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Flu shots? For them or against ?
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So let's use small numbers. 100 healthy adults get the shot and 100 healthy adults do not. So let's say 10 people that don't get the shot get the flu. That would mean that 6 people who got the shot also got the flu? That is the way I'm reading the percentage of success. I'd love a smarter person to tell me if I'm wrong. It has happened once or twice in my life especially when it comes to numbers0
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All I know is I never used to get flu shots. Then years ago I came down with a flu that almost killed me. The next year I started getting the vaccine every October. Never had the flu again (knock on wood) over 20 years now.... but then again I am very cautious to cleanse my hands alot. Wear gloves pumping gas, and pushing doors open reaching way high where less filthy hands have touched... safe than sorry, eh?8
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cmriverside wrote: »I've never had the flu so I don't get them. I am not against them though. My daughter has asthma and she is a school teacher. She has always gotten them. If I worked in healthcare or at a school I probably would, but I just usually don't spend the money on it. All in all I am pretty pro vaccines.
All insurance should cover it...I've never had health insurance that didn't cover immunizations 100%. I've never paid for a flu shot and I get them every year.
Your daughter has asthma and you don't get flu shots? I can't even...
My daughter is an adult and she lives 200 miles away from me. If I were to get the flu I think she would be safe. When she lived at home she always got the flu shot but I did not. I have never had the flu.
It would cost me about $20-$25. Like I said, if I worked at a school or in healthcare I would probably get one, but I don't so I never have bothered.5 -
cmriverside wrote: »I've never had the flu so I don't get them. I am not against them though. My daughter has asthma and she is a school teacher. She has always gotten them. If I worked in healthcare or at a school I probably would, but I just usually don't spend the money on it. All in all I am pretty pro vaccines.
All insurance should cover it...I've never had health insurance that didn't cover immunizations 100%. I've never paid for a flu shot and I get them every year.
Your daughter has asthma and you don't get flu shots? I can't even...
My daughter is an adult and she lives 200 miles away from me. If I were to get the flu I think she would be safe. When she lived at home she always got the flu shot but I did not. I have never had the flu.
It would cost me about $20-$25. Like I said, if I worked at a school or in healthcare I would probably get one, but I don't so I never have bothered.
Okay, but just as other people live around your daughter, you live around the daughters (or other loved ones) of other people. That your daughter would be okay if you got the flu . . . . that's all it takes for you to disregard everyone else?
I don't get this. I have family members who would be at a higher risk of complications if they got the flu. I may not see them often, but I realize that my co-workers and neighbors are loved and cherished by their families as much as I love and cherish mine.2 -
I work in an office. There are 3 employees. I am the only one who is here most days.0
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I am not against the flu shot. I just never have gotten one, nor have I ever had the flu. I am pro vaccines. My kids got all of their vaccines when they were children. The flu shot may or may not protect against the strain of flu that is going around each year so it is only partial protection anyway. I wash my hands a lot, and if I do get sick, (which is pretty rare for me), I stay home.3
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Like I said, if I worked at a school or in healthcare I would probably get one, but I don't so I never have bothered.
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Every company I have worked for since I was 16 has offered them for free. Whether it works or not, I've never gotten the flu, so I will continue to get them as they are offered. Plus, I don't turn down free.2
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I work in healthcare and think everyone should get one. I get one every year (and not just because I am required so in the hospital, I've been getting them all my life!).2
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Whoops, I didn't realize this was from 2016. Didn't mean to bring up an old thread!0
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maura_tasi wrote: »Whoops, I didn't realize this was from 2016. Didn't mean to bring up an old thread!
No need to feel bad. This thread is still active, it's just really old. The conversation is still going on!0 -
Got one today5
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Since I started sharing a house with healthcare professionals, I get the shots because I know they are exposed to people with the flu. Not that I doubt their commitment to hygiene or infection control systems. I'm just happy to use whatever preventative measures are available. Flu's are definitely getting worse over the years.2
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cmriverside wrote: »I've never had the flu so I don't get them. I am not against them though. My daughter has asthma and she is a school teacher. She has always gotten them. If I worked in healthcare or at a school I probably would, but I just usually don't spend the money on it. All in all I am pretty pro vaccines.
All insurance should cover it...I've never had health insurance that didn't cover immunizations 100%. I've never paid for a flu shot and I get them every year.
Your daughter has asthma and you don't get flu shots? I can't even...
My daughter is an adult and she lives 200 miles away from me. If I were to get the flu I think she would be safe. When she lived at home she always got the flu shot but I did not. I have never had the flu.
It would cost me about $20-$25. Like I said, if I worked at a school or in healthcare I would probably get one, but I don't so I never have bothered.
One thing I don't think you realize is that each year the shot changes. So each shot you get (or the people who are around your daughter, with asthma) gives you an immunity to a new strain of virus. So over the years, you are building an immunity to many strains.
I am really struggling to understand. Would you tell the people who work with your daughter to not get flu shots? Because that's the risk you are putting everyone else in. You don't go to the grocery? The gas station? You never touch anything that other people touch? You literally only see three people in your office, and that's it? What if one of those three people has a loved one who would be seriously affected? Really? You're that selfish?3 -
I have never had the flu.
..and for the record, I've never had the flu either, as far as I can remember...not sure what that argument means. That you're a special snowflake? Well, me too.1 -
We got our flu shots Friday.
My daughter and husband despise needles. They both have been known to faint after getting them, that's how much they hate them.
But they still got their shots. (My daughter is an adult and has a choice in the matter. She was so upset about getting a needle, she cried through getting it.)
Why did they put themselves through this?
Because I'm on immune suppressants.
My sister took her family to get their flu shots. You know why? Because I'm on immune suppressants.
I wish I could count on everyone I encounter in public the way I can count on my family.11 -
suzannesimmons3 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »We got our flu shots Friday.
My daughter and husband despise needles. They both have been known to faint after getting them, that's how much they hate them.
But they still got their shots. (My daughter is an adult and has a choice in the matter. She was so upset about getting a needle, she cried through getting it.)
Why did they put themselves through this?
Because I'm on immune suppressants.
My sister took her family to get their flu shots. You know why? Because I'm on immune suppressants.
I wish I could count on everyone I encounter in public the way I can count on my family.
In the uk they do a live virus nasal spray for kids....is that something the needle phobic could look int
Not if you are immunosuppressed or around immunosuppressed people (because of shedding)0 -
singingflutelady wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »We got our flu shots Friday.
My daughter and husband despise needles. They both have been known to faint after getting them, that's how much they hate them.
But they still got their shots. (My daughter is an adult and has a choice in the matter. She was so upset about getting a needle, she cried through getting it.)
Why did they put themselves through this?
Because I'm on immune suppressants.
My sister took her family to get their flu shots. You know why? Because I'm on immune suppressants.
I wish I could count on everyone I encounter in public the way I can count on my family.
In the uk they do a live virus nasal spray for kids....is that something the needle phobic could look int
Not if you are immunosuppressed or around immunosuppressed people (because of shedding)
Also, last year, the flu mist was not available in the US due to a study questioning its effectiveness. I don't know about this year.0 -
A study just came out that linked flu shot to pregnancy losses. I think it's worthless unless your immune system is compromised but even then it doesn't protect anyone, not really....so many strains of flu and unlike bacterial sickness a virus can't be treated with antibiotics and no cure for the flu virus. Big pharm fail and I work in health care. I've had to have the flu shot and still always get sick. I'm against them. Microbiology in college set me straight. It can't guarantee protection and if you look at what a virus is, how it lives and its structure......just a no brainer. I used to be pro vaccination until a college education, vaccinated first kid and second one no freaking way. Research the additives. Research the doctors who are against it....16
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