Boring topic but the flu shot

As with all vaccinations the answer is YES.

Children cannot be immunized under a certain age...so if they get it...they die. It is my job as an adult to protect our children. All children.
 
What possible reasons are there for no?

Well, they stated last year was pretty much a failure.

Every year that I get a shot, I get sick, vomit within hours. Of course I KNOW the shot does not make you sick. I have heard it a million times. In my case it could be an allergy to something that is in the shot.
 
Well, they stated last year was pretty much a failure.

Every year that I get a shot, I get sick, vomit within hours. Of course I KNOW the shot does not make you sick. I have heard it a million times. In my case it could be an allergy to something that is in the shot.

No...you will get sick...that is the purpose of it. But the virus is a killed virus, so there is zero chance of you infecting someone else or of it multiplying in your body.
 
Yes I got one.

This one covered four different strains and yes I felt bad for a few days The symptoms seemed to change out with each other randomly. As I was told this is the bodies defense mechanism reacting to the vaccine.

Yeah I felt like crap far a week or so...nothing to intense or long lasting other my arms hurt and was swelled up for three or four days. (I had a pneumonia shot at the same time)

Unless you are allergic to the vaccine itself go get one.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2018-2019.htm
 
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What possible reasons are there for no?

My crippling fear of needles. I know it makes me a dumbass but I'd rather have the flu. I've rarely ever had a flu for more than a few hours. I breeze past that shit. Normally I don't get it at all. I only get sick like once every three years, and only for like 2 hours.

But because of my phobia, if I get the shot, I pass out and then I'm woozy for the rest of the day and sometimes the next day. I don't trust myself to drive and shit so I have to bring someone with me and it's a whole big thing that, for me personally, is significantly worse than getting the flu.

The last time I had the flu, about 2 years ago, I hadn't been sick in my adult life, so I had forgotten basic "how to get better measures". I went to the doctor, thinking I was dying, and she asked me if I had taken a Tylenol to bring my fever down, and I was like, "Oh SHIT, I forgot you could do that."

Which is weird because I 100% did know that. Bitesize kept a fever when she was little because she had constant ear infections. I knew the exact schedule to give it. But when it came to MYSELF I just forgot that medicine was a thing because I'm a fucking idiot. I was sick all damn day that time. Flu fucks you up, like it makes you not be able to see. I didn't realize that was what yhall were dealing with, your brain being on fire and your eyes not working. I'd been making fun of people for years but no, I get it, stay your ass at the house in bed, don't come to work on that shit. I was wrong as hell, you're not lazy, I'm just an asshole.

The end of that story is I almost died because I didn't realize that you couldn't smoke on top of flu medicine. But you can't. Your heart fucks up and you can't breath and your coworker makes you go to the ER. Also, I'm allergic to clariton. Which they had given me for the flu for some reason, despite it being an allergy pill.

Basically fuck the flu I want yhall to do that herd immunization shit.
 
No...you will get sick...that is the purpose of it. But the virus is a killed virus, so there is zero chance of you infecting someone else or of it multiplying in your body.

No you don't get sick from the vaccine unless you're allergic or already sick.
 
No you don't get sick from the vaccine unless you're allergic or already sick.

sigh....it isn't like you get the flu...it is a dead virus. You feel sick from the way your body responds to the vaccine.
 
The point people are missing, children can not get the vaccine. If they get the flu, it can result in death. So how can babies and children get the flu? From exposure. So you "choose" not to get vaccinated, and you spend time at the neighbors picnic you were invited to...and they have a newborn...and you have the flu, but not yet symptomatic...you give it to a baby...and the baby dies. Nice choice. Pathetic. Self-centered. But it is your choice.

Oh...you aren't invited to neighbor's picnics? You go to the grocery store. There is a mom with her new baby. You aren't symptomatic. But you have the flu. You just exposed the baby. Nice.
 
Children how old? What looked like a four-year-old and a five-year-old got the flu shot right before I did this year. Screamed bloody murder and then I heard from one of them later while walking around the pharmacy that it wasn't getting the shot that upset them, it just wasn't a good day for them to get a shot.
 
In the UK, it's recommended for high risk groups. Pensioners, asthmatics, people with compromised immune systems, etc. It's free for any of those, and also for health workers. Anyone else can pay for the shot, but it's not considered necessary.

For you, what are the pros and cons?
 
Children how old? What looked like a four-year-old and a five-year-old got the flu shot right before I did this year. Screamed bloody murder and then I heard from one of them later while walking around the pharmacy that it wasn't getting the shot that upset them, it just wasn't a good day for them to get a shot.

6 months? 9 months? And their vaccination is even a weaker concentration, and they need 2 doses
 
i get it cause i am a sickly person

the one year i skipped, i thought i was truly gonna die
 
6 months? 9 months? And their vaccination is even a weaker concentration, and they need 2 doses

OK. I'd call that a baby, not "babies and children." Not that I know the cutoff age for the shot.
 
The NHS says children over 6 months, and in an at risk group, can have the shot.
 
Yes.

I get one every year because I deal with lots of people daily. This time of the year, at least half of them are sick. I don't want to join their ranks or bring it home for someone else to catch.

The shot WILL make you sick. It's supposed to make you sick so that your body will manufacture the antibodies it needs to fight off the bug. The difference is that the degree of illness is slight compared to the real thing. For me, it's a "blah" feeling with a small fever. Usually this lasts only 1 day and I'm fine again. So, get the shot on a Friday and be fine on Monday.
 
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