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Does the COVID Vaccine Affect My Heart Rate?

Created: 2021-12-15 ; Updated: 2021-12-15

Answer: No

This is a plot of my resting heart rate (as measured by Apple Watch). The x-axis is the number of days before and after each shot.

Code in R
    covid_shots <- readr::read_csv("data/COVID Shots.csv", 
                                   col_types = cols(
                                     Day = col_double(),
                                     Date = col_date(),
                                     RHR = col_double(),
                                     Shot = col_character()
    )) 


    covid_shots %>% select(Day, RHR, Shot) %>% 
      ggplot(aes(x=Day-3,y=RHR, color = Shot)) +
      geom_line() + geom_point() + 
      ggthemes::theme_fivethirtyeight() + 
      geom_vline(xintercept = 0, size = 2, color = "black") + 
      labs(title = "Does the Pfizer Vaccine Affect My Resting Heart Rate?",
           x = "Days Before/After",
           y = "Resting Heart Rate"
      )