Flu Shots

[BCH]

Have You Gotten Yours Yet?
Yes Or No?

[sbrainb]

No. They say it's only really necessary for young children and old people. If that's not really true I can always have my doctor give me one.

[maz]

no

[bb1mobile]

Nah. Doc says I should get one but I won't.

[Kris_LTRMa]

Nope - used to get them every year and every year I'd wind up in bed for a week with the flu. Last two years I haven't gotten it and with the exception of a cold over New Year's (the annual New Year's cold) I haven't been sick.

[demonseed]

Yep, got mine.. No side effects, everything is good.

[HummerTuesdays]

Nope, and I don't plan on getting one.

[SOS]

Never get sick.

[NikkorTheMonk]

It's a government conspiracy. Injecting little nano-robots into you to track your every move. Best advise is if you got your flu shot then line the inside of your baseball cap with aluminumn foil. It's your only hope....

[d0uche_n0zzle]

Nope.

There is poison in them so-called vaccines, maaan.

[Jers]

yeah, i work in a dr office so it was free. but my arm was sore for 2 days straight

[Mother Shucker]

Yes, I get it at work for free.

[patti]

no. i never get that sick. plus knowin me i'd get one & then get super sick.

[CougarHunter]

I got my first and last this year. Sick for a week starting that day. Never again.

[wes mantooth]

Yes, I get it at work for free.



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[Bud8Weiser]

Nope.

[alclark]

Yes, every year I get one, I don't get sick. But when I don't get one, I get some sort of flu. Coincidence? Probably.

And shouldn't this be a poll? :action-sm

[DeltaPin]

nope

[BCH]

Yes, every year I get one, I don't get sick. But when I don't get one, I get some sort of flu. Coincidence? Probably.

And shouldn't this be a poll? :action-sm

No, no yes or no question should ever be a poll :)

[foyb]

no, I haven't had the flu since I was pretty young...

[YaHearIHearMe]

Yes I got it but doesnt mean shit I guess,
My mother has had the flu shot and she has been home for the past 2 weeks out of work cause... can ya guess??? she has the flu. "whaa"

[Absolutely]

Bumpy!

Big news is that the Swine Flu vaccines have arrived in St.Louis, the "Nasal Spray Version". And a lot of the hospitals are giving out the normal Flu Shots for free.

I'm thinking about getting one for the normal Flu, just so I don't have to deal with the shit for a week but as it was said...


I got my first and last this year. Sick for a week starting that day. Never again.

I'm paranoid that getting the shot is going to make me sick, even though I know that that's how all vaccines work basically.

Decisions...

[LBF]

No.

I caught the dreaded swine flu about three weeks ago. If you catch it, here is what you should expect....

fever
mild nausea
cough
sore throat
headache

After about five days the only symptom I still had was a very slight fever. The only medicine I took was tylenol for the fever. Basically, it's EXACTLY LIKE THE REGULAR FLU.

[LiddyRules]

No. Not getting. Never got.

[CousinDave]

no. Not getting. Never got.


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[chiapeteater]

Nope not getting a shot. Hope to get it naturally and man up and beat it that way. Anyone that needs a flu shot needs to die. Natural selection and all!

[BCH]

I actually started this thread as an homage to SOS because he had started a rash of yes or no threads without the associated polls at some point...

For the record, I'm thinking about the H1N1 shot just because they've got us all whipped into a frenzy about it.

[thekidslepthere]

For the record, I'm thinking about the H1N1 shot just because they've got us all whipped into a frenzy about it.

I'm kind of feeling the same way. I stopped in a Walgreens a couple weeks ago just to get a soda and they were doing the regular flu shots, but hearing about the flu in the news so much I figured why not, since I'm here.

They did tell me that I now have to wait four to six weeks to get the swine flu shot, so if you do want to get the flu shot then the swine flu shot, just know you need at least a month between them.

[Sam_Adams]

Awesome. And just like I do every year for this, I will not even think about getting a flu shot.

It's worthless to me.

[Dicktator]

I get the flu every year but never get a flu shot. I work a ton ,i eat like shit, and i don't get enough rest. Hey look it's 4:28 am.

[NoSurviivors]

No.. I have a small cold now that I'm just about over. Might be my year to get the flu. That shot more than likely will not prevent it.

[Glenn Dandy]

My body is not to be used for monetary gain.

[DocSavage]

Yep got mine Saturday and am on the list for getting the H1N1.

[Glenn Dandy]

Yep got mine Saturday and am on the list for getting the H1N1.

good luck sucker.:action-sm

[Myhairygrundle]

Get one every year.

I work around lots of dirty people. Some houses I have to inspect are filled with South Americans with hacky coughs. Lots of sick kids too.

I can't take the risk of getting the flu.

Also, the H1N1 is carried more by Mexican population, which I see 80% of the time....

So I am on the list.

I also have a 14 month old, pregnant wife and will have a new baby in the next few weeks, so I have to be healthy.

[kloraferm]

Last time I got one was fall 2001, and I don't plan on ever getting another one

[CousinDave]

Get one every year.

I work around lots of dirty people. Some houses I have to inspect are filled with South Americans with hacky coughs. Lots of sick kids too.

I can't take the risk of getting the flu.

Also, the H1N1 is carried more by Mexican population, which I see 80% of the time....

So I am on the list.

I also have a 14 month old, pregnant wife and will have a new baby in the next few weeks, so I have to be healthy.


You're probably immune to it without getting a shot, from being around all those dirty people, including the baby

[kloraferm]

Get one every year.

I work around lots of dirty people. Some houses I have to inspect are filled with South Americans with hacky coughs. Lots of sick kids too.

I can't take the risk of getting the flu.

Also, the H1N1 is carried more by Mexican population, which I see 80% of the time....

So I am on the list.

I also have a 14 month old, pregnant wife and will have a new baby in the next few weeks, so I have to be healthy.
You have a 14 month old, pregnant wife? :rolleyes:

[DocSavage]

good luck sucker.:action-sm

I come into contact with way too many internationals to not get it. :p

[Three Hole Puncher]

My body is not to be used for monetary gain.

Says the guy who forks over around a thousand bucks a year to the corporate conglomerate which supplies him with nicotine and carcinogens.

[B54]

Says the guy who forks over around a thousand bucks a year to the corporate conglomerate which supplies him with nicotine and carcinogens.

Did you use to smoke?

[Three Hole Puncher]

Did you use to smoke?

Not even almost.

[bb1mobile]

Nah. Doc says I should get one but I won't.

Nothing has changed. Still not getting one.

[thekidslepthere]

I can't wait to be bashing all of your fucking heads in with the back of my shovel once the swine flu turns you all into brain sucking zombies, but I'll be fine after getting my shot at CVS.

[NoSurviivors]

I can't wait to be bashing all of your fucking heads in with the back of my shovel once the swine flu turns you all into brain sucking zombies, but I'll be fine after getting my shot at CVS.

I'm not going to say that you're drinking the kool aid or anything like that, but you can still get the flu even after the vac.

I always thought that you were better off building immunity naturally for stuff like this, and not living like a savage.

[LBF]

I can't wait to be bashing all of your fucking heads in with the back of my shovel once the swine flu turns you all into brain sucking zombies, but I'll be fine after getting my shot at CVS.


Swine flu was supposed to turn me into a zombie?? DAMN IT! I got cheated.

[Three Hole Puncher]

I'm not going to say that you're drinking the kool aid or anything like that, but you can still get the flu even after the vac.

It's highly, highly unlikely that you'll get the same strain of flu that you were vaccinated against.

I always thought that you were better off building immunity naturally for stuff like this, and not living like a savage.


The natural immunity approach worked real well for the hundreds of millions of people around the world who were mown down like grass in the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic alone... including 28% of the entire US population... over half a million of which died... nice and naturally.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

Get one every year.

I work around lots of dirty people. Some houses I have to inspect are filled with South Americans with hacky coughs. Lots of sick kids too.

I can't take the risk of getting the flu.

Also, the H1N1 is carried more by Mexican population, which I see 80% of the time....

So I am on the list.

I also have a 14 month old, pregnant wife and will have a new baby in the next few weeks, so I have to be healthy.


Instead of inspecting, you should be manning a flame thrower, sir. ;)

[George Costanza]

I always thought that you were better off building immunity naturally for stuff like this, and not living like a savage.

Exactly.
I think flu shots are for people of 65 and older. Best to build immunity naturally if anything take some licorice root and garlic tabs which boosts immunity.

[NoSurviivors]

It's highly, highly unlikely that you'll get the same strain of flu that you were vaccinated against.



The natural immunity approach worked real well for the hundreds of millions of people around the world who were mown down like grass in the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic alone... including 28% of the entire US population... over half a million of which died... nice and naturally.

They died nice & naturally.. in 1918. That's a dumb comparison.

I'm not saying they're a waste. I just don't see a need to be vaccinated for everything under the sun at my age & health condition. I also don't need antibiotics every time I get hurt or a cold either. People go to far with that stuff.

[Psychopath]

No.

[NuttyJim]

I got the regular flu shot but will never get the swine flu shot...i don't trust getting it at all.

[thekidslepthere]

Heard about this on the radio last night, how aspirin might have helped make the 1918 flu even worse...

Misuse of aspirin may have made 1918 flu pandemic worse
2009-10-05 16:30:00
Aspirin could have been responsible for the steep death toll in the 1918 flu pandemic, says a new study.

High aspirin dosing levels used to treat patients during the 1918-1919 pandemic are now known to cause, in some cases, toxicity and a dangerous build up of fluid in the lungs, which may have contributed to the incidence and severity of symptoms, bacterial infections and mortality.

Additionally, autopsy reports from 1918 are consistent with what we know today about the dangers of aspirin toxicity, as well as the expected viral causes of death.

The motivation behind the improper use of aspirin is a cautionary tale, said study author Karen Starko of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

In 1918, physicians did not fully understand either the dosing or pharmacology of aspirin, yet they were willing to recommend it.

Its use was promoted by the drug industry, endorsed by doctors wanting to 'do something', and accepted by families and institutions desperate for hope, says an IDSA release.

'Understanding these natural forces is important when considering choices in the future,' Starko said. 'Interventions cut both ways. Medicines can save and improve our lives. Yet we must be ever mindful of the importance of dose, of balancing benefits and risks, and of the limitations of our studies.'

These findings will appear in the November issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

[NotSoFast]

Basically, it's EXACTLY LIKE THE REGULAR FLU.

Except the haven't had a vaccine for it until very lately. That's what the hullabaloo is all about. The fact that it could spread very quickly without medicine to hamper it. Not that it is any more dangerous than the "regular" flu.

That is, except for the dummies that think the swine flu is the return of the Black Death.

[SOS]

I'll wait and see if there are many side-effects.

[VMS]

I got my first flu vaccine (nasal spray) last week on Monday. All day Tuesday, I felt like shit. Headache, joint pain, all the shit. Fine on the following Wednesday.

Then this past Sunday I felt achy all day, and yesterday I had a moderate fever and felt like shit all day. I'm fine today.

I almost never get sick. I'm enough of a hand washer that it just doesn't happen very often. I'm not saying it's the vaccine's fault I got sick this past weekend, but I'm not going to be getting a vaccine next year.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

I'm not saying it's the vaccine's fault I got sick this past weekend, but I'm not going to be getting a vaccine next year.

Good luck, bro. :action-sm

[HummerTuesdays]

That is, except for the dummies that think the swine flu is the return of the Black Death.

We should be so lucky. The world needs a good sneeze.

And no, I'm still not getting the vaccinated for anything.

[CougarHunter]

<BillBurr>How do you know that this isn't part of the Bilderberger group efforts to wipe out 80% of the population by using vaccines to actually spread contagion? </BillBurr>

[George Costanza]

<BillBurr>How do you know that this isn't part of the Billburr group efforts to wipe out 80% of the population by using vaccines to actually spread contagion? </BillBurr>

Fixed it for ye

[ddberry]

Not this year, I don't have to wipe old lady butt anymore so I am not getting any shots.

[Jolie]

I always thought that you were better off building immunity naturally for stuff like this, and not living like a savage.

It's highly, highly unlikely that you'll get the same strain of flu that you were vaccinated against.



The natural immunity approach worked real well for the hundreds of millions of people around the world who were mown down like grass in the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic alone... including 28% of the entire US population... over half a million of which died... nice and naturally.

Its extremely hard to get natural immunity to "the flu" because the virus mutates very rapidly. Each year is a different strain. They guess at which one will be dominant, and put in 2 to 3 strains that are most likely to be dominant. Its still just a guess, but its a decent one most years.

Exactly.
I think flu shots are for people of 65 and older. Best to build immunity naturally if anything take some licorice root and garlic tabs which boosts immunity.

Garlic and licorice root may boost your immune system, but not "immunity to the flu". The only thing that boosts that is getting the flu, and as said above, that only protects you against whatever strain you got - not other strains later.

I got my first flu vaccine (nasal spray) last week on Monday. All day Tuesday, I felt like shit. Headache, joint pain, all the shit. Fine on the following Wednesday.

Then this past Sunday I felt achy all day, and yesterday I had a moderate fever and felt like shit all day. I'm fine today.

I almost never get sick. I'm enough of a hand washer that it just doesn't happen very often. I'm not saying it's the vaccine's fault I got sick this past weekend, but I'm not going to be getting a vaccine next year.

The nasal spray is a live virus... weakened but live. The shot is dead. You cannot get the flu from the shot, but you CAN get the flu from the live virus in the nasal spray. People think the flu shot gives them the flu, but they are wrong.

[Turfmower]

no

[AtlantaHardcore]

Fuck no.