Don't forget to get your flu shot!

I don't get the flu shot and won't ever. I'm not worried about catching it from other people. If I get it, I get it.

To the person inferring people like me are hypocrites from not getting the flu shot while getting MMR shots, last I knew, the flu shot wasn't legally mandatory in order to attend U.S./Canadian schools.

No, wasn't inferring that people like you are hypocrites, just pointing out that getting a flu shot is no less different in order to help protect your health - or would you adamantly turn down MMR/ Pertussis vaccines too given the chance?

A good bout of swine flu - and you won't miss a flu shot again, LOL

H1N1(Swine flu) and the influenza vaccination aren't the same thing.. Unless they've made a hybrid vaccine that combines them all I am unaware of.
Besides, Good bout of swine flu will make sure you don't get the swine flu again- that's what our immune systems are designed to do, build antibodies against the viruses.... in essence, catching the flu will ensure you don't catch that particular strain of flu again :P

Don't know if this has been replied to as I was catching up.... I gotta work sometimes... Anyway, there are flu vaccines that are combined swine flu and typical flu vaccines... that's pretty much what they are giving out... at least around here they are.

No thanks, I'm not interested in autism as a lifestyle choice.

OMG I can't believe people are still spreading this myth. IT IS A MYTH. There is NO scientific evidence of this. At all. THis has been debunked a long time ago. If you choose to remain uneducated and uninformed, fine. But DO NOT spread outdated, alarmist rumors. And even more hilarious: you think that a vaccine could 'give' you Autism.

Shame on you for basing your opinion on scientific, peer-reviewed theories rather than books written by celebrities. :flowerforyou:

If you like your plan you can keep your plan. Did you believe that too?

I still have my plan.

And I still have mine.....until next year.....

I love watching where the forums go......all this from a simple "make you get your flu shots" thread!!:laugh:

The derp is strong today.

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My company offers the flu shot for free (and requires for a few specific jobs) - I worked, with a team, on the cost benefit versus lost days of work with the effectiveness spread data from 2000 to 2010 using Sentinelle, WHO, CDC, NHS numbers. No morbidity analysis.

Conclusion: we pay for it, it makes sense. It does not make sense to make it obligatory as the benefit point between additional protection, missed protection, and lost days due to adverse reactions inverses at high adhesion numbers. If my organization paid for direct care of sick individuals (like the military) the numbers might be different. I don't know, my model is a little old.

Overall it makes sense. As for myself, personally? Some years I do, some I don't.

Meh.

I had the flu once, knocked me for six so have had the flu shot since then and never been sick like that again thankfully. I think a lot of people who say they get the flu after having the needle are seriously little princesses. Think about it really, you get the flu shot when the cold season starts kicking in and the flu shot doesn't protect you against the common cold. How many people say "I'm dying I've got the flu" when in reality it's just a common cold and you're being overly dramatic.

I have a cold now, I don't feel great but it's just a cold.... I'm sure there a heaps of people with exactly the same thing I have but they have 'the flu'.

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Never have had one & haven't had the flu since 1997.