flu shots?

[ABEL]

i was just wondering how many of y'all usually get or are planning on getting flu shots?

i've never gotten one. every year i debate if i should get the shot or not. so far i've been lucky and haven't had the flu since i was in college.

 

[VertigoGal]

i've never got one or known anyone who's got one. every year though my mom's dad comes to thanksgiving dinner and complains about how the gov't didn't get him his flu shot. i don't expect this year will be any different.

 

[JessicaAnn]

I have gotten one every year since college (except last year because of the shortage).

 

[Dismantled]

never had one...I believe the body cares for itself

 

[RedRocksU2]

I'll get one this time, last year I got really sick.......

 

[Carek1230]

I agree with Dis....I refuse to get them and don't think they really help. I've heard more people actually get sick as a side effect from the shot itself....and it doesn't protect but from only certain strains. MY luck would be to get the shot and catch some godawful flu virus that the shot didn't cover. So no thanks, not for me.

 

[tiny dancer]

My doctor makes me get one. I never have had any bad results from getting one. If I don't get one I get really sick. So for me it's a must.

 

[beau2ifulday]

My doctor also makes me get them - my immune system isn't so good, so I get them free on the NHS.

 

[LJT]

I don't think i have ever had the flu bad colds yes but never the flu...guess i'm lucky.

 

[Doozer61]

i also have to get one each year because the drugs i take for my arthritis cause my immune system to be depressed. and, i have never had a reaction to them.

 

[She Is Raging]

I never get one. We have them at work free since I'm a healthcare provider. I got one once before, and got the flu really bad that year not long after. Not worth it to me.

 

[AngelofHarlem01]

i got one a couple weeks ago

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

I never used to get sick. Then I became a teacher. The first year I was okay, then last year I was miserably sick for like, 2 months. :germybastardkids: (high school kids at that)

This year I got anti-viral kleenex, loads of hand sanitizer and a flu shot. We'll see how it goes. Since I got my flu shot I've been more tired than usual.

 

[redkat]

I seem to alternate from year to year. I get it when it's convenient or the media freaks me out enough to think I need it.


I get the flu every year either way

It only immunizes you against one strain and since it keeps morphing as it's passed on...

If you have medical conditions or are elderly then absolutely you might as well do all you can to prevent the flu.

 

[mdw3935]

I've never gotten one and thankfully have never had the flu.

I'm sure I just jinxed myself now.

 

[U2Girl1978]

I got my flu shot last week.

 

[verte76]

I haven't gotten one in years. I got the flu two years ago, but I normally don't get it, I get some other damn bug.

 

[briarrose]

I'm supposed to get one because I have asthma, but I haven't gotten one for about 6 years. They always make me sick.

 

[Mr. BAW]

with all the people I meet, the many hands I shake, the small rooms I'm in with occassional coughing, hacking folks, I haven't missed a flu shot in 12 years....

that, plus Purell waiting for me in the car after every meeting!

 

[anitram]

I don't get one because I believe it is not necessary for individuals who are young and healthy. The elderly and the immunocompromised are another story alltogether.

The composition of the flu shot is a guess at best.

 

[Dismantled]

This day and age I just don't want anything injected into my body that I have no idea whats in it...or WHO put what in it...it kinda freaks me out.

 

[nurse chrissi]

I never used to get sick. Then I became a teacher. The first year I was okay, then last year I was miserably sick for like, 2 months. :germybastardkids: (high school kids at that)

This year I got anti-viral kleenex, loads of hand sanitizer and a flu shot. We'll see how it goes. Since I got my flu shot I've been more tired than usual.

I was sluggish for about a day or two after I got my shot but this flu season is supposed to be epic in nastiness. We lost quite a few patients to it last year and expect the numbers to be even higher this year. Honestly the flu is not something you want to mess around with - we are all pretty young (anything under 80 is young to me) and healthy but those who aren't are very vunerable to being placed on a vent in hte ICU or even dying with the flu.

rant over

please get you flu shots if you can

 

[wizard2c]

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I have my Tamiflu, thank you, already. Just a quick call to the doctor and an hour later my prescription was filled.

I'm as prepared as I can be,

 

[mucho traffico]

free in canada but ive never had one, stay fit & you wont need it

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

I always get a flu shot and will be getting one again this year in a few days.

 

[nbcrusader]

I've had one each of the last three year, as my employer offered them for free at the office.

Now, with a merger, I expect they will not offer them. Something about meeting attrition goals, I suspect.

 

[Niamh_Saoirse]

I got mine yesterday at work and so far I´m feeling good. *knocks on wood*

 

[Doozer61]

we get ours free too as health workers but not until the middle of nov.

 

[MissMaCo]

i was just wondering how many of y'all usually get or are planning on getting flu shots?

i've never gotten one. every year i debate if i should get the shot or not. so far i've been lucky and haven't had the flu since i was in college.

i've never got one although the doctor told me that it could be a good idea regarding the fact that i work with a lot of young people who are always sick

 

[MsMofoGone]

I've never got a flu shot ...
Although, I've gotten sick during the winter at one time or another, it's never been with the flu.