Originally Posted By MMfriend Pregnant women are dyeing from the H1N1 at a higher rate than any other population! The Flu vaccine CANNOT make you get the influenza. It also CANNOT protect against the hundreds of other viruses that cause colds, stomach flue, etc.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb We can get the vaccine here at work so I'll be getting it next month. As someone who is prone to bronchial issues when sick, I prefer to do what I can to reduce my risks. Especially since a lot of the people dying of N1H1 are actually dying of the pnumonia they get as a bonus add on to the flu (no extra charge!).
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< The Flu vaccine CANNOT make you get the influenza. >>> What do you mean? Didn't you read #5?
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 DH and I have been getting the shot for years. It's an annual "date" for us. Lately we've been getting it at Costco A good chunk of our income is made January-April and we can't afford to miss work OR avoid clients who are obviously feeling like crapola but didn't want to miss their appointment. So the "pro" for us is greater than the "con" at this time. 2 of our adult kids always get the shots and the other 2 don't. The 2 who don't are teachers and are rarely sick.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney SuperDry --- LOL! I want my kids to get it definitely. I will too if they let me. My kids miss FAR LESS school in years they get the flu shot. One year they got it and only missed two or three days, the next year they didn't because there was a shortage and they both got the flu, missed at least 8 days of school and ended up with ear infections and sinus infections. The next year we got flu shots again and they missed 2 or 3 days, again, the next year we missed the shot, they both got the flu and missed quite a bit more school. I think one missed 10 days! Since then we get it every year!!
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Okay, here's the low down I got yesterday after the department head meeting... There will be 3 shots-the first is a regular flu shot, the second is for H1N1 and the third is also for H1N1. And you CAN NOT get the flu from a vaccine...you are injected with a dead virus. But the yearly vaccine is a combination of the dead viruses the WHO expects are going around. Viruses mutate quickly, so it doesn't make you immune to all viruses so you may still get sick, but it won't be the viruses you've been immunized against, but another strain or a mutant of the same strain. And all things considered vaccines save more lives than not getting a vaccine.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs LMAO @ posts 15 and 17! XD SPP, if you sounded like Barry White *now*, you'd probably be shuffling and muttering "Brains...brains..."
Originally Posted By LuLu The swine flu scare is the biggest bunch on nonsense this year. Big Pharma is amazingly influential... it's scary. They'll be rolling in the dough from vaccine sales this fall. 60 Minutes did a great expose on the last swine flu scare in the 70's. The flu never materialized, but many people were paralyzed, and 25 died, from the vaccine! I've read that this year's swine flu manufacturers will be legally exempt from ANY liability for problems resulting from the shots. "Why I never get flu shots" <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/11/26/flu-shots-part-two.aspx" target="_blank">http://articles.mercola.com/si...two.aspx</a>
Originally Posted By beamerdog I always get the flu shots. I'm in a couple of those "nasty" categories. I haven't had the flu since the '50's, but last year I managed to get the flu (confirmed by testing in the hospital) while either on an airplane or in Las Vegas. In one place I was touching machines that had been touched by the unwashed masses and in the plane was near someone obviously sick. I was sick enough with a high enough fever that I had to go to the hospital. I guess I had some mutation of the virus. And, I'm afraid to look at Lulu's link. I'm not specifically afraid of getting the flu, it's the complications I fear.
Originally Posted By MMfriend A person CANNOT GET the flu from the vaccine. They can still get influenza if they had the vaccine it's only about 80-90% effective, but they usually get a milder illness than if they were not vaccinated. There are hundreds of viruses that give people flu symptoms - rhinovirus, adenovirus, parainfluenza viruses, enteroviruses, echovirus, RSV, etc. The flu shot only protects from the 2 influenza viruses (1 A strain and 1 B strain) in the vaccine.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I re-read post #5 -- he got a flu shot but still got the flu. But the shot did not give that person the flu. Is that the distinction were making?
Originally Posted By mawnck >>"Why I never get flu shots"<< Typical Fox News style creativity from a website hawking "a complete anti-aging package," and recommending Vitamin D as a flu cure. I strongly suggest you leave the airplane flying to the pilots, the nuclear plant design to the nuclear physicists, and the doctoring to the doctors - the ones who went to doctor school and actually learned stuff.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Typical Fox News style creativity from a website hawking "a complete anti-aging package," and recommending Vitamin D as a flu cure.<< Yup. Just as the media-driven fear surrounding swine flu is a problem, so is anti-vaccine or anti-medicinal attitudes. There's no question the elderly should get the shot, and so should children. My concern is with a lot of people apparently thinking swine flu is the equivalent of Captain Tripps out of The Stand, they'll create a run on the shot and people who really need it won't get it. If I get the flu, I'll miss a couple of days work (not really a bad thing) and be laid up in bed. If my grandma gets it, she could be in serious trouble.
Originally Posted By iamsally Interesting, I was just getting on to thank Lulu; just for being there. I know many people who have been betrayed by their doctors. I wonder if those lining up for the Swine Flu shots are too young to remember the scare of the 70's. Rod and I got ours (mostly cuz I was curious about those shot *guns*). I was sick for two days. No, I did not have the flu but the shot did make me sick. I do not want this moved to WE but there is more than opinion here. There is much to learn about all immunizations, and if you really want to know; the information is out there. Check it out and then make and educated decision for yourself.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I got the flu shot for the first time this year because it's my first time teaching and everyone talks about how sick you get first year teaching, exposed to all the germs going around. I had the flu in February (summer here), got the flu shot in March, haven't been sick since! I'll definitely get the vaccination again, glad I got it.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I do not want this moved to WE but there is more than opinion here. There is much to learn about all immunizations, and if you really want to know; the information is out there.<< WE or not, I do not want fear and ignorance propagated unchallenged, especially when it comes to something as important as health. That site is not a credible source of info. Although I do agree that its medical theories are "out there."
Originally Posted By beamerdog I clicked on the link on the previous page, but got a pop over that I couldn't get rid of, so I couldn't read the text. :- (
