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Flu Vaccine: Do it or not?
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I cannot recall, but I think I might have had to get a flu shot before I attended college. Guess what? The only time I ever had the flu, I got it that winter. I am guessing it was due to the shot.
I have not had a flu shot since, and I have not had the flu since.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
I'm not given a choice. Haz azthma, haz shot.
Dude, I didn't even get swine flu when it was going around freshman year. I'm golden. I don't need no steenkin' flu shot.
I had to take the swine flu shot, because I was working at a hospital at the time. I did not get sick, but Scruffy did. [/anecdote]
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
Barring special circumstances (people too weak to have the shot, people allergic to the vaccine, etc) flu shots are a good idea.
I mean, unless you ENJOY projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
I never get the flu or the shot. I get a ridiculously mild cold every late fall that leaves me hacking up my smoker's lung for months even though the cold ended in like a day, but no flu. Although community immunity is helpful for those who cannot get the shot.
I'm 26 and not asthmatic or anything, so I'm not eligible for a flu vaccination on the NHS.
Buuuut, my company sent all staff members vouchers to get it done private if we want to. I decided against it because I don't really like needles at all, and I've only had flu once before (granted, I thought I was dying, I was so sick) and I uh... just don't want it.
Consult your doctor, period.
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