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Yo_Mama

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91. Thanks - I have saved the look and will try and lay some in before next flu season
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 02:27 PM
Jan 2013

My faith in the flu shot has been broken by this year's observed 100% failure rate among friends, family and acquaintances. I knew theoretically that it could happen, but I never saw it demonstrated so clearly. Maybe in some areas the flu shot is still a good match.

What's I find nuts..... vi5 Jan 2013 #1
My husband had the flu shot and a pneumonia shot and still got it! Laurian Jan 2013 #25
Several people in my office leftynyc Jan 2013 #35
From what I've heard... vi5 Jan 2013 #47
Seeing as the flu shot doesnt give you 100% protection Dokkie Jan 2013 #97
I know it doesn't give leftynyc Jan 2013 #99
No, it can't be a match Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #46
This simply not true Texasgal Jan 2013 #68
I am now resolved to carry and use hand sanitizer when going shopping. Or keep my gloves on. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #71
Hand Sanitizer And Gloves Do Very Little to Combat Flu NeedleCast Jan 2013 #89
Hand sanitizer is not a helpful thing to do. While it may onecent Jan 2013 #110
Unless it's all the ppl who got the flu shot that got the flu. nt valerief Jan 2013 #77
People who didn't get the flu shot are getting it too Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #92
Otherwise healthy people just need to treat the symptoms and ride it out. Pressuring the supply of Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #79
Assuming you're referring to Tami Flu vi5 Jan 2013 #90
Precisely. n/t Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #95
The last time I got the flu shot I got sick as hell ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2013 #87
Then You got a different strain of flu than the one in the vaccine NeedleCast Jan 2013 #93
The CDC has alot of really good info on the flu and the vaccines Marrah_G Jan 2013 #96
My son and DIL already got it...but there is no Tamiflu available up here. Atman Jan 2013 #2
Interesting...no flu shot here either HipChick Jan 2013 #4
It sounds like the younger people are getting hit much harder with this strain. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #6
Your "young strapping kids"... CanSocDem Jan 2013 #10
Well, they have a 10 month old... Atman Jan 2013 #21
Yes, a person can just think away the flu! What horseshit. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #36
Actually, my son is tech geek software developer. Atman Jan 2013 #51
Well... CanSocDem Jan 2013 #102
No, no, no... jberryhill Jan 2013 #105
You almost had it there... CanSocDem Jan 2013 #111
I recommend 1000cc's of homeopathy. Stat! Orrex Jan 2013 #42
YOu know you can't summon or dismiss a virus at will right? Marrah_G Jan 2013 #104
It's your boogeyman, not mine. (eom) CanSocDem Jan 2013 #108
oooookay... Marrah_G Jan 2013 #112
Isn't Tamiflu owned by Rumsfelt? MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #29
I'm sick, but not sure if its the flu... dorkzilla Jan 2013 #3
Definitely sounds like flu symptoms. marmar Jan 2013 #5
I was afraid of that. dorkzilla Jan 2013 #14
The flu here in Calgary, you start out feeling arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #23
My mom had it a week ago Aerows Jan 2013 #28
We have never experienced anything like it before. Please tell your Mum to take care as secondary arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #57
That sounds awful, so sorry you got so sick! dorkzilla Jan 2013 #30
I am much better, thank you. Have been visiting my Mum in the hospital since Monday.. arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #56
So sorry your Mum is poorly dorkzilla Jan 2013 #72
Seems the shot missed this strain of the flu...a good lesson for their future shots arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #80
"projectile vomiting" Odin2005 Jan 2013 #37
I was waiting for our heads to spin and given there was no pea soup vomit, we could all arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #58
I've been fighting it... a la izquierda Jan 2013 #7
My husband is in bed HappyMe Jan 2013 #8
Hubby and I had mild cases of it because we got flu shots. Hospitals in appleannie1 Jan 2013 #9
The hospital my Mum is in since Jan 1, wouldn't arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #19
Nope, but I've got sick friends too. PETRUS Jan 2013 #11
It was reported on the local news last night. Hatchling Jan 2013 #12
I had a nasty cold back at the beginning of November. kentauros Jan 2013 #13
It's very important for people to be cautious Marrah_G Jan 2013 #15
The flu is very bad this year. Very sad. backtoblue Jan 2013 #16
Those stories are about the same kid. He was visiting relatives in Minnesota. redqueen Jan 2013 #73
very sad. backtoblue Jan 2013 #74
NP, it's a big story here of course... redqueen Jan 2013 #82
i'm your neighbor backtoblue Jan 2013 #94
Howdy neighbor redqueen Jan 2013 #101
I got it Dec 21 and ended up with 3 bouts of arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #17
Everyone in my office is coughing/hacking up a storm or home sick. FSogol Jan 2013 #18
A doctor once told me Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #40
All of my organs are perserved by floating in alcohol! FSogol Jan 2013 #53
That's the truth Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #88
The flu started out in my blood stream and then finished off in my respiratory :( n/t arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #60
There has been some evidence that Sambucol (Black Elderberry) FedUpWithIt All Jan 2013 #84
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Thanks - I have saved the look and will try and lay some in before next flu season Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #91
The flu changes very fast, especially in a year like this when it begins early. FedUpWithIt All Jan 2013 #98
I swear by this stuff deutsey Jan 2013 #109
My kids are both home sick from school today gollygee Jan 2013 #20
Nov it swept through here Johonny Jan 2013 #22
Very sick past 3 days panAmerican Jan 2013 #24
My roommate has it pretty bad right now MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #26
I got the flu last Friday. I am still so sick cali Jan 2013 #27
This is day 11 for me sorefeet Jan 2013 #31
Oh god dorkzilla Jan 2013 #32
The flu shot this year missed this strain of the flu, if that is any consolation arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #59
Aye, and had the shot as well. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #33
My Mum did too and she has been in the hospital now for 10 days :( n/t arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #61
It's everywhere. it seems like everyone has it! Odin2005 Jan 2013 #34
I got the flu over the Christmas holiday. MineralMan Jan 2013 #38
Most of my family Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #39
two of my kids have been horribly ill. Sheepshank Jan 2013 #41
I don't know if it's the flu, but I sure have something. Started out with severe sore throat and Nay Jan 2013 #43
Had the flu once... fugop Jan 2013 #44
Same here. vi5 Jan 2013 #49
Agree. Having the flu once was enough for me. kiranon Jan 2013 #66
Everyone. Baitball Blogger Jan 2013 #45
Recovering. amandabeech Jan 2013 #48
I know someone who died from... PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #50
I have a friend who almost died from that H1N1 a couple years ago. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2013 #83
I wish everyone who responded had posted where the live. SheilaT Jan 2013 #52
I am in Mass Marrah_G Jan 2013 #65
I thought you might find this link valuable Marrah_G Jan 2013 #67
some of the illness is the rhinovirus which the flushot does not help graham4anything Jan 2013 #54
I've got either a bad head cold or the flu that's being tempered by kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #55
Luckily I got my flu shot just on Monday before I came down with it. Dorian Gray Jan 2013 #62
Isn't it obvious what's going on? Facebook causes the Flu. FSogol Jan 2013 #63
Cold/flu kiva Jan 2013 #64
I am starting to get symptoms... tallahasseedem Jan 2013 #69
I had a passing bout of stomach/gut flu. Pretty acute. I've never had stomach cramps afterwards. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #70
In bed now, sick as a whelp w/fever, cough, the works... VOX Jan 2013 #75
Sweating, mucusy, feverish, can't sleep, sicker than a dog for three days now. n/t Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #76
i get the shot every october d_b Jan 2013 #78
i've stayed healthy barbtries Jan 2013 #81
Sambucol FedUpWithIt All Jan 2013 #86
Me and the wife both have it.. fever, cough, aches.. X_Digger Jan 2013 #100
it seems to be going around samsingh Jan 2013 #103
Wife had it the other day and two of my kids had it a week or so ago deutsey Jan 2013 #106
Don't have it but I am changing my casino-going visits for a while rainbow4321 Jan 2013 #107
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