, everyone living here began searching for an exit strategy. After hearing that countries in the west would start implementing a "Vaccine Passport", I thought I'd better get that vaccine done in case all hell breaks loose and I needed to bounce. Needless to say, I got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on March 23rd, and the second dose April 17th. Three days after the first dose I saw a couple of small blister-like spots on my wrists, at the time I just assumed it was a bug bite or some other random thing. More and more of these papules where appearing on the back of my hand, wrists and ankle area. A month after the second dose, my lower back, feet, shins, arms and thighs were covered in this extremely itchy red rash. The three different dermatologists I visited all agreed that this was Lichen Planus, a non traditional autoimmune disease that has no known cause and no known cure (fun times...), one of them had me do do a biopsy to make sure. The doctors all said I should be on an immuno-suppressant steroid, which obviously has long lasting side effects that could be worse than the disease itself. So I did what any sensible person would do in this situation, I did my own research. When you're faced with a disease that pops up out of nowhere you start to question every move you made since it started, could it be because of my bedsheets?, could it be because of my allergy meds?, could it be diet induced?... I then came across an article that stated Lichen Planus could be triggered by certain drugs, one of them being malaria vaccines. You can guess where I'm going with this. I started searching for people who may have had the same thing happen to them after their Covid Vaccine and to no one other than the doctors' surprise, I found dozens. I remember feeling so naïve; how could I let these people inject what is essentially an experimental drug into my body.
For now, I'm trying my best to avoid taking the steroids, I have drastically limited my diet to only white rice, beef and veal. I can't say with certainty that this is making any difference, however the symptoms have at least stopped getting worse. I do recommend you think deeply at what you are risking before you take the Covid vaccine, be responsible and take this seriously. If you are a 24 year old with no health issues and are in the best shape of your life pressing 200+ pounds (thanks Ray) you have no business injecting yourself with a vaccine for a virus that can barely give you a fever. This is obviously my unprofessional opinion and personal experience, you can go ahead and do whatever you feel is right for you. If anyone is having these symptoms after the Pfizer vaccine or any Covid vaccine, please let me know, I will also update this post if I come to any new findings.
Cheers