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In reply to the discussion: Got my high-dose "Old Geezer" flu shot today. [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)90. There is a difference between not wanting people to take the vaccine
And wanting conversations about the influenze vaccine to include accurate and complete information about it.
Dire warnings aboout how critical it is for everyone to get the vaccination this year that do not include information about how relatively ineffective it is are not complete and accurate information - especially when such dire warnings are coupled with assertions that anyone sharing accurate (but not rah!rah!) information about the vaccination are anti-vax, misinformed, or malicious.
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I always get mine as early as I can arrange it, even if it means just shelling out $20 to Costco
hlthe2b
Oct 2019
#1
So were you one of the 12% of "old geezers" it worked better than no vaccine for last year?
Ms. Toad
Oct 2019
#4
A lot of people are peddling the "If it's not 100% effective, it's not effective at all" nonsense.
Aristus
Oct 2019
#63
In fact, I give my patients all of the relevant information regarding the flu vaccine.
Aristus
Oct 2019
#68
I feel like I'm talking in circles here. It's not uncommon when dealing with this particular issue.
Aristus
Oct 2019
#74
I can only tell you that last year my wife(accidentally) got the regular shot. I got
retread
Oct 2019
#53
More like coercion with the mantra that ianyone who doesn't get a vaccine is a killer -
Ms. Toad
Oct 2019
#16
If they got the shot, then they are either protected (so it doesnt matter what you do) OR the shot
Celerity
Oct 2019
#84
I have Multiple Chemical Sensitivity so I stay away from the flu shot because of the adjuvants
womanofthehills
Oct 2019
#79
I got mine a couple of weeks ago. All it takes is one serious case of the flu to make you
Vinca
Oct 2019
#13
I am old enough to remember the polio scare. Those vaccines were miracles to our parents!
retread
Oct 2019
#56
Thanks for the reminder! My dr office is having their walk-in flu clinic next week.
Croney
Oct 2019
#83
How about the pneumonia vaccine? My 81-year-old Mom was telling me I should
bullwinkle428
Oct 2019
#117
Thanks for the info! I was just curious, as my Mom brought up the idea, and
bullwinkle428
Oct 2019
#122