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jpak

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113. How's this for accurate info - The Flu Kills - Get Yer Flu Shot Now
Tue Oct 8, 2019, 08:19 PM
Oct 2019

Just like the CDC recommends.

Don't listen the Anti-Vaxxers - they know nothing.

yup

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
I just go to my pharmacy. They have all my records, and are MineralMan Oct 2019 #3
Same here. Pharmacy clinic True Blue American Oct 2019 #34
Very good advice. kstewart33 Oct 2019 #2
So were you one of the 12% of "old geezers" it worked better than no vaccine for last year? Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #4
I've received the flu shot every year since 1972. I have had the flu MineralMan Oct 2019 #5
You can get it too early jberryhill Oct 2019 #7
I typically get it the last week in September or early in October. MineralMan Oct 2019 #9
Darn I got mine in early Sept.....(too early!!) LeftInTX Oct 2019 #17
You're OK KT2000 Oct 2019 #41
That's interesting - Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #29
My PCO said the exact thing BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #69
You are correct that we won't know effectiveness until later - Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #19
A lot of people are peddling the "If it's not 100% effective, it's not effective at all" nonsense. Aristus Oct 2019 #63
I didn't suggest that if it is not 100% effective it is not effective at all. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #67
In fact, I give my patients all of the relevant information regarding the flu vaccine. Aristus Oct 2019 #68
Because anyone who declines to be vaccinated is 100% certain to be infected? Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #72
I feel like I'm talking in circles here. It's not uncommon when dealing with this particular issue. Aristus Oct 2019 #74
You said they are essentially choosing to be a carrier. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #80
And you have identified the problem! GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #97
No such thing as asymptomatic carriers. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #77
If you re-read the post, you'll notice I didn't use the term 'asymptomatic'. Aristus Oct 2019 #81
Anyone understanding odds would get the shot GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #94
Since I have two math degrees, Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #101
Your all over the place on this thread! GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #105
Sounds like me, & tho I avoided the hospital I ended up with pneumonitis ... Hekate Oct 2019 #28
There was a particularly nasty flu strain in 1971, apparently. MineralMan Oct 2019 #32
I can only tell you that last year my wife(accidentally) got the regular shot. I got retread Oct 2019 #53
So you think 12% is not worth getting the shot?? Nt USALiberal Oct 2019 #6
Apparently so. MineralMan Oct 2019 #8
See my response. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #11
I only make choices for myself. MineralMan Oct 2019 #12
You just happened to be the first I've noticed in the annual Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #15
I didn't tell anyone to get the shot. MineralMan Oct 2019 #18
Definitely more diplomatic than most. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #22
And yet, you still took it upon yourself to scold me. MineralMan Oct 2019 #23
Actually - I didn't. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #27
I have an excellent memory, Ms. Toad. MineralMan Oct 2019 #33
Let me be the second. Aristus Oct 2019 #64
So you don't believe you can trust your patients with accurate information? Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #70
Look, it's not like I don't sympathize. Aristus Oct 2019 #71
Jennie MCCarthy is a nut case. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #73
"No business being in health care." Aristus Oct 2019 #75
Nice careful selection of an out-of-context phrase Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #102
No business being in healthcare? You just jumped the shark. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #98
Did I ever suggest I was in healthcare? Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #104
Being Anti-Vax is a personal choice jpak Oct 2019 #37
Oh - so you've decided I'm anti-vax Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #45
Yes I am jpak Oct 2019 #46
Providing accurate information, from the CDC itself discouraging. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #50
But the CDC***(((encourages)))*** EVERYONE who can to get at flu shot jpak Oct 2019 #109
Correct - AND - the CDC site includes complete information. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #112
How's this for accurate info - The Flu Kills - Get Yer Flu Shot Now jpak Oct 2019 #113
As noted earlier, Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #114
An (un) informed decision NOT to get a flu shot jpak Oct 2019 #115
Personally, Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #10
So, is there someone who is trying to force you to get the vaccine? MineralMan Oct 2019 #14
More like coercion with the mantra that ianyone who doesn't get a vaccine is a killer - Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #16
Hmm...I don't believe I said anything of that sort. MineralMan Oct 2019 #20
I developed decent practices to protect against hand-borne pathogens Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #35
'anyone who doesn't get a vaccine is a killer' Celerity Oct 2019 #31
It is OTT - but it happens here nearly every fall - Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #39
fair enough Celerity Oct 2019 #48
There've been several of those threads here already. cwydro Oct 2019 #125
I have more than once been accused of being a heartless PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #78
If they got the shot, then they are either protected (so it doesnt matter what you do) OR the shot Celerity Oct 2019 #84
so you are so weak willed qazplm135 Oct 2019 #89
No - Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #92
well ya know qazplm135 Oct 2019 #93
That 12% saved thousands of life's. Do the math. Nt USALiberal Oct 2019 #21
Yes, it did. I do wish the vaccines were more effective. MineralMan Oct 2019 #24
It's actually about 48 in a good year Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #26
now qazplm135 Oct 2019 #59
So many mistakes in your posts that no more replies needed, wow! Nt USALiberal Oct 2019 #119
explain to me how something that is qazplm135 Oct 2019 #55
Well, see, some people have immune disorders and can't take the flu shot, MineralMan Oct 2019 #58
then they get the dead virus version qazplm135 Oct 2019 #60
There is a difference between not wanting people to take the vaccine Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #90
Yep. Like gluten. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #100
It's a balance of risks v. benefits. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #87
for you qazplm135 Oct 2019 #88
You asked. I gave you the explanation. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #95
I asked why you are pushing it as some sort of foolish choice qazplm135 Oct 2019 #96
I have Multiple Chemical Sensitivity so I stay away from the flu shot because of the adjuvants womanofthehills Oct 2019 #79
Yup. I haven't taken a close look this year - Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #82
No vaccine at all for me. Also, shedding is a real thing! Iwasthere Oct 2019 #44
Shedding is a real thing - if the vaccine uses live attenuate virus Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #47
Exactly! Iwasthere Oct 2019 #49
No, they do not, unless you ask for a nasal flu vax obamanut2012 Oct 2019 #108
That's actually not accurate. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #110
Wow. There is so much wrong in your post, I don't even know where to begin. Aristus Oct 2019 #66
people are weird Piasladic Oct 2019 #99
Wow - I also stopped the whole doctor thing too....... womanofthehills Oct 2019 #85
I'm sorry but if you think getting regular checkups qazplm135 Oct 2019 #91
lulzlulzlulzlulzlulz obamanut2012 Oct 2019 #106
And there is the shedding fallacy -- I just won anti vax bingo obamanut2012 Oct 2019 #107
Wow, really? cwydro Oct 2019 #124
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
Timing-wise, I hope you don't have to fly in Ilsa Oct 2019 #25
That's my hope, too. MineralMan Oct 2019 #30
Thank you ismnotwasm Oct 2019 #36
My father was embarrassed at his panicky suggestion that MineralMan Oct 2019 #42
It is. ismnotwasm Oct 2019 #61
Yes. My father has some cognitive deficits, too. MineralMan Oct 2019 #65
It is a good idea... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #38
I got mine a couple of weeks ago. woodsprite Oct 2019 #40
I always have a mild reaction to the flu shot. MineralMan Oct 2019 #43
Got mine last week Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 #51
There's always someone who wants people not to get vaccinated. MineralMan Oct 2019 #52
I am old enough to remember the polio scare. Those vaccines were miracles to our parents! retread Oct 2019 #56
Yeah, me too. MineralMan Oct 2019 #57
Got my old fart's high dose last week. Now for the shingles shots. n/t retread Oct 2019 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Oct 2019 #62
Going tomorrow. 😁 Polly Hennessey Oct 2019 #76
Thanks for the reminder! My dr office is having their walk-in flu clinic next week. Croney Oct 2019 #83
EXcellent! I got my regular, semi-old geezer shot last week obamanut2012 Oct 2019 #86
I got the Old Geezer shot about 3 weeks ago and the Shingles Greybnk48 Oct 2019 #103
Got mine at Walgreens 2 weeks ago happybird Oct 2019 #111
Yay !!! Iggo Oct 2019 #116
How about the pneumonia vaccine? My 81-year-old Mom was telling me I should bullwinkle428 Oct 2019 #117
I have had both of those pneumonia vaccines. MineralMan Oct 2019 #121
Thanks for the info! I was just curious, as my Mom brought up the idea, and bullwinkle428 Oct 2019 #122
How old are you if I might ask? Polybius Oct 2019 #118
I'm 74 years old. My parents are 95 years old. MineralMan Oct 2019 #120
God bless all of you! Polybius Oct 2019 #123
It isn't one age fits all HockeyMom Oct 2019 #126
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