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Post by BrownstotheBone on Jan 26, 2013 9:51:05 GMT -5
I'm just curious who gets one and who doesn't. I hadn't had one in many years until I was "talked into it" in 2011.
I never (o.k. maybe once or twice) got the flu out in California and Vegas. Maybe it has to do with the climate.
But that shot I received in Sept. 2011 gave me the full blown flu just HOURS afterward. 103 degree temp, chills, body aches. It screwed me up for 3 days.
Ironically enough, at the Doc yesterday I was prepared to refuse the shot this year and he never even brought it up.
Maybe they were out. I know they are in short supply right now. Either way I was not going to get it.
First of all the strain they are inoculating everyone with isn't even the one people are getting sick from.
Did you get one?
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Post by Diz on Jan 26, 2013 11:21:17 GMT -5
No
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Post by TommyDee on Jan 26, 2013 11:26:09 GMT -5
I got one just because I am in & out of a daycare everyday & have a 2 year old. Wouldnt bother otherwise.
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Post by chip on Jan 26, 2013 12:24:03 GMT -5
I don't, but I've been pretty blessed with a kick ass immune system.
I've only had the flu 2x in my adult life, and I haven't had as much as a sore throat / cold / sniffles in over 2 years.
Plus I don't trust what's in them, no matter how many people swear by them.
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Post by Voodoochile on Jan 26, 2013 12:38:11 GMT -5
No. I can't remember the last time I had the flu. I do get sinus infections a few times a year but that is very common here.
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Post by G&T on Jan 26, 2013 17:04:08 GMT -5
No. I can't remember the last time I had the flu. I do get sinus infections a few times a year but that is very common here. My sinus infections stopped when I started taking l-lysine for cold sores. And yes I normally get a flu shot but totally forgot this year, still need to.
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Post by caryncbrownsbacker on Jan 26, 2013 17:47:33 GMT -5
No fucking way I let the government inject their tracking devices into me.
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Post by acejack on Jan 26, 2013 17:49:29 GMT -5
We usually get the kids the mist when they go to the doctor. But it's more of a "yeah sure, why not?". It's not that big of a thing here. Usually get one cold per winter and then the dumb ass Mulberry in the spring.
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Post by BrownstotheBone on Jan 26, 2013 18:41:36 GMT -5
Interesting case study.
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Post by brownsphenom on Jan 26, 2013 21:00:47 GMT -5
no
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Post by Voodoochile on Jan 26, 2013 21:31:30 GMT -5
If I end up getting the flu after answering this poll I'm blaming you BttB.
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Post by G&T on Jan 27, 2013 0:05:19 GMT -5
Flu Myth #3: The flu vaccine can give you the flu. This is the flu myth most likely to drive experts bonkers. “There is simply no way that the flu vaccine can give you the flu,” says Hay. “It’s impossible.” Why? For one, injected flu vaccines only contain dead virus, and a dead virus is, well, dead: it can’t infect you. There is one type of live virus flu vaccine, the nasal vaccine, FluMist. But in this case, the virus is specially engineered to remove the parts of the virus that make people sick. Despite the scientific impossibility of getting the flu from the flu vaccines, this widespread flu myth won’t die. Experts suspect two reasons for its persistence. One, people mistake the side effects of the vaccine for flu. While side effects to the vaccine these days tend to be a sore arm, in the past, side effects often felt like mild symptoms of the flu. Two, flu season coincides with a time of year when bugs causing colds and other respiratory illnesses are in the air. Many people get the vaccine and then, within a few days, get sick with an unrelated cold virus. However, they blame the innocent flu vaccine, rather than their co-worker with a runny nose and cough. www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/top-13-flu-myths
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Post by TommyDee on Jan 27, 2013 0:22:14 GMT -5
In other words, ya'll are a nut if you don't want to get the shot cuz of the above.
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Post by BrownstotheBone on Jan 27, 2013 7:12:29 GMT -5
Flu Myth #3: The flu vaccine can give you the flu. This is the flu myth most likely to drive experts bonkers. �There is simply no way that the flu vaccine can give you the flu,� says Hay. �It�s impossible.� Why? For one, injected flu vaccines only contain dead virus, and a dead virus is, well, dead: it can�t infect you. There is one type of live virus flu vaccine, the nasal vaccine, FluMist. But in this case, the virus is specially engineered to remove the parts of the virus that make people sick. Despite the scientific impossibility of getting the flu from the flu vaccines, this widespread flu myth won�t die. Experts suspect two reasons for its persistence. One, people mistake the side effects of the vaccine for flu. While side effects to the vaccine these days tend to be a sore arm, in the past, side effects often felt like mild symptoms of the flu. Two, flu season coincides with a time of year when bugs causing colds and other respiratory illnesses are in the air. Many people get the vaccine and then, within a few days, get sick with an unrelated cold virus. However, they blame the innocent flu vaccine, rather than their co-worker with a runny nose and cough. www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/top-13-flu-mythsTell that to my sweating, chilling, 103 degree fevered body. It happened. Just hours later. That part was fact.
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Post by BrownstotheBone on Jan 27, 2013 7:14:08 GMT -5
If I end up getting the flu after answering this poll I'm blaming you BttB. Stock up on your bioflavonoids!
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Post by G&T on Jan 27, 2013 8:57:06 GMT -5
Flu Myth #3: The flu vaccine can give you the flu. This is the flu myth most likely to drive experts bonkers. �There is simply no way that the flu vaccine can give you the flu,� says Hay. �It�s impossible.� Why? For one, injected flu vaccines only contain dead virus, and a dead virus is, well, dead: it can�t infect you. There is one type of live virus flu vaccine, the nasal vaccine, FluMist. But in this case, the virus is specially engineered to remove the parts of the virus that make people sick. Despite the scientific impossibility of getting the flu from the flu vaccines, this widespread flu myth won�t die. Experts suspect two reasons for its persistence. One, people mistake the side effects of the vaccine for flu. While side effects to the vaccine these days tend to be a sore arm, in the past, side effects often felt like mild symptoms of the flu. Two, flu season coincides with a time of year when bugs causing colds and other respiratory illnesses are in the air. Many people get the vaccine and then, within a few days, get sick with an unrelated cold virus. However, they blame the innocent flu vaccine, rather than their co-worker with a runny nose and cough. www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/top-13-flu-mythsTell that to my sweating, chilling, 103 degree fevered body. It happened. Just hours later. That part was fact. You probably picked up a bug at the doctors office when you got your shot.
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Post by Voodoochile on Jan 27, 2013 11:45:11 GMT -5
Flu Myth #3: The flu vaccine can give you the flu. This is the flu myth most likely to drive experts bonkers. �There is simply no way that the flu vaccine can give you the flu,� says Hay. �It�s impossible.� Why? For one, injected flu vaccines only contain dead virus, and a dead virus is, well, dead: it can�t infect you. There is one type of live virus flu vaccine, the nasal vaccine, FluMist. But in this case, the virus is specially engineered to remove the parts of the virus that make people sick. Despite the scientific impossibility of getting the flu from the flu vaccines, this widespread flu myth won�t die. Experts suspect two reasons for its persistence. One, people mistake the side effects of the vaccine for flu. While side effects to the vaccine these days tend to be a sore arm, in the past, side effects often felt like mild symptoms of the flu. Two, flu season coincides with a time of year when bugs causing colds and other respiratory illnesses are in the air. Many people get the vaccine and then, within a few days, get sick with an unrelated cold virus. However, they blame the innocent flu vaccine, rather than their co-worker with a runny nose and cough. www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/top-13-flu-mythsTell that to my sweating, chilling, 103 degree fevered body. It happened. Just hours later. That part was fact. I have always heard that with the flu shot you can have "flu like" symptoms for about 24 hours. Doesn't happen with everyone. Whether that is true or BS I haven't a clue. Now the typhoid vaccine is a different story. I had this before I went overseas in the service and a 2 year booster shot when coming back. All I can say is if those was "mild" symptoms as they said I'm pretty damn sure I would kill myself if I ever got full blown typhoid.
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Post by BrownstotheBone on Jan 27, 2013 19:13:44 GMT -5
Tell that to my sweating, chilling, 103 degree fevered body. It happened. Just hours later. That part was fact. I have always heard that with the flu shot you can have "flu like" symptoms for about 24 hours. Doesn't happen with everyone. Whether that is true or BS I haven't a clue. Now the typhoid vaccine is a different story. I had this before I went overseas in the service and a 2 year booster shot when coming back. All I can say is if those was "mild" symptoms as they said I'm pretty damn sure I would kill myself if I ever got full blown typhoid. Yea, too coincidental. My reaction was from the shot. No flu for YEARS then I get the shot and HOURS later I have it. Go figure.
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Post by flats on Jan 28, 2013 12:56:50 GMT -5
Worst vaccine I ever got was yellow fever. My whole arm throbbed and ached like it was broken for 3 days. Then I never even ended up going to the place I needed it for. :sadtrombone
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Post by Diz on Jan 28, 2013 12:58:46 GMT -5
So flats, you do believe in shots? I thought your gun control opinions were against getting shot.
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Post by flats on Jan 28, 2013 14:40:07 GMT -5
YBD joke.
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Post by Mikey33 on Jan 28, 2013 14:46:42 GMT -5
I usually get it at work when they offer it.
One year I got it and still got the flu.
This year I did not get it and got the flu in Oct or Nov but it was a short lived one.
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Post by G&T on Jan 29, 2013 21:27:09 GMT -5
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Post by TommyDee on Jan 29, 2013 22:37:30 GMT -5
I have told non-drinkers for years that drinking keeps me sick-free. They always call bullshit. And I rarely am sick.
It kills bacteria. Am I wrong here?
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Post by BrownstotheBone on Jan 29, 2013 22:44:34 GMT -5
I have told non-drinkers for years that drinking keeps me sick-free. They always call bullshit. And I rarely am sick. It kills bacteria. Am I wrong here? Not according to my research.
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