RE: Flu Vaccine: Do it or not?
November 30, 2013 at 5:07 am
(This post was last modified: November 30, 2013 at 5:13 am by Jacob(smooth).)
(November 29, 2013 at 7:51 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(November 29, 2013 at 6:24 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Oh yes, pleurisy is a joy. Not an uncommon sequellae.
On the other hand, I had a sore arm for hours after my flu jab!
Poor baby. My heart bleeds.
YES! Pity me!
(November 29, 2013 at 6:45 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: You know, I did get the flu the year I got the flu shot. I don't like being called a liar. It was confirmed by my doctor. And no, if someone had dropped any sum of money on the sidewalk, I wouldn't have fetched it. It was likely the worst I've ever felt.As I said
That said, now that I've done more research and read some of your stories, I probably will get the shot this year. I think when I got the flu it must have been a rogue strain or something.
"Every year they select 4 or 5 strains of flu they think might cause epidemics that year and put them in the vaccine. It won't protect you from any other strains, of from a rhinovirus (cold) or from secondary infections like pneumonia. It offers some immunity (not 100%) from the strains of flu in it. "
So I don't think anyone called you a liar.
It's a curious quirk of psychology that we don't process statistics very well. If I said there was a vaccine which offered 100 percent protection from aids I'd be hailed a hero and people would form queues. If I said there was a vaccine which offered a 30 percent protection from flu, nobody would bother. And yet the latter would save many more lives than the former. I wrote a paper on that about 5 years ago. Weird how our minds work.
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
