I got the flu once and it stucked. I guess it was about 6 years ago. I missed school for a whole week. I must say it wasn't fun. They are free for me so there's really no reason not to get one. The only thing I don't like is the feeling of the shot. It feels like it's almost pulsating when injected. I didn't feel that with the tetanus shot I got the same day.
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Time For The Flu Shot-Recommended For Everyone This Year
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WorriedCitizen
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I get my shot every year. Imo its stupid not to get them, unless you are an masochist. As a kid i got the flu every 2 or 3 years. In the 12 years or so that i get the shots i never had the flu again.
When i think back one time i had a really bad flu that that made me the most miserable i ever felt in my life like i thought im going to die.
If i can avoid that by having the little inconvenience of visiting a doctor once a year for my shot then so be it.
When i think back one time i had a really bad flu that that made me the most miserable i ever felt in my life like i thought im going to die.
If i can avoid that by having the little inconvenience of visiting a doctor once a year for my shot then so be it.
Wow, there is a lot of anecdotal evidence in this thread. Has nobody taken a statistics course? Probability, guys, come on.
It's simple: take the shot, reduce your chances of getting the flu. Also reduces your chances of passing on said flu to other people. Side effects are practically nonexistent, despite fear-mongering to the contrary.
As for H1N1, the shots were given before the mortality rate was figured out, and continued to be given due to media frenzy. Our population density is screaming for a pandemic, and disease control centers have a hair-trigger on their response. The media made the panic worse.
If you don't want to take the shot, it's fine; it's not a big deal. The idea that you are better off having not taken it is absurd.
It's simple: take the shot, reduce your chances of getting the flu. Also reduces your chances of passing on said flu to other people. Side effects are practically nonexistent, despite fear-mongering to the contrary.
As for H1N1, the shots were given before the mortality rate was figured out, and continued to be given due to media frenzy. Our population density is screaming for a pandemic, and disease control centers have a hair-trigger on their response. The media made the panic worse.
If you don't want to take the shot, it's fine; it's not a big deal. The idea that you are better off having not taken it is absurd.
Hari Seldon
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I have never gotten a flu shot and never will.
ianp622 said:
There are millions of factors to explain why flu strains have killed more people in the past. General hygiene and overall medicine wasn't up to snuff back in 1918 as it is today. Perhaps, the people who DIDN'T die from the flu have passed on their natural non-vaccine flu resistance to their descendants (us). The inclination that the flu vaccine has helped in lowering the death rates due to the flu is tenuous at best considering it's already established that there are more people in the world who DON'T get vaccinated then those that do.
ianp622 said:
There are millions of factors to explain why flu strains have killed more people in the past. General hygiene and overall medicine wasn't up to snuff back in 1918 as it is today. Perhaps, the people who DIDN'T die from the flu have passed on their natural non-vaccine flu resistance to their descendants (us). The inclination that the flu vaccine has helped in lowering the death rates due to the flu is tenuous at best considering it's already established that there are more people in the world who DON'T get vaccinated then those that do.
ScrabbleDude
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ianp622 said:
Neuromancer
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Got mine today. Ouchy wawa.
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