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just got mine today. I did find it interesting that getting the shot at Walgreens wasn't covered by insurance but it would have been if I had gone to my primary. Wife actually tried to get one at her primary but they were out of doses. Seems backwards to me but it's not very expensive anyways
Nothing against you and bandvol but I choose not to believe it.
As I posted before. Got shot one time. Week later sick as a dog. Never again. Over 10 years have passed and never been sick from it. And I've been around folks with the flu.
Now I do have a very strong immune system. And I heal very fast.
It has been a relatively early and busy "flu season" in the South. Most of the kids I'm seeing are pretty darn sick, and the illness can last 5-7 days with fever in the 105-106 degree range. As above stated, neither the flu shot or mist is capable of causing illness. You certainly can, however, get sick from the multitude of circulating viruses, which some people misinterpret as "catching the flu from the vaccine." That is scientifically impossible, as the shot contains no actual virus and the mist virus cannot survive at human body temperature.
I would HIGHLY encourage anyone who hasn't received the vaccine to either do so ASAP or discuss their concerns with their physician.
ABC news said this exact thing last night.
I will add that I hadn't gotten one in a few years but did this year and last because we have a young child in the house. An adult may be able to lay on their back for 3 days and fight the flu but a child may not have the ability.
Let me suggest and since it's free you can take it or leave it
This best way is for you to drink a TON of fluids..If you aren't going to the bathroom every single hour then you are not drinking enough
I suggest a multi vitamin and the stress relief formula is what I reccomend
Treat yourself for the fever every 4-6 hours depending on whether it is Tylenol or advil
Keep taking your meds but the antibiotics were probably given to you to make you think they will work unless the Dr for some reason suspected an underlying infection
I am surprised they gave you Aderol without bronchitis or asthma or smoking...I don't ...that crap can make you jumpy and irritable
The CDC was alost dead on this year
I saw an average of 15 patients an hour last night with the flu...understand at our hospital we have a clinic type situation for flu cuts and bruises and we send major illness to through the complete ER
NONE of these people had the flu shot...about the time I sent over 15 kids to the children's side dehydrated
I was thinking their parents should get the flu EVERY year till they learn how to responsibly parent and NO I do not want to hear the crap about the danger of vaccines
Too many kids have come to see me for things that could have been easily prevented and they are the ones that suffer not the DA parents
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We sent over 50 samples to the CDC this year, only ONE strain was not covered by the shot and only 4 patients all from the same family
This strain is from Australia and is hitting Europe HARD
This will become more prevalent with the reality of International flights
If you do not want a shot take the nasal spray
PLEASE don't believe the Urban Myth about the flu shot...it is simply not true..we inject with a dead virus and it does not replicate...ever not possible cannot happen
If you have the flu after taking the shot you have already been exposed ...period
Of course a few people develop side effects. It's a foreign substance being put into your body. People handle it differently. Some people can't handle Advil. That doesn't mean that the rest of us can't use it to get rid of a headache.The flu mist is a live virus BTW
And for those of you that got sick after a flu shot, BandVol says he knows better that you
the package insert: "The most frequently reported adverse reactions are mild hypersensitivity reactions (such as rash), local reactions at the injection site, and influenza-like symptoms"
and your own CDC who is promoting these vaccines:
http://vaers.hhs.gov/resources/SeasonalFluSummary_2012-2013.pdf
Flu shot gave me gonorrhea once. Never again.
The flu mist is a live virus BTW
And for those of you that got sick after a flu shot, BandVol says he knows better that you