FLU SHOTS

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Are you or have you already getting yours this year? If not, why? If so, why?

Personally, I am not getting one. Don't beleive they are all they are cracked up to be. They don't prevent you from getting the flu, only give you a greater chance of not dieing if you do get it. I think we over vaccinate and are way to sensitive and freaked out about our kids/us getting sick and now they get sick easier than ever.

Think of the Varicella vaccination. How many of us had chicken pox? You don't, as a rule die from chicken pox. Its annoying, itches like crazy, and the parents have to miss a couple days off work. Big deal. But now its required to have the vaccine before starting school.

Now, for those of you that won't get the flu shot. If the bird flu comes to the US and they start giving the vaccine for it, will you take that one?
 
Are you or have you already getting yours this year?

No.

If not, why?

I hate needles.

If so, why?

I just said no.
 
No, I'm not getting mine. Why? Because every year that I got a flu shot I was sick for at least a week at some time during the winter. Since I stopped getting the shot I haven't been sick once.
 
I got the Flu Shot once & was sick for almost 2 weeks straight. Besides I have a severe allergy pertaining to the flu shots it is called "I Hate NEEDLES" & the reaction is someone getting floored by me.

My wife gets every year (the flu shot) and is sick for almost a week over it. Now as for the "Bird Flu" not quite sure yet, will have to wait & see what happens from there.
 
I got one this year.... went into the grocery store on halloween and got jabbed by someone who "looked like" a nurse :rolleyes:

I get one every year - only kicker, I paid for this, and if I'd waited 2 weeks, I could have gotten free ones at 2 squads.

Jon
 
I already got mine just because it seems that we've been getting a lot of calls for people with flu-like symptoms. Not taking any chances.

As for the chickenpox...it can cause some pretty nasty things in adults...no reason for an adult not to be vaccinated.

It's that kind of attitude that would've kept smallpox around and Polio in the US.
 
I got mine. Every year for the last 9 years. And I haven't had the flu in 9 years. Coincidence? Maybe. Just make sure you feel good and you drink plenty of fluids and rest the day of and after your shot.

The varicella vaccine is more for the adults around than for the kids - by protecting the kids from chicken pox, you're actually protecting the adults, who CAN and DO die from chicken pox. If you don't have the pox when you're younger, you don't build up the immunity, and chicken pox can be fatal in adults. When we were little and had the pox they quarantined us from my dad because he never had chicken pox when he was little. It would be a shame if he caught it from his grandkids and became seriously ill or even died - from something preventable via vaccine. (PS the vaccine doesn't work on adults)
 
I got my flu shot this year mainly cuz of clinicals at a nursing home and then planning on doing my preceptorship at a nursing home so I figured it wouldn't hurt.

Over the last few years I haven't had any problems with being sick with the flu or really anything besides a mild cold or sore throat and touches of mono here and there.

As for the bird flu I don't know if it is proven to work then why not if not then I might take my chances and not worry about getting the shot.
 
I got the flu shot, in part, because it would protect the patients I might be working with who have a comprimised immune system (especially older patients).

While it doesn't guarantee you wont' get the flu, it'll protect you from the dominant strain, and that alone is worth the needle. I don't want to have any downtime.
 
I got one. The city provided them free for us at the fire station for an hour or so before last month's EMS drill.
 
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