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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,906
    I've never gotten one and don't plan to get one anytime soon.
  • comebackgirl
    comebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    sparky_fry wrote:
    "the government places miniscule tracking devices in these vaccinations. These tracking devices act as beacons for various satellites. In this way, similar to the technology found in controlling airplane traffic, the government knows where we are at all times"

    http://www.conspiracy.itgo.com/custom.html

    You've been warned :lol: :fp:
    oh good...I can bore them to death :lol:

    my tracking would go something like this:
    she's shoe shopping
    still at work
    more shoes
    sleeping
    seriously - more shoes?
    Fuck - how many feet does this chick have?
    back at work
    and now she's sleeping

    :fp:

    I'm planning on getting it this year because we're trying to have a baby. I've had the flu twice in the past few years without getting the flu shot (one time was the swine flu caught from some germy PJ fans at the Philly shows in 2009 :twisted: ). Now that I'm no longer working in a health clinic I hope I will stay a lot healthier. College students are germy little critters. :fp: It always amazes me that people will come in for session, sit 3 feet away from me and tell me they have strep throat, the flu, etc. Thanks :roll:

    I'm a little leery though. My mom has had some really weird side effects like having her whole body itch, even though she's supposedly not allergic to any of the ingredients :shock:
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    josevolution wrote:
    Who here gets it , i just got mine weird thing though the Black guys i work with are all against it they say it's a conspiracy of some sort but none of them can tell me exactly what that cospiracy is :? you can refuse to get it but you as an employee of this hospital will be mandated to wear a mask at all times while working ....and they give me a sticker on my ID badge indentifying that i did get the shot ....
    I'm in the same position. Mandatory every year here though.
  • StevieG
    StevieG Ontario Posts: 850
    I have gotten one very year for about 14 years now, I'm a Type 1 Diabetic. I used to get colds multiple times a year and the flu fairly often. Since I've been getting the shot I rarely even get colds, I think everyone should get it.
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  • shortstack
    shortstack Posts: 2,339
    josevolution wrote:
    Who here gets it , i just got mine weird thing though the Black guys i work with are all against it they say it's a conspiracy of some sort but none of them can tell me exactly what that cospiracy is :? you can refuse to get it but you as an employee of this hospital will be mandated to wear a mask at all times while working ....and they give me a sticker on my ID badge indentifying that i did get the shot ....

    only the black guys?
    did you see me? i saw you.
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    StevieG wrote:
    I have gotten one very year for about 14 years now, I'm a Type 1 Diabetic. I used to get colds multiple times a year and the flu fairly often. Since I've been getting the shot I rarely even get colds, I think everyone should get it.

    I can't get it, allergic to eggs, however, I depend on everyone else getting it so that I'm not exposed. Read up on the history of pandemic flu and some of you naysayers may change your minds.
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    PureandEasy wrote:
    StevieG wrote:
    I have gotten one very year for about 14 years now, I'm a Type 1 Diabetic. I used to get colds multiple times a year and the flu fairly often. Since I've been getting the shot I rarely even get colds, I think everyone should get it.

    I can't get it, allergic to eggs, however, I depend on everyone else getting it so that I'm not exposed. Read up on the history of pandemic flu and some of you naysayers may change your minds.
    We have to do a class on this every year! The statistics get scarier and scarier every year do far!
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    BinauralJam wrote:
    flu shot leads to alzheimer's


    I really hope you're just joking
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    PureandEasy wrote:
    StevieG wrote:
    I have gotten one very year for about 14 years now, I'm a Type 1 Diabetic. I used to get colds multiple times a year and the flu fairly often. Since I've been getting the shot I rarely even get colds, I think everyone should get it.

    I can't get it, allergic to eggs, however, I depend on everyone else getting it so that I'm not exposed. Read up on the history of pandemic flu and some of you naysayers may change your minds.

    http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/11/fd ... ccine.html
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    BinFrog wrote:
    PureandEasy wrote:
    StevieG wrote:
    I have gotten one very year for about 14 years now, I'm a Type 1 Diabetic. I used to get colds multiple times a year and the flu fairly often. Since I've been getting the shot I rarely even get colds, I think everyone should get it.

    I can't get it, allergic to eggs, however, I depend on everyone else getting it so that I'm not exposed. Read up on the history of pandemic flu and some of you naysayers may change your minds.

    http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/11/fd ... ccine.html

    Thank you. I'll have to follow up on that with my doctor.

    Funny thing is,here at work, I'm the one in charge of scheduling everyone for our flu clinics. :lol:
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,800
    I firmly believe it is a scam and it's only purpose is to funnel even more money through insurance companies and doctors.

    They openly admit that it's effectiveness is 50% at best.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    know1 wrote:
    They openly admit that it's effectiveness is 50% at best.


    Depends on the season and how many strains they include/miss.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    BinFrog wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    They openly admit that it's effectiveness is 50% at best.


    Depends on the season and how many strains they include/miss.
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  • don smith
    don smith Posts: 833
    I gotta get one so my grandson don't get sick while he recoups.
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    don smith wrote:
    I gotta get one so my grandson don't get sick while he recoups.

    exactly, just like I said, not being able to get the shot over the years, I have to depend on others to immunize themselves so that I am not exposed to it. For those who are at risk of respiratory problems (sick children, the elderly, etc.) it is imperative that they not be exposed to the flu. That's when it becomes deadly.

    I haven't had the flu in over 15 years but the last time I had it, I thought I was going to die, I was so sick.
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,541
    shortstack wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    Who here gets it , i just got mine weird thing though the Black guys i work with are all against it they say it's a conspiracy of some sort but none of them can tell me exactly what that cospiracy is :? you can refuse to get it but you as an employee of this hospital will be mandated to wear a mask at all times while working ....and they give me a sticker on my ID badge indentifying that i did get the shot ....

    only the black guys?

    yeah most of the people i've talked to about this the hispanics & black emplyees are the one's who are refusing it ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    josevolution wrote:
    shortstack wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    Who here gets it , i just got mine weird thing though the Black guys i work with are all against it they say it's a conspiracy of some sort but none of them can tell me exactly what that cospiracy is :? you can refuse to get it but you as an employee of this hospital will be mandated to wear a mask at all times while working ....and they give me a sticker on my ID badge indentifying that i did get the shot ....

    only the black guys?

    yeah most of the people i've talked to about this the hispanics & black emplyees are the one's who are refusing it ...
    Kind of a long story but for many in the African American community there's a lot of mistrust of public health and the government. I wouldn't strictly call the beliefs about health care urban myths but after the Tuskegee Experiment became public knowledge, many people continued to assume that the government shouldn't be trusted with your health:
    The Tuskegee Syphilis Study significantly damaged the trust of the black community toward public health efforts in the United States. As a result, many distrust the medical community and are reluctant to participate in programs such as organ donation. The study may also have contributed to the reluctance of many poor black people to seek routine preventive care. However, recent studies have challenged the degree to which knowledge of the Tuskegee experiments have kept black Americans from participating in medical research. Distrust of the government because of the study contributed to persistent rumors in the black community that the government was responsible for the HIV/AIDS crisis by introducing the virus to the black community.

    I encountered this a lot when I was an HIV educator.
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  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    Never got one in my 37 years of life.

    Me also, have had the flu maybe 3 times in my entire life.
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    i don't ever get one ... i try to avoid pharmaceuticals as much as possible ...

    not based on any science but to me the concept of the flu shot makes no sense ... you take last year's strain and you kind of guess what the next year's strain is gonna be and try to inject a small amount of it into people so they can develop the anti-bodies? ... to me, all you are doing is fast forwarding the mutation of the virus which ultimately will lead to the strains that will cause the larger pandemics ... instead of allowing the flu virus to run its course and allow our bodies to naturally fight against the strains - we are artificially forcing its mutation, into areas that could be fatal ...
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,541
    polaris_x wrote:
    i don't ever get one ... i try to avoid pharmaceuticals as much as possible ...

    not based on any science but to me the concept of the flu shot makes no sense ... you take last year's strain and you kind of guess what the next year's strain is gonna be and try to inject a small amount of it into people so they can develop the anti-bodies? ... to me, all you are doing is fast forwarding the mutation of the virus which ultimately will lead to the strains that will cause the larger pandemics ... instead of allowing the flu virus to run its course and allow our bodies to naturally fight against the strains - we are artificially forcing its mutation, into areas that could be fatal ...

    If this theory works for you that's fine like you said it's not based on any Science fact just your own ideas , i won't go into a flu season with out it ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....

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