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kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
16. "....Three-fourths of those with symptoms say the were not vaccinated"
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 03:33 PM
Jan 2013

I have little sympathy for this group. I get my flu shot every year to protect myself in part, but also to protect people around me FROM me, and to protect my patients FROM me (cats can get some types of human flu and die).

Be responsible citizens, peeps.

flu shots are given to all here riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #1
A few years ago it give me the flu so I stopped. My fault I had a little bit of a cold. dkf Jan 2013 #2
i do not think it is too late. riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #5
I think that some people get a reaction to the flu shot - hedgehog Jan 2013 #12
No...I was in bed for 5 days with a fever that wouldn't stop. dkf Jan 2013 #19
If it was right after you got the shot, you already had the flu. gkhouston Jan 2013 #23
Could be, but I didn't know anyone else who had it. dkf Jan 2013 #24
You can't get the flu from a flu shot... Hissyspit Jan 2013 #17
So what IS in the vaccine that gives you side effects that feel like the flu? dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #18
there is a modified live virus Mona Jan 2013 #26
My physcian's assistant told me that yes, they say you can't, but she knows of many in her practice, phylny Jan 2013 #21
As i said at the start - i think the fever, aches and chills are a result of the immune system hedgehog Jan 2013 #22
There seems to be no consensus on this, but I have an a.d. and, marybourg Jan 2013 #28
Most people can get a free flu shot where I live in Idaho. At least I know my local brewens Jan 2013 #3
I got the shot nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #6
My mother, brother, and I got the FLU this year and it sucks. hrmjustin Jan 2013 #4
I was vaccinated yesterday RomneyLies Jan 2013 #7
We just lost a young teenager in DFW w8liftinglady Jan 2013 #8
Flu vacc. didn't help Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2013 #9
Glad I got a flu shot. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #10
Get your flu shots people! SoCalNative Jan 2013 #11
I'd like to know how the vaccination rate for hospitalized people hedgehog Jan 2013 #13
40% of adults get flu shots, and 50% of kids Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #14
You might be close. I read a report recently that said 60% effective. That leaves glinda Jan 2013 #15
"....Three-fourths of those with symptoms say the were not vaccinated" kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #16
Annoyingly vague article. What is the timeframe being used? intheflow Jan 2013 #20
I agree. nt Mona Jan 2013 #27
Spam deleted by cyberswede (MIR Team) ChrisVance Jan 2013 #25
Infected right now CountAllVotes Jan 2013 #29
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