Flu Shot...yes or no?

THEBIBLEISTEN
THEBIBLEISTEN Posts: 2,010
edited September 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Who is getting a flu shot and why? Im trying to make up my mind if it works?
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  • LiteTheMatch
    LiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    No

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  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    I'm afraid of the doctor, and afraid of needles and blood. I never get a flu shot. and rarely get sick. Which is made more bizaare and odd considering I often wear short sleeved shirts in the dead of winter.

    I also think something could be said for NOT being given something that is being forced on other people. I have no doubt some doctors and nurses are great, after all I am the son of parents in the nursing field. But I also think doctors and the medicine field are rife with people only concerned about money. Archie Bunker had a great joke about how he felt doctors were highway robbers, because they wore those masks. I think there is something to that.

    If they really cared about us, wouldnt they be trying hard to do something about the flouride and perscription drugs that are found in our tap water?
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,081
    edited September 2009
    your suppose to only let children and the elderly get flu shots unless there's a major influenza outbreak
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    I've never had a flu shot and do not plan on getting one this time around neither. I only get the flu once every 5 or 6 years it seems. And if I do ge it, it will probably do my body good to fight it off and build a natural immunity to it.
  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    as to if it works or not, as I said, I havent gotten flu shots in years, I did as a kid of course, but through my mid to late teens, and now as a 25 year old, I havent gotten a shot in years, and I am healthy. And as I said, I get sick sometimes, as we all do, but, I rarely get colds.

    I wonder if its more psychosomatic or something. People feel comforted by the fact they are receiving medicine that will make it so they wont get sick, or will get less frequent colds. Maybe that feeling is more powerful than the actual medication or treatment
  • Steveo
    Steveo Posts: 352
    H1N1 or Bust!
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    So why be satisfied?
  • avocadogirl79
    avocadogirl79 Posts: 7
    For me, no, I don't think so. I'm 30 and I've never had a flu shot, and it's not like the flu shots they've got now are going to prevent a swine flu pandemic a la 1918, if that's what's in the cards, you know? But I think my mom should get one, considering she's 57, has had a VERY stressful year (so her immune system's low), and she works in a public library. People are walking germ machines (especially kids; sorry, but true), and I would think that anyone who works with the public (libraries, schools, hospitals, etc) might want to consider the shot this year.

    Personally, the only times I've had the flu (besides young childhood) were back when I was smoking cigarettes, in my late teens / early 20's. Out of the five years I smoked, I got the flu three times, plus horrific colds, and it was dreadful. The final time, I got hit with the flu, strep throat, and bronchitis -- that was what finally made me quit. The pleasure I got from smoking just wasn't worth the misery every winter!

    I think what people should focus on is prevention; washing your hands, not touching your face, staying home if you don't feel well so you don't spread the virus, etc. I've never really liked the idea of the flu shot -- doesn't it actually make you sick? -- but I suppose for at-risk people, it's worth it.
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  • Laf9124
    Laf9124 Posts: 342
    I get one yearly, but having had cancer and a weakened immune system it's recommended for me. I can say though that they do work. If you are prone to getting sick, colds, etc., it definitely helps out. You'll miss all the the nasty flu type colds, and might, on a worst case scenario get a short head cold. They hurt for about a day, and you'll feel like ass for about 24 hrs(fever, body aches), but it does go away within a day.
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,914
    If its a vaccine for something that could really F me up, I'll take it. Tetnis/Diptheira/ etc... The flu, my body can handle a flu, and I don't want it to forget how to fight one :)

    I guess I'm oldschool. I figure you need to be exposed to some virii and some bacteria, or your body will never learn to fight it on its own.
  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    noooooo thank you
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,946
    fuck no............
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  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    absolutely not.
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  • zenith
    zenith Posts: 3,191
    i work in a public hospital, and i never get one even tho all staff are offered them - and i rarely get sick ... if i ever do its a sniffle or a sore throat, not a full on case of the flu - on the other hand i know people who get the shot and get such a bad case of the flu they have a week or more off.

    its shit ... unless you have an immune problem, or are around people who have, dont waste your time
    impatience is a gift ........
  • WhyNotSweden
    WhyNotSweden Sweden Posts: 4,308
    Here in Sweden EVERY one gets a flu shot for free. oink oink
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  • Dero
    Dero Posts: 9
    Why not ask your doctor instead of the misinformed and misguided dribble offered here?

    I assure you it will be much better to receive advice from someone who has been trained and spent years thinking about such questions, than from someone who intermittently reads "naturalnews.com"
  • zenith
    zenith Posts: 3,191
    last time i checked, im pretty sure our hospital came under nsw health, not naturalnews ....
    impatience is a gift ........
  • climb_high_nz
    climb_high_nz Posts: 564
    Dr Nick says "no"
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  • threefish10
    threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    zenith wrote:
    last time i checked, im pretty sure our hospital came under nsw health, not naturalnews ....


    yeah, but your hospital offers it to people and probably recommends it, it's up to you to get it or not. the guy was just saying that a doctor would be more qualified to give an answer then people who spend all day on the internet. but i guess the original poster did want peoples from here opinions weather those opinions are well informed or not is a different matter.

    i'm kinda getting tired of what the internet has made society, someone types something into google or wiki and they then become an expert on that. even though probably more then half the info offered on the net is either bullshit, here say or someone who has less then half an idea's opinion on a matter.

    people used to have friends that they have actually met in real life, these days we seem to deem a persons worth by how many friends they have on facebook.


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  • U R A Crazy Breed
    U R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    FUCK NO!!!! VACCINES KILL....and there is NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT THEY WORK!!! but there is plenty of evidence they destroy lives!! :!: :!: :!:

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    http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/flushots.html

    http://www.wanttoknow.info/060215vaccinesmercurydangers

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  • U R A Crazy Breed
    U R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    FUCK NO!!!! VACCINES KILL....and there is NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT THEY WORK!!! but there is plenty of evidence they destroy lives!! :!: :!: :!:

    http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/

    http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/flushots.html

    http://www.wanttoknow.info/060215vaccinesmercurydangers

    http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/vacc ... -time.html

    http://chetday.com/novacarticles.html

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