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are you getting a flu shot this year?


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are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 5:31:29 PM   
pahunkboy


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I was at CVS and they are already pushing these shots.
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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 6:07:59 PM   
DesFIP


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Status: offline 		I won't get it till October. Otherwise I worry it won't last till spring.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 6:10:07 PM   
searching4mysir


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Nope. Don't believe in it for myself.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 6:20:06 PM   
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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 6:28:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		No. The only time I ever puked from the flu was after getting a flu shot. I was in the military at the time and did not have a choice. I've told the VA to stop pestering me about it.

I've had colds since, but IIRC, I haven't had the flu. I take Vitamin D. I get my levels checked in the fall.

Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation to prevent seasonal influenza A in schoolchildren.

...CONCLUSION:

This study suggests that vitamin D(3) supplementation during the winter may reduce the incidence of influenza A, especially in specific subgroups of schoolchildren. This trial was registered at https://center.umin.ac.jp as UMIN000001373.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 6:38:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		You couldn't pay me to get a Flu shot... I cringe at how much most do not know about big pharma & what's in these shots. Why would anyone get one? Keep your gut healthy by eating live probiotic foods & drop 80-90% of the processed foods. I also make my own homemade Kombucha, which is rich in probiotics. All disease begins in your gut.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 6:38:39 PM   
lizi


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Status: offline 		I have to get it, we're required to in the field that I work.

We're told not to get it till October so that it lasts the entire season.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 6:55:30 PM   
Toysinbabeland


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I got it for 10 years in a row, I had the flu for 8 of those 10 years.
Fuck that.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 6:56:07 PM   
tj444


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Status: offline 		no.. I don't believe it helps..

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 6:56:55 PM   
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You couldn't pay me to get a Flu shot... I cringe at how much most do not know about big pharma & what's in these shots. Why would anyone get one?


I could not agree with you more.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 6:59:24 PM   
sexyred1


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Status: offline 		Of course I will get a flu shot. I used to get the flu every year and once I started getting them, no flu ever again.

I also got the shingles vaccine last year because my Mom got shingles and I would not wish that on my worst enemy.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 7:35:48 PM   
ARIES83


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Status: offline 		(Bit of a side track but...) I got the Hepatitis vaccine earlier this year, and another tetanus shot, (haven't had one since I was 11).
I'm probably a bit behind the times on vaccines, what are some good ones to get now?
I wouldn't get a flu one, just because I get over stuff like that pretty well... Although we had a swine flu outbreak in aus not to many years ago which kicked my ass! Still, the old immune system won eventually.
I am interested in what other vaccines there are for stuff that the immune system can't beat though, I don't know much about shingles, but red's mention of that made me wonder what else is out there, immunisation wise.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 7:44:32 PM   
tj444


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ORIGINAL: ARIES83
I don't know much about shingles, but red's mention of that made me wonder what else is out there, immunisation wise.

here they advertise the shingles vaccine a lot.. its something I have thought about too, but I want to know a lot more about it before I do that..

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 7:58:54 PM   
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I got the Hepatitis vaccine earlier this yea


I got the series of 3 when I worked in group homes. I dont regret it. There is tho a point of saturation of too many shots.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 10:04:39 PM   
littlewonder


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Status: offline 		Yes I will get it. Before I started getting the shot I used to get the flu pretty much every single year. Since I've been getting it, no flu. The older I get the more I realize my immunity is not what it used to be and I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Plus it costs me nothing.


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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/17/2013 10:40:04 PM   
Winterapple


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Status: offline 		I think I'm going to this year. I spent the last flu season
paranoid I was going to catch it. I'm thinking about getting
the shingles vaccine to. I eat very healthy and do all the
natural things I can to stay healthy and up my immunity
but I'm still pro vaccinations. Hey, even Dr Oz says get a
flu shot

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/18/2013 5:45:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		I get the shot free of charge. Mom wants me to get the shingles shot as well.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/18/2013 10:07:37 AM   
DesFIP


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Status: offline 		I'll get the pneumonia and another tetanus in two years. I do them when I hit a decade, it makes it easier to remember when I'm due.

But yeah, I need a shingles although I could wait a year or so on that till the grandchild is in daycare and likely to bring it home.

I don't have to be as careful about tetanus as I used to. Since horse manure is a strong vector of tetanus, and we don't have a horse anymore so we're less likely to be exposed. With horses, you get them every ten years and any time you've been cut if it's over one year.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/18/2013 5:08:41 PM   
pahunkboy


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Status: offline 		The establishment likes to push them tho.

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RE: are you getting a flu shot this year? - 8/19/2013 4:35:22 PM   
JeffBC


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Status: offline 		Yeah, that'll be big "no" for me. I'm afraid I don't put any big-pharma products in my body without some sort of pressing need. Too many risks.. too little credible study... no thanks.

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