Flu Shots
I just got my flu shot yesterday. Who has gotten one or is going to get one. Who thinks it's a conspiracy.
I also got flu symptoms from it for the first time. Anyone ever get that reaction and if so tell me it goes away after a day. :(
Myrmidonisia
24-11-2005, 23:20
I just got my flu shot yesterday. Who has gotten one or is going to get one. Who thinks it's a conspiracy.
I also got flu symptoms from it for the first time. Anyone ever get that reaction and if so tell me it goes away after a day. :(
You should find a trial lawyer and sue. This is what they live for. In most of us, though, the symptoms aren't serious and subside in a day or two.
German Nightmare
24-11-2005, 23:25
I got mine about 6 weeks ago and never had any problems.
(Except for the needle...)
Pure Metal
24-11-2005, 23:59
its a conspiracy allright... remember deus ex anyone? ambrosia... virus...helios... its all clicking into place!! :eek:
on a more sane note, no i'm not getting a flu vaccine cos i don't think the NHS gives them to non-old people. and sod going private
[NS]Simonist
25-11-2005, 00:08
I just got my flu shot yesterday. Who has gotten one or is going to get one. Who thinks it's a conspiracy.
I also got flu symptoms from it for the first time. Anyone ever get that reaction and if so tell me it goes away after a day. :(
I got paid $350 to do a vaccine trial in my area. They gave us a slightly stronger form of the flu, then if we did show symptoms they would not only pay us extra, but also dictate our treatment options. I think I may have cheated, because the day afterwards I woke up and took some medicine to clear my sinuses (which have been congested for some time now anyway), and that may have contributed to me not getting any symptoms yet.....
Or maybe my immune system is slowly but surely improving, but even I don't have that much blissful optimism.
I'm a great believer in letting the body deal with things like this on its own. I have a shockingly powerful immune system, and I don't fancy diluting it with things like this unless 100% necessary.
I V Stalin
25-11-2005, 01:36
its a conspiracy allright... remember deus ex anyone? ambrosia... virus...helios... its all clicking into place!! :eek:
on a more sane note, no i'm not getting a flu vaccine cos i don't think the NHS gives them to non-old people. and sod going private
You can buy it if you're not in the 'at risk' groups of the population, but don't. People who are classed as 'at risk' are because they're immuno-compromised, or they work in areas where they are more likely to come into contact with the 'flu virus. Vaccine stocks are rationed because there are barely enough to cover the at risk groups, so if people buy it because they've been scaremongered into doing so by the (FUCKING) media, that means there's less for those groups. So don't buy it, people!
Smunkeeville
25-11-2005, 01:55
My kids get them (high risk) and my hubby should be he doesn't.
I get sick one way or the other, so I figure my dose should go to someone that it might help more. ;)
Defiantland
25-11-2005, 01:59
Heck no, don't you know about the conspiracy?
Kinda Sensible people
25-11-2005, 02:55
I have family in the "high-risk" category, so I get one every year. The worst things I ever seem to get from them are a sore shoulder and a headache from standing in the line.
The Tribes Of Longton
25-11-2005, 02:57
its a conspiracy allright... remember deus ex anyone? ambrosia... virus...helios... its all clicking into place!! :eek:
Hey, I just developed this nanite swell in my homebrewing kit....
*sounds of UNATCO/MJ-12 kicking the doors down at each of our residences*
Rotovia-
25-11-2005, 03:00
No. Because it's god damned summer here...
Terrorist Cakes
25-11-2005, 03:20
I just got my flu shot yesterday. Who has gotten one or is going to get one. Who thinks it's a conspiracy.
I also got flu symptoms from it for the first time. Anyone ever get that reaction and if so tell me it goes away after a day. :(
I got a reaction from my tetnus shot, but I've never had a flu shot.
The Tribes Of Longton
25-11-2005, 03:21
I got a reaction from my tetnus shot, but I've never had a flu shot.
A guy I knew in high school never had any jabs because his oldest brother's first jab caused a mild (but expected) reaction. Plus, his parents were insane.
Naked Voodoo
25-11-2005, 03:30
I've never gotten a flu shot, and I still rarely get the flu. (Maybe once every couple of years.) I don't think it's a conspiracy, but I also don't see the sense in me "taking" a vaccine away from someone who needs it more than I do.
Neo Kervoskia
25-11-2005, 03:44
Do it. Who knows, maybe it'll get you high?
Hazen The Great
25-11-2005, 03:50
I'm a great believer in letting the body deal with things like this on its own. I have a shockingly powerful immune system, and I don't fancy diluting it with things like this unless 100% necessary.
Exactly,.. the immune system needs a work out. People who go to the doctors with the sniffles and get antibiotics are going to be more likely to get a cold or the flu more often than not.
its a conspiracy allright... remember deus ex anyone? ambrosia... virus...helios... its all clicking into place!! :eek:
on a more sane note, no i'm not getting a flu vaccine cos i don't think the NHS gives them to non-old people. and sod going private
It's free here in the Great White North (at least in the Province of Ontario).
I also got a prescription from Dr. brother-in-law for tammi-flu just in case the bird flu gets here.
Do it. Who knows, maybe it'll get you high?
Didn't get high but it did feel a bit like minor DTs. :)