Flu shot
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- kafkaesque0
meh. I'd get it
- designbot0
I think there are some risks involved with getting a flu shot...and some of the ingredients in the shot are probably not so good.
I wonder how the risks compare to the risks involved with getting the flu though. Found this on USA Today site:
Each year, 36,000 Americans — almost as many people as are killed in auto accidents — die from complications of flu. More than 200,000 people get sick enough to be hospitalized. Yet children ages 5 to 18 don't figure prominently in this toll: Last year, only about 40 of them died of flu in 26 states monitored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pretty crazy numbers there, I had no idea. Wonder what percentage was elderly or had weak immune systems from other complications and illnesses though.
- designbot0
just got one....so far my arm just feels like it got punched.
no other side effects yet.
- formed0
I wouldn't get it. Then again, I have never had any shots (beyond when I broke my shoulder).
It is pretty damn frightening to me. If you have a healthy immune system, you should be fine. Scares me to think about people that will take anything to avoid a little natural inconvenience without any thoughts about the long term repercussions.
Most of the vaccine's are motivated by profits for drug companies (you could argue otherwise, of course). More shots = more profits. More marketing and getting doc's to recommend = more profits.
I'll stay away from any vaccine that isn't for something lethal.
- lvl_130
i just got the flu.
- lvl_130
flu shots are for jerks.
- turk_1820
a doctor who's been really good to me and thinks of 'me' first told me stay away from such things - do a little research on the negative aspects of flu shots... some frightening scenarios out there that make up more than a small populace of those annually injected...
... unless they're boiling shit up in a spoon first... i'd say no.
- Jaline0
I also don't mind needles.
- Jaline0
It's always free here. Half of my family gets it; the other half doesn't. I get it every year or so because I have asthma. I've never had a cold right after getting the shot though. I've never had the flu either, so who knows.
- What I know is that, when I get a cold, my asthma flares up to about 50%. It's better each year, but still a hindrance.Jaline
- That's cool that it is always free. I have slight asthma that flares up sometimes when I get sick too. Hopefully I won't get the flu now :)designbot
- that I got the shot :)designbot
- designbot0
I dunno the skeptic in me says it could be all about money. I think at around $15 - $30 a pop, there is probably a huge profit generated from flu shots.
- Chimp0
I think I need a flu jab as our air con here is slowly killing us
- designbot0
I'm only 29, but here in America it seems people of all ages get them. In fact, they are recommended for kids especially (as young as 6 month old I think)
- kezza_20
or asthmatics
- mistermik0
how old are you?
I think the only people in Uk to get a flu jab are pensioners.- large companies will foot the bill for their employees in order to keep bums in seats.paraselene
- somatica0
This years flu shot is a vaccine for LAST years flu, as each year the flu virus mutates into a new form which the doctors then have to re-formulate a vaccine for.. which usually takes about a year. The flu shot may save you from last years version but not this years which you'll most likely catch from someone whom you work with.
Don't waste your money.
- designbot0
Good to hear your responses, doesn't sound like anyone has had a bad side effect from the flu shot.
I think I am going to get one. They start in about an hour so I'll report any symptoms here. If I don't return.....take it as a sign to stay away from the flu shot ;-)
- flavorful0
I rarely, if ever, get sick anyway.
Side the burst appendix which this time last year was giving me warning signs but I just chalked it up to drinking on why I started puking on a consistent basis, haha.
- max_prophet0
I DEFEAT ALL KNOWN GERMS!!
I just wish I could still defeat hangovers
- moth0
Para - they didn't have flu, they had a cold. If they had flu, there's no way on gods green earth they'd make it past their front door.
I've had the vac since I was about 4 because I have asthma. Never done me any harm, and I've only had flu once.
- well somehow the entire office would get flu at the same time!paraselene
- paraselene0
i got one last year and was really grateful when everyone in the office started dragging their germs in to share with each other and i didn't get the lurgy.
- always happens eh? that's what i am thinking about.designbot