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The flu shot does not prevent all strains of the flu :(

I am still oxox — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:31:44 GMT

Hubby had the shot and is now sick as a dog, spent all morning at urgent care and then the ER since the urgent care that is closest are huge misfits. Hubby has low BP all the time and it came up very low on the machine, the misfits should of done a manual pressure,, but they panciked big time at the ER the pressure was low but normal for him. We left here at 10 and did not get home until after 5, what a fiasco.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:35:00 GMT

66 yrs young....never had the flu......never bothered w/no flu shot.

"I don't fix what ain't broken."

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Katcat1 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:37:53 GMT

I hope you husband is better. I had two flu shots in my lifetime and never again. Actually, I never had the flu. Bronchitis, yes, but not the flu.

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elated — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:38:11 GMT

I get the flu shot every year and never had a reaction. This year I had the high dose for people over 65. I got sick to my stomach and was shivering. This lasted until morning and then I was ok.

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drizzellla — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:41:40 GMT

I have never had the flu and never got a flu shot.

My husband gets a flu shot every year and he got the flu several times after getting his flu shot.

Go figure.

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kaydee50 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:45:51 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
66 yrs young....never had the flu......never bothered w/no flu shot.

"I don't fix what ain't broken."

Thank you, MzIMac! I'm your age and feel the same way not only about flu shots but about doctors and the medical profession in general. I stay away from both as much as I can.

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3suwm5 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:47:23 GMT

@I am still oxox wrote:
Hubby had the shot and is now sick as a dog, spent all morning at urgent care and then the ER since the urgent care that is closest are huge misfits. Hubby has low BP all the time and it came up very low on the machine, the misfits should of done a manual pressure,, but they panciked big time at the ER the pressure was low but normal for him. We left here at 10 and did not get home until after 5, what a fiasco.

@I am still oxox sorry to hear about your day. I always wonder how that happens. My DS swears the flu shot gave her the worst flu ever. I've had one every year for the past 18 years and got the flu once. I believe in them and will continue to get one.

They should have asked your DH if this is normal BP and acted accordingly. I really have not been impressed with Urgent Care facilities.

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Moonchilde — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:51:25 GMT

I can't believe that people don't know or understand that some vaccines (shingles, flu, pneumonia) do not promise 100% total immunity forever after. They *lessen the possibility/probability of getting the disease, and it lessens the symptoms most of the time.

It's not a guarantee, it's "best POSSIBLE outcome" IF you get it, and hopefully you won't.

It's better odds than doing nothing, regardless of the "I've never had X, hahaha!" All it takes is once. Being in the wrong place, around the wrong person, at the wrong time. Once.

Far simpler to get a vaccine, and if it doesn't offer 100% guaranteed protection, you're still better off than if you hadn't had it.

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DiAnne — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:49:29 GMT

It never does protect against all strains. They have to make an educated guess which strains are going to be prevalent ahead of time. They are not always correct.

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makena — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:51:46 GMT

The last time I was injected with an immunization I ended up with pneumonia. I never get a flu shot and I never get the flu. Scare tactic and money-maker for drug companies.

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colliemom4 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:52:27 GMT

So sorry to hear your hubby is sick. My husband and I received flu shots yet caught the flu several years ago. It was a real mess being so sick at the same time. All we did was sleep and cough. I wish him a quick recovery. It took us about a week to feel better.

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kcladyz — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:54:49 GMT

@I am still oxox wrote:
Hubby had the shot and is now sick as a dog, spent all morning at urgent care and then the ER since the urgent care that is closest are huge misfits. Hubby has low BP all the time and it came up very low on the machine, the misfits should of done a manual pressure,, but they panciked big time at the ER the pressure was low but normal for him. We left here at 10 and did not get home until after 5, what a fiasco.

it takes 2 weeks for the shot to work. if the sickness was immediate then he was already sick at the time of the shot. I got extremely sick when i got my shot in october but I was already sick at the time and knew it. I just wanted to get the shot over with lol

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Colinka — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:55:00 GMT

I do not get a flu shot, due to a previous adverse reaction (Guillian Barre syndrome: paralysis and 12 weeks hospitalization). I do believe in immunizations, though--just those that are not contraindicated by my past history.

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Melania — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:55:54 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
I can't believe that people don't know or understand that some vaccines (shingles, flu, pneumonia) do not promise 100% total immunity forever after. They *lessen the possibility/probability of getting the disease, and it lessens the symptoms most of the time.

It's not a guarantee, it's "best POSSIBLE outcome" IF you get it, and hopefully you won't.

It's better odds than doing nothing, regardless of the "I've never had X, hahaha!" All it takes is once. Being in the wrong place, around the wrong person, at the wrong time. Once.

Far simpler to get a vaccine, and if it doesn't offer 100% guaranteed protection, you're still better off than if you hadn't had it.

ITA!! I get so tired of the misinformation here and the haha too.

BTW: It's not just an educated guess...they go by the strains from previous years and expand on it.

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ROMARY — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:56:29 GMT

I'm thinking it could depend on our individual systems. Some folks just don't get the flu, ever, without shots. Some do. My great-great-whatever aunt, from what I've heard, used to take care of flu patients during a big flu epidemic, and she never became ill. So, I've always thought that some of us are DNA or naturally immune to certain things, and some aren't. Well, anything is possible.

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Noel7 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:00:41 GMT

@ROMARY wrote:
I'm thinking it could depend on our individual systems. Some folks just don't get the flu, ever, without shots. Some do. My great-great-whatever aunt, from what I've heard, used to take care of flu patients during a big flu epidemic, and she never became ill. So, I've always thought that some of us are DNA or naturally immune to certain things, and some aren't. Well, anything is possible.

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@ROMARY

Oft times, elderly people had the same flu when they were younger and don't get it again.

That came up several years ago when it was thought the swine flu was coming. I'd had it at a much younger age and was told I wouldn't get it again.

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I am still oxox — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:04:14 GMT

He got his shot early in November, I understand you can still catch the flu even if you have had the shot, it was the fiasco at urgent care that I am so ticked of, he kept saying my BP is low, but they were so disorganized that it did not penetrate

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SeaMaiden — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:05:45 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
66 yrs young....never had the flu......never bothered w/no flu shot.

"I don't fix what ain't broken."

@Mz iMac That is where I am at. I have not even had a cold in over 4 years. I accredit this to my excellent diet, and supplementation.

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cherry — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:08:48 GMT

For those of you who have never had the flu, you are very lucky..It's terrible

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Burnsite — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:11:43 GMT

I think I had the flu about a year ago despite having the vacciine, but it was more like a horrible cold than the flus I had when a young person. I think the shot did make me have something a bit milder.

I actually _got_ the swine flu that was a fizzle in the 1970s and was so poor I just toughed it out. I crept out to Broadway and bought oranges, fruit, water, and a tiny TV to keep me company, because I was confined to my bed for over a week.

I am really scared of the flu and have been getting a flu shot for about the last 10 years. Last year, the reason I am not sure I had it is that I did not run a high fever. But it hung on way after a cold would. . .a lot like the flu does. Like a houseguest that can't take a hint.