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Originally Posted by Katyanna
The injectable flu vaccine is an inactivated virus, you cannot get the flu from an inactivated virus. If you happened to get ill after getting the vaccine I am willing to wager it has more to do with the breeding ground for infection that is known as the waiting area. Be sensible and wash your hands after going to the doctors office, even better do it once you get into the exam room.
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Not to mention that if you're getting it, it's probably flu season. I can't imagine how someone could get the flu then.
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Originally Posted by raptor9k
I don't get flu shots because the two years I actually got the shot I ended up with the flu anyway. I'm not against them, it's just a personal choice.
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I fucked two girls with condoms, they both got pregnant anyway, so why bother use condomw?
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Originally Posted by yournamehere
Even though there may be a shortage of flu vaccine, there is no shortage of pneumonia vaccine. If you go get a pneumonia vaccine, at least if you catch the H1N1 flu, you won't run the risk of having it followed by pneumonia. That will probably ensure that you will remain in the 99.5% of cases that suffer no greater effects than those of the seasonal flu. Nothing is certain, though . . . . .
ps - Pneumonia shots are good for about 10 years, too - they're not required annually.
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Lobar Pneumonia infections were the worst experiences of my life. I made the stupid mistake of "it might be viral, let's give it a day to clear up before we start antibiotics." Two days later, in the ER, hallucinating due to the 106° fever about the big metal machine that was coming to ... absorb me. The doctor said in his long career he has only seen a few patients who managed to melt their earwax. IV fluids for 6 hours, ice packed around me to get my temperature down until the ibuprofen did something, and the sympathetic nurses who would rub my shoulder and reassure me that I was going to be fine (didn't hurt that they were hot) until I was down to a safe, maintainable 102° and could go home.
I wish I know they had a shot for it.
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Originally Posted by hunnychile
So, say you were aged 54 and more likely to get bronchitis in the winter months, would you be looking for the H1N1 shot or just willing to tough it out?
PS. Glad I finally made out a Will, just in case...
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If you're likely to get bronchitis, you're in a risk group and need the vaccine.
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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
Actually, the strains of the flu prevalent in the late 1950's also seem to convey some degree of resistance to H1N1 due to the similarities in the strains. People who were alive then (anyone much over 50) may already have limited immunity.
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If you were around in 1957 or before, you most likely have H1N1 antibodies that will drop this to a mild seasonal flu if you get any symptoms indistinguishable from the common cold.