Hi Stella, sorry to hear about your illness. I think everything said above about reaction time is quite true; it was too fast to be the vaccine itself, but could be an allergy to the carrier, preservatives or similar, but is more likely to be a reaction to the stress of the environment and someone sticking a piece of metal into you while you're nervous about the procedure and the possible illness or side-effects.
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Originally Posted by SSJTWIZTA
i have never gotten the flu shot. i've had the flu maybe 5 times.
when i got sick as a kid, i never took Tylenol, Advil, antibiotics, or anything else. i found myself to get sick alot less than other kids of the same age.
think about it.
edit: i thought the flu vaccine was the flu. i thought they purposely gave it to you to build a tolerance. someone educate me.
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Most vaccines these days are denatured.
Essentially, they grow live virus in an egg, then harvest the virus and treat it to "kill" it (can't kill something that is not alive itself, but you know what I mean) and smash it into bits - the bits prime your immune system.