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arthritisR_US

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12. Some of us with compromised immune systems

Reply to Orrex (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:22 PM

Jan 2013

can't get the shot, we have no choice.

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Flu shot. [View all] morningglory Jan 2013 OP

I bet that fox news watchers don't get the flu vaccine tavernier Jan 2013 #1

The pharmacist gave me the injection, and it hardly hurt at all. nt morningglory Jan 2013 #2

I had three clients yersterday tell me they had arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #3

Lots of people use the word "flu" to refer to the common cold. athena Jan 2013 #5

These were definitely the flu. Each described arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #6

The bad flu going around is not in this years shot AngryAmish Jan 2013 #8

An epidemiologist at the university told me the arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #11

The vaccine takes 2 weeks or so to reach full efficacy Orrex Jan 2013 #10

Some of us with compromised immune systems arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #12

Okay, but that's not the fault of the shot Orrex Jan 2013 #14

I never said it was and I was just providing arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #15

Okay, but still irrelevant. Orrex Jan 2013 #16

My mother had her shot the first week of Oct and arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #17

That sucks Orrex Jan 2013 #18

He was speaking about here in Alberta. By this time last year we had flu hospitalizations of a few arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #21

Ah, sorry. I wrongly assumed you were in the US Orrex Jan 2013 #22

LOL...metric yes but Alberta is so right wing red neck that bilingual, no :) Eight hours away, arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #23

Sounds like gastroenteritis to me Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #25

These were all medically confirmed flu cases. arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #36

I hope your mother gets better soon! The flu is scary stuff. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2013 #34

Thank you! She is 83 with a number of health arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #35

This obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #7

Not just the common cold but almost any stomach bug sharp_stick Jan 2013 #9

We sure have. This flu has a set pattern of symptoms. arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #13

the very first flu shot MFM008 Jan 2013 #26

I got mine at a grocery store pharmacy in mid-October slackmaster Jan 2013 #4

I got my jab back in October at the doctor's nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #19

I would never get one Ter Jan 2013 #20

Yeah, measles shots are much worse than the disease that they prevent. Orrex Jan 2013 #24

If you're a balloon, maybe cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #27

.... Lex Jan 2013 #33

wow this sounds like a night mare riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #28

My experience was different Lex Jan 2013 #32

I was in and out of CVS with a flu shot within about 25 minutes. No problems. Lex Jan 2013 #29

It's almost too late in the season to get one at this point. . . . BigDemVoter Jan 2013 #30

Never got one. Never will. Never got the flu. postulater Jan 2013 #31