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If you received a Flu shot this year, you're SOL

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  1. CCity Zero

    CCity Zero Member

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    Yeah, just get the Damn shot and stop whining!! Not you, B-Bob :)
     
    #41 CCity Zero, Dec 14, 2017
  2. CCity Zero

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    Yes, please get all your required Vax's (and flu shot).. Gotta get more herd immunity since Dr Jenny Mccarthy brought back the Measles
     
    #42 CCity Zero, Dec 14, 2017
  3. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    I didn't mean to be harsh. It's just: good for you if you didn't get sick.

    Most people sans flu shot, will not get the flu every year. Otherwise, we would have a pandemic every year.

    But if you do get the shot, you reduce your risk, sometimes by a lot, sometimes by a little. And the good thing is if you do reduce your chance, you're actually protecting the more vulnerable members of your community, like oldsters and children.

    Selfishly, I usually get it b/c I deal with hundreds of students from all over the world, and it seems like a lot of them are sick every year. But I get it, non-selfishly, so that I have a better chance of being able to visit my elderly parents without taking them a virus that, for them, could be lethal.

    Cheers, all. And again, good for you if you don't get the flu and don't get the shot. But it's not really a big deal. Most humans shouldn't be getting it every year. LOL.
     
    #43 B-Bob, Dec 14, 2017
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  4. Duncan McDonuts

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    But I'm afraid of chemicals.
     
    #44 Duncan McDonuts, Dec 14, 2017
  5. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    Yeah, that's a tough one. I hear there are chemicals everywhere. :eek:
     
    #45 B-Bob, Dec 14, 2017
  6. Tom Bombadillo

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    What have the Romans ever done for us????
     
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  7. HR Dept

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    I got a flu shot and I still got very sick from the flu. However, I did not get the AIDS. So ultimately it was a win.
     
    #47 HR Dept, Dec 14, 2017
  8. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    Getting a flu shot would increase your chances of getting aids. That's how Kathy Lee Gifford got it.
     
    #48 Ziggy, Dec 14, 2017
  9. Roxnostalgia

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    Getting sick after getting the shot means working. Getting a cold for a few days after getting a shot is NOT the flu.
     
    #49 Roxnostalgia, Dec 14, 2017
  10. A_3PO

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    You aren't kidding.

    http://people.com/human-interest/20-year-old-mother-dies-after-flu-diagnosis/
     
    #50 A_3PO, Dec 14, 2017
  11. Buck Turgidson

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    Huh, ok. I have honestly never had a flu shot, I've never had the flu. I don't get sick (I get one honking, proper, sinus infection sometime every January, I blame the the damn kids who show up for Xmas), I just break joints/bones/ligaments/etc...

    I'm 43, all my older people I'm around get a flu shot every year. Is my not getting a shot putting someone else at risk? (ala MMR?)
     
    #51 Buck Turgidson, Dec 14, 2017
  12. ThatBoyNick

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    I was shot and then got the flu, would not reccomend.
     
    #52 ThatBoyNick, Dec 15, 2017
  13. RocketsLegend

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    Wash your hands all the time and avoid making contact with your mouth and eyes. Also, drink lots of oj.
     
    #53 RocketsLegend, Dec 15, 2017
  14. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Pretty sure I read this same story every year.
     
    #54 bobrek, Dec 15, 2017
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  15. Amiga

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    The article said there is a mismatch on the other side of the earth. Said nothing of the US. Talked about 4 cases in UK. It's possible that the main flu strain has changed again for the US and there could still be a good match.

    It has so far been a quiet flu season in the US.
     
    #55 Amiga, Dec 15, 2017
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    Wrap your shirt sleeve around the gas pump and NEVER lay bare hands on that thing!!!
     
    #56 Torn n Frayed, Dec 15, 2017
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    Biology is chemistry in motion.
     
    #57 London'sBurning, Dec 15, 2017
  18. LonghornFan

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    You're wrong but its ok.

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/07/health/flu-vaccine-mmwr-cdc-reports/index.html

    December 6th- from the article about the 20 year old dying from the flu this year;

     
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  19. Newlin

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    Don't confuse the flu with a common chest cold. Many people who get a cold call it the flu, but they are mistaken. The flu will knock you on your ass hard.
     
    #59 Newlin, Dec 15, 2017
  20. bigtexxx

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    I'm in peak physical condition.

    didn't bother with flu shot this year
     
    #60 bigtexxx, Dec 15, 2017
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