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Flu shots = getting sick?
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I've never gotten sick from getting the flu shot, nor have I ever had the flu. The worst reaction I've ever had was a sore arm for a day or two.
Personally, I rank vaccinations right up there in the top 3 medical advancements of all time. While I know they are not 100% effective, I'd never want to be without them.
Personally, I rank vaccinations right up there in the top 3 medical advancements of all time. While I know they are not 100% effective, I'd never want to be without them.
People say they have "the flu", when they have a cold. The flu shot will not prevent a cold. When you get influenza, you will likely be on your back for days with temperatures over 102. It is hellish misery.
Or norovirus... my family physician was quick to point out that there is technically no such thing as a "stomach flu"; stomachs can't have respiratory illnesses.
It's been pointed out to me (by medical personnel and wannabes) that it's impossible to get the flu from a flu shot, so rather than offer my conjecture, I'll simply state the facts.
In the past 25 years I've had three flu shots. In the past 25 years, I've gotten the flu each of those three times. I've never gotten the flu in a year when I did not get the shot.
Draw your own conclusions.
In the past 25 years I've had three flu shots. In the past 25 years, I've gotten the flu each of those three times. I've never gotten the flu in a year when I did not get the shot.
Draw your own conclusions.
anecdotal evidence galore in this thread, so I guess i'll offer mine. I live with a roommate in an apartment who has the flu. He's been sick since last monday. We share the same bathroom, shower, kitchen space, and living room. I got my flu shot early october. I haven't been sick at all or even felt tired really.
Sadly I'm required to get the flu shot while dealing with the patient population. Each year the flu shot is a combination of the most popular strains of the previous 2-3 years. They are categorized by h and n. Hemagluttinin and neuraminidase are proteins that are found on the surface of the virus used for fusion and replication. ( ie. H1n1). You're not getting sick from the flu shot but body is obviously going to mount an attack to the particles to develop an immune response.
Flu shots contain only a killed virus. It is impossible to get the flu from the shot. That said, it takes about two weeks to develop immunity to the strains of flu in the flu shot. The vaccine does NOT protect you from every strain of flu out there, just the most common ones. If you get sick, it's for one of many reasons. You haven't developed immunity yet, you were infected with a virus that wasn't the flu, or a strain not covered by the vaccine. Get your flu shot, NOW. I'm a nurse.
Apart from rare reactions, the symptoms caused by the flu shot tend to be very mild - soreness at the injection site, or a brief low-grade fever and aches. In any case, they're usually much less severe than the flu itself.
One thing to remember for young people who say that they don't need the vaccine: you may be easily able to withstand the flu (though it does tend to be worse than typical viral upper respiratory infections), but if you're near people who are at greater risk for any reason (age, chronic illness, and so on), consider getting the shot for their sake. That's one reason why the vaccine is recommended for healthcare workers, who may unknowingly spread the flu to patients.
One thing to remember for young people who say that they don't need the vaccine: you may be easily able to withstand the flu (though it does tend to be worse than typical viral upper respiratory infections), but if you're near people who are at greater risk for any reason (age, chronic illness, and so on), consider getting the shot for their sake. That's one reason why the vaccine is recommended for healthcare workers, who may unknowingly spread the flu to patients.
Love that the same people who are critical of flu shots, ignore science and say "the flu shot made me sick!" are the first to criticize those who question the extent of global warming.
Get. A. Flu. Shot. If you are worried about getting sick, see an allergist. How many immunocompromised people have to die before we get with it?
Parents: Don't wind up like this poor family
The Flu Virus and the Danger of What If
Get. A. Flu. Shot. If you are worried about getting sick, see an allergist. How many immunocompromised people have to die before we get with it?
Parents: Don't wind up like this poor family
The Flu Virus and the Danger of What If
Me neither, but I still need to get one for this season. Of note, my understanding is that a flu shot does not prevent you from getting flu, but it reduces the impact.
There are many strains of flu and the shot only protects against a subset of those. As others have mentioned, many people also conflate a 'common cold' with influenza and think their shot was not efficacious.
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I got my information from the fact that I am a British citizen and so-called flu shots only became prevalent in the last couple of years. Perhaps they have been contaminating US people for 20+ years but that is simply your hard luck for living in that open experimentation camp. Unfortunately the demons-that-be have now spread their experimentation - along with the insidious Americana culture - all over the world. God help us.
I'm 62 and never gotten a flu shot, and never will. That being said, I never get sick. Enough said..
My last 5 year experience. Not making anything from it yet.
3 years Flu shots = Full fledged full week of being miserable with a fever, sore throat, and runny/stuffy nose. This was all 3 years.
2 years no shots = One year had only a 2 day short lived fever. No sore throat and only mild runny/stuffy nose. The other year, didn't get sick at all.
For children and elderly, I recommend Flu shots.
For Adults, eating right and being overall in good shape is probably the best way to avoid Flu symptoms.
3 years Flu shots = Full fledged full week of being miserable with a fever, sore throat, and runny/stuffy nose. This was all 3 years.
2 years no shots = One year had only a 2 day short lived fever. No sore throat and only mild runny/stuffy nose. The other year, didn't get sick at all.
For children and elderly, I recommend Flu shots.
For Adults, eating right and being overall in good shape is probably the best way to avoid Flu symptoms.
I just read in the local newspaper that you're more likely to feel under the weather after using the nasal mist than you are after a traditional needle immunization.
How absurd! First he gives his proof that having a flu shot made him violently sick for a prolonged period of time, then he recommends the same virus shot to kids and old people! Madness!
Correction: For EVERYBODY, eating right...
If people weren't addicted to eating nonsense just to gratify the tongue, that once it passes over that organ into the oesophagus, creates only malady (sickness), they would not even have to consider ridiculous things like flu shots. If your auto-immune system was at its correct strength, you would be automatically protected by it from viruses like flu. It is the ingestion of harmful and damaging so-called food products like cotton-wool buns with entrail burgers (Big Macs), any animal product whatsoever, principally meat, the list goes on. Please wake up and do some research to save your lives.