Is Anybody Getting A Flu Shot?

[Parche]

I havnt had one since i got out of the Air Force

And I take Emergenc c if i have a scratchy throat
havnt had a cold in 2years since.........

:hi:

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[mokawanis]

1. Getting one at work

since I work in a hospital.

[MountainLaurel]

25. Same here

I also got one when I worked in a public library, after spending my first winter there with one bug after another.

[TZ]

2. I can get one for free from my company

But I'm having a medication issue right now, so I think getting a flu shot would make my chronic condition worse, so I'm holding off at the moment. However I think people should get one if their health permits because there are people (like me) who can't get a shot for health reasons and people who don't get it are liable to pass along the flu to others, EVEN IF THEY FEEL FINE (you can be a carrier and not express a whole lot of symptoms)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. My work offers them every year.

I'll get one 'cuz I'm old.

Many years ago I got what was called Hong Kong flu (there was a nasty epidemic at the time and vaccinations weren't available in the late '60s) and I thought I'd have to get better in order to die. That's some nasty shit and I don't want to get it again.

[NMDemDist2]

4. i get em every year

got mine last Wednesday

[sarge43]

5. Got one last week. n/t

[mcctatas]

6. I got one at work...

and now I feel like shit!

[wain]

7. After having booster shots in the service

flu shots are a breeze. Got one last week

[WCGreen]

8. Tomorrow....

With a pneumonia shot as well...

[KitchenWitch]

28. How often do you get the pneumonia shot?

[dgibby]

33. Once, unless something's changed since I retired in '98.

[KitchenWitch]

34. I heard it had changed to every five years, that is why I was asking.

if that is the case, I am about due.

[dgibby]

36. Could be.

After 35 years in nursing, I tried to forget as much as possible! Not burned out much!

[Connonym]

50. I thought it was 10 years but maybe I'm confusing it with tetanus

either way, I think I'm due again as well

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. As soon as my schedule coincides with the pharmacy...

God knows when that'll happen!

[SOteric]

10. Already got one,

but then, I have an immune difficiency and my physician makes me get one early every year.

[av8rdave]

11. Got mine yesterday

[CBHagman]

12. Just had mine Monday.

In addition, I got my pneumonia shot a couple of years back (It's good for about five years). I can't afford to go through flu and cold season without my jabs.

[Callalily]

13. Thanks for the reminder.

We get them free at work. Should schedule some time to get over to the nurse.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. Yes. Have to.

[triguy46]

15. Yep. And we're giving away 2,000 next Thurs.

[Danger Mouse]

16. Already have mine. I work with kids so...it's a good idea to be prepared.

[femmocrat]

17. Yes, I get one every year.

I work in a germ incubator (elementary schools), so I try to be forearmed. I'll get one later this month at the doc's office.

[ferrferr]

18. Nope. We're not big on shots and vaccines in our house.

[LeftyMom]

19. Nope. I tend to have weird reactions to medications, so I don't generally take avoidable ones.

:shrug:

[lizziegrace]

20. I have to

the flu can easily kill me. (I have asthma and it's bad.) Here in WI you can get an injection that doesn't contain the preservative. Normally I have about 3 or 4 days of a fever and aches from the shot. We'll see if the preservative-free version is any different.

[hedgehog]

54. It's my theory that some people's immune systems react to any vaccine

with chills, aches and fevers. Still beats out getting the real thing!

[Ava]

21. i never get a flu shot

and i've only had the flu once :hi:

[Genevieve]

22. No, and I've never had the flu and neither has anyone in my family. nt

[Lucian]

23. I'll be getting one next week.

[BuddhaGirl]

24. Nope

never have had one, don't need it. I keep my immune system healthy and haven't had the flu in years.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. Nope. Offered to me for free and still turned it down. thanks

but, no thanks :D :hi:

[auntAgonist]

27. yes. I have to.

[FloridaJudy]

29. Got mine today

I usually get them every year. The only year I skipped it, I got the flu. I don't want to make that mistake again.

[quakerboy]

30. HELLZFUCKINNO

You heard me. I get sick every damn time I have ever gotten a flu shot. Its a quick easy way to get the flu over for the season. Its also a quick easy way to miss at least a week of work.

I will not have another flu shot so long as I have any choice in the matter.

[Iggo]

31. I got one.

My arm hurts.

[dgibby]

32. And put more money in Donald Rumsfield's pockets?

I think not!

[TZ]

47. Ummm, my company makes flu shots

And I can tell you Donald Rumsfeld has ZIP to do with it.
Goddamned stupid internet myth (says the experienced VACCINOLOGIST)

[Lil Missy]

35. I have to. I get 10 times sicker than others over colds, bronchitis, etc. I can't afford not to.

A case of the flu might fucking kill me, or at the least
put me in the hospital again and feeling like I'd rather die for a while.

[lizerdbits]

37. I have to for work

We work with influenza so the fewer people who get what's going around the less likely recombination is between what's going around and what you're working with if there's an accident.

[applegrove]

38. Don't need them anymore now that I don't smoke. I used to get a week long cold in the fall, now

I don't get sick as often and if I do it passes really quick. I'm so glad I quit the stick.

[Deep13]

39. Jab away. I get one every year. nt

[dropkickpa]

40. Fuck yeah!!!

I hate the flu, and I get it BAAAAD if I don't get the shot. Also, I come into contact with immunocompromised people who can't get vaccinated and I'd feel like a complete and utter douchebag if I got them sick (and possibly dead) because I was too lazy to go get a dinky shot.

[MrCoffee]

41. As soon as their available at work.

[yellowdogintexas]

42. got mine 2 weeks ago. nt

[panhead1961]

43. NO - Im eating dirt and stopped washing my hands

Bring on the germs

[PVnRT]

44. No - I will meditate on chakra crystals and drink 2 oz. of yak semen a day

My guru and natural health store owner told me that's the secret to avoiding the flu that BIG PHARMA doesn't want you to know about.

[TZ]

48. I don't blame you.

Because apparantly, Donald Rumsfeld makes money on EVERY FUCKING VACCINE ON THE MARKET!
:sarcasm: :banghead:

[FloridaJudy]

51. Fool!

Everybody knows it's energized Yeti semen that protects you from the flu! Cheney gets his flown in from Tibet every fall. The CDC keeps it a secret because it's so rare. Do you know how difficult it is to capture an aroused Yeti? I've heard it involves muskrat pheromones and nude pinups of Barbara Bush: Yetis are elusive, but fortunately they're not too bright. :tinfoilhat:

[Sheltiemama]

45. Already did.

When somebody gets sick at my office, it spreads like wildfire.

[hobbit709]

46. I've had 3 flu shots in my life-they worked

Got the flu every time. In the last 40 years that's the only times I've gotten the flu.

[semillama]

53. That was the case with my dad

and it turned out it was because he was getting the old shots with attenuated live virus back in the 50s. You can't get the flu from the actual flu shot you get today, because it contains no live virus.

which reminds me, I need my shot - I do NOT want to be sick with the flu this winter when my wife goes into labor...

[hobbit709]

58. My wife hates me

She gets the flu about every other year unless she gets a shot. When we first met she caught the flu and then got strep throat and pneumonia because her immune system was wiped by the flu. I'm sleeping in the same bed and I didn't even sniffle. She hated me.

[JCMach1]

49. Every year... I had severe flu twice in my 20's

since then I take the shots.

[bigwillq]

52. No

I've never gotten one.

[hedgehog]

55. I've gotten mine, (is gotten a word?) and thanks for the reminder -

I have to go nag my college age children about getting their shots!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

56. Free at work and

mr 'pede's is free at the VA

[Roon]

57. I never got a flu shot

until one year I caught the flu. Now I get a shot every year. I even caught the flu once after getting a shot and I was sick for one day and felt fine. A lot better than being sick for 6-7 days. That's for sure...

[Mutley]

59. Nah.

I rarely get the flu, anyway. And it seems like there is a shortage every year, so I'll save 'em for the people who really need 'em.

[w8liftinglady]

60. I got one..I'm a nurse

my arm was a little sore,but nothing else.not bad at all.

[gemdem]

61. Considering it

I've avoided flu shots up 'til now. But I've been diagnosed with a fairly serious heart condition, and I'm thinking that it might be a good idea. I'm going to check with my doctor and then take it from there.