for display only
Big Blue Interactive The Corner Forum  
Back to the Corner

Archived Thread

NFT: Get your flu shot

Big Al : 10/18/2018 11:43 am
Just got mine. Hopefully they made the best decisions predicting this year’s strains. You want to up your odds of not dealing with that . Not a fun thing.
Pages: 1 2 3 | Show All |  Next>>
Got mine yesterday  
jcn56 : 10/18/2018 11:44 am : link
I'm getting old - a lousy shot in the shoulder and I feel like I took a couple of rounds of birthday punches.
Some people get a small reaction  
Big Al : 10/18/2018 11:46 am : link
but it is worth it. Mrs. Big Al complains about that but I never had a problem.
Got mine  
pjcas18 : 10/18/2018 11:47 am : link
a couple weeks ago at Target.

they gave me a $5 gift card to do it, so I hauled my kids there and got another $15.
Relax Your Arm, Shoulder  
Samiam : 10/18/2018 11:50 am : link
Got mine yesterday, the high dose. Most of the time when it hurts after a shot, it’s because you tighten up when you know you’re getting a needle and that strains the muscle. You need to look away and relax your arm and shoulder and that usually minimizes the discomfort or eliminates it completely
I'm not getting one,  
fivehead : 10/18/2018 11:53 am : link
so one of you can have mine.
Last time I had  
charlito : 10/18/2018 11:59 am : link
a flu shot, I was a kid.They aren't worth it at all due to the weakness of the shot. They made it even weaker.I guess it could be a good placebo affect.
I don't normally get them  
bradshaw44 : 10/18/2018 11:59 am : link
but I might this year.

Got my TDAP in July and got a full on flu type reaction in the middle of summer. It sucked.
Make me  
Brown Recluse : 10/18/2018 12:00 pm : link
.
I'm actually very disappointed in Big Al for this thread  
jcn56 : 10/18/2018 12:02 pm : link
Here, Darwinism is doing it's best to thin out the heard, and Big Al is trying to stop it.

Shame on you, Al. I hope the Olive Garden near you runs out of breadsticks.
Ahh the annual  
UESBLUE : 10/18/2018 12:06 pm : link
flu shot/makes me sick/herd immunity/anti-vaxx post...
Have not been to an Olive Garden  
Big Al : 10/18/2018 12:10 pm : link
in over 10 years and have never set foot in the one three miles away in Paramus.

In regard to thinning the herd, modern medicine certainly has not had a good effect on the gene pool by deleting natural selection, but that is a cruel thing for me to say.
That should say  
Big Al : 10/18/2018 12:11 pm : link
Diluting.
Flu Shot  
DTgiants : 10/18/2018 12:13 pm : link
I'll pass
RE: Got mine  
AcidTest : 10/18/2018 12:15 pm : link
In comment 14134157 pjcas18 said:
Quote:
a couple weeks ago at Target.

they gave me a $5 gift card to do it, so I hauled my kids there and got another $15.


I admire your entrepreneurial instincts!

I got mine around Labor Day.
I started this thread  
RinR : 10/18/2018 12:17 pm : link
several weeks ago.
NFT: Am I the only who doesn't get a flu shot? - ( New Window )
RE: Ahh the annual  
Brown Recluse : 10/18/2018 12:18 pm : link
In comment 14134197 UESBLUE said:
Quote:
flu shot/makes me sick/herd immunity/anti-vaxx post...


Ahh the annual my refutable opinion is somehow superior to your refutable opinion so I'll be a smarmy cunt post...
RE: RE: Got mine  
pjcas18 : 10/18/2018 12:18 pm : link
In comment 14134226 AcidTest said:
Quote:
In comment 14134157 pjcas18 said:


Quote:


a couple weeks ago at Target.

they gave me a $5 gift card to do it, so I hauled my kids there and got another $15.



I admire your entrepreneurial instincts!

I got mine around Labor Day.


I just wish I had more kids so I could pimp them out annually for flu shots at Target in exchange for $5 gift cards.

f-ing wife forcing me to get that vasectomy. I knew it would haunt me.

Got it last week  
JonC : 10/18/2018 12:19 pm : link
Been sneezing my effing head off ever since, no ideal if it's related to the shot. I'm not sick but the itching, allergy filled nose just won't go away.
RE: I started this thread  
BlueHurricane : 10/18/2018 12:22 pm : link
In comment 14134233 RinR said:
Quote:
several weeks ago. NFT: Am I the only who doesn't get a flu shot? - ( New Window )



Quote:
Ahh the annual
UESBLUE : 12:06 pm : link : reply
flu shot/makes me sick/herd immunity/anti-vaxx post...


make that biannual
RE: Got it last week  
UESBLUE : 10/18/2018 12:37 pm : link
In comment 14134242 JonC said:
Quote:
Been sneezing my effing head off ever since, no ideal if it's related to the shot. I'm not sick but the itching, allergy filled nose just won't go away.

Jon I think its some kinod of weird virus - i had it last wknd and for 36 hrs i was sneezing and running nose non stop - then gone but exhausted for a day then fine.
RE: RE: Ahh the annual  
UESBLUE : 10/18/2018 12:38 pm : link
In comment 14134238 Brown Recluse said:
Quote:
In comment 14134197 UESBLUE said:


Quote:


flu shot/makes me sick/herd immunity/anti-vaxx post...



Ahh the annual my refutable opinion is somehow superior to your refutable opinion so I'll be a smarmy cunt post...

Actually i gave no opinion but thanks for the compliment tough guy.
Working on a universal flu vaccine  
chiro56 : 10/18/2018 12:39 pm : link
That alters your DNA to defend against more strains. Sounds like a great idea. Be sure to in line for that one.
RE: Got mine  
Beezer : 10/18/2018 12:40 pm : link
In comment 14134157 pjcas18 said:
Quote:
a couple weeks ago at Target.

they gave me a $5 gift card to do it, so I hauled my kids there and got another $15.


bahahahahaha ... biggest chuckle of the day so far.
RE: Got it last week  
pjcas18 : 10/18/2018 12:41 pm : link
In comment 14134242 JonC said:
Quote:
Been sneezing my effing head off ever since, no ideal if it's related to the shot. I'm not sick but the itching, allergy filled nose just won't go away.


It could be related to the shot.

Scientifically, while it is virtually impossible to get the flu from the flu shot (as some people claim), it is not uncommon for a small percentage of people within 24 - 48 hours after a flu shot to get cold symptoms. But they typically do not last long.
Pass  
Daniel in Kentucky : 10/18/2018 12:46 pm : link
I couldn’t pass this up.
Link - ( New Window )
RE: Last time I had  
Dave in PA : 10/18/2018 12:48 pm : link
In comment 14134181 charlito said:
Quote:
a flu shot, I was a kid.They aren't worth it at all due to the weakness of the shot. They made it even weaker.I guess it could be a good placebo affect.
this is not true. Just because you don’t get the shot and haven’t gotten the flu doesn’t mean the shot is pointless or too weak to work or whatever you claim. Please everybody DO GET your flu shot to protect the most vulnerable people out there that cannot get the shot or are inherently much more at risk due to age or compromised immune system.
Flu shots  
Jerry K : 10/18/2018 12:53 pm : link
Research is showing that flu shots may have a very positive cumulative effect (at least in older people).
Another reason to get a flu shot - ( New Window )
Getting mine  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 10/18/2018 12:57 pm : link
Tuesday @ work.
Chance you get the flu without the shot 5%  
Stan in LA : 10/18/2018 1:24 pm : link
With the shot 2.5%

Not worth it.
RE: Chance you get the flu without the shot 5%  
YAJ2112 : 10/18/2018 1:25 pm : link
In comment 14134354 Stan in LA said:
Quote:
With the shot 2.5%

Not worth it.


Just read this post when determining whether to get the shot or not.
RE: Chance you get the flu without the shot 5%  
BigBlueDownTheShore : 10/18/2018 1:44 pm : link
In comment 14134354 Stan in LA said:
Quote:
With the shot 2.5%

Not worth it.


Tags because there are assholes like yourself that just don’t get the shot. The more people who get it the less chances everyone gets the Flu.
Got mine yesterday.  
Cariboo : 10/18/2018 2:48 pm : link
Woke up with raging wood that won’t go away. Now what?
I'm going to get one, because obviously  
Mike in Long Beach : 10/18/2018 3:02 pm : link
But it is not bullshit that it can make you sick. Last year was I was an absolute train wreck for two days and wasn't back at 100% for four days. Granted, this was an outlier. I don't usually react that badly. But it was legitimately the most sick I was that entire year.
RE: Got mine yesterday.  
BMac : 10/18/2018 3:12 pm : link
In comment 14134492 Cariboo said:
Quote:
Woke up with raging wood that won’t go away. Now what?


Find a knothole, of course!
RE: I'm going to get one, because obviously  
pjcas18 : 10/18/2018 3:15 pm : link
In comment 14134506 Mike in Long Beach said:
Quote:
But it is not bullshit that it can make you sick. Last year was I was an absolute train wreck for two days and wasn't back at 100% for four days. Granted, this was an outlier. I don't usually react that badly. But it was legitimately the most sick I was that entire year.


In my post (if you were referring to me) I said it's impossible to get the flu from a flu shot, and that's a fact. It's scientifically impossible. a flu shot contains dead flu virus (inactive) or one part of the flu virus.

If you get the actual flu after being vaccinated it means that either a) you already had it before being vaccinated or b) you got a different strain

but what you can do is get flu-like symptoms or cold symptoms, while not common, it does happen to some patients.

Only those symptoms don't usually last long.

And I used to often say "I have the flu" until I actually got the flu a couple years ago and it wasn't until then that I realized I had literally never had the flu before. Most people haven't. They get a bad cold and call it the flu. The flu can be deadly, if you had it you'd likely know.
RE: RE: I'm going to get one, because obviously  
Bill L : 10/18/2018 3:25 pm : link
In comment 14134516 pjcas18 said:
Quote:
In comment 14134506 Mike in Long Beach said:


Quote:


But it is not bullshit that it can make you sick. Last year was I was an absolute train wreck for two days and wasn't back at 100% for four days. Granted, this was an outlier. I don't usually react that badly. But it was legitimately the most sick I was that entire year.



In my post (if you were referring to me) I said it's impossible to get the flu from a flu shot, and that's a fact. It's scientifically impossible. a flu shot contains dead flu virus (inactive) or one part of the flu virus.

If you get the actual flu after being vaccinated it means that either a) you already had it before being vaccinated or b) you got a different strain

but what you can do is get flu-like symptoms or cold symptoms, while not common, it does happen to some patients.

Only those symptoms don't usually last long.

And I used to often say "I have the flu" until I actually got the flu a couple years ago and it wasn't until then that I realized I had literally never had the flu before. Most people haven't. They get a bad cold and call it the flu. The flu can be deadly, if you had it you'd likely know.

This is a true post.

Should also note that almost any insult to the body (including just a needle stick) can cause some inflammation and that can lead to things like swelling or slight fever or aches, etc (not usually sniffles though (I don't think)). Also, in many places the weather is changing so there are some unusual temperature stressors, allergen fluxes, etc. In short, there's other stuff going on coincidental to your flu shot which could impact your health.
So far, in the against column, we have Stan  
jcn56 : 10/18/2018 3:27 pm : link
and some idiotic Youtube video about DDT from the 1940's.

Just remember - Stan says not to get the flu shot.

Rethinking going against Darwin on this one, Big Al?
The first time I got the flu shot  
BigBlueDownTheShore : 10/18/2018 3:28 pm : link
I actually got mono like a day or 2 later. I was in college though, so I am sure that I had it prior to the shot, and the immune system was just messed up.
The fact that Stan isn't getting one should convince  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 10/18/2018 3:39 pm : link
all to get one.
RE: RE: I'm going to get one, because obviously  
Mike in Long Beach : 10/18/2018 3:40 pm : link
In comment 14134516 pjcas18 said:
Quote:
In comment 14134506 Mike in Long Beach said:


Quote:


But it is not bullshit that it can make you sick. Last year was I was an absolute train wreck for two days and wasn't back at 100% for four days. Granted, this was an outlier. I don't usually react that badly. But it was legitimately the most sick I was that entire year.



In my post (if you were referring to me) I said it's impossible to get the flu from a flu shot, and that's a fact. It's scientifically impossible. a flu shot contains dead flu virus (inactive) or one part of the flu virus.

If you get the actual flu after being vaccinated it means that either a) you already had it before being vaccinated or b) you got a different strain

but what you can do is get flu-like symptoms or cold symptoms, while not common, it does happen to some patients.

Only those symptoms don't usually last long.

And I used to often say "I have the flu" until I actually got the flu a couple years ago and it wasn't until then that I realized I had literally never had the flu before. Most people haven't. They get a bad cold and call it the flu. The flu can be deadly, if you had it you'd likely know.


I said it can make you sick. Didn't say anything specifically about the flu. In my case, I was a mess. It felt like having mono with a bad cold on top of it.

But no, I wasn't referring to you :) Was just sharing my experience.
.  
Mike in Long Beach : 10/18/2018 3:42 pm : link
Quote:
Should also note that almost any insult to the body (including just a needle stick) can cause some inflammation and that can lead to things like swelling or slight fever or aches, etc (not usually sniffles though (I don't think)). Also, in many places the weather is changing so there are some unusual temperature stressors, allergen fluxes, etc. In short, there's other stuff going on coincidental to your flu shot which could impact your health.


I understand your point about coincidental elements being at play, but this was so deliberate that I can't logically blame anything except the shot... and again, I am not claiming it gave me the flu. Just that I got very sick. I woke up feeling great. Went to work. Still great. Took the shot, and two hours later I was done for.
I have not had the flu or a sick day in 20 years...  
EricJ : 10/18/2018 3:50 pm : link
so I am not messing with success. No way I am injecting the flu into me. If I get it, then I will deal with it.
RE: .  
Bill L : 10/18/2018 3:59 pm : link
In comment 14134559 Mike in Long Beach said:
Quote:


Quote:


Should also note that almost any insult to the body (including just a needle stick) can cause some inflammation and that can lead to things like swelling or slight fever or aches, etc (not usually sniffles though (I don't think)). Also, in many places the weather is changing so there are some unusual temperature stressors, allergen fluxes, etc. In short, there's other stuff going on coincidental to your flu shot which could impact your health.




I understand your point about coincidental elements being at play, but this was so deliberate that I can't logically blame anything except the shot... and again, I am not claiming it gave me the flu. Just that I got very sick. I woke up feeling great. Went to work. Still great. Took the shot, and two hours later I was done for.


I wouldn't argue with you on that point other than to add that the inflammation itself (perhaps derived from the physical insult of the needle the adjuvent (additive) to the flu pieces,etc) could make you feel a little ill (fever, muscle pain, etc). Plus, any type of stressor (inflammation as above) or even emotional stress (even as slight a stress as anxiety over the shot), can have an impact on susceptibility to other things. So, maybe there's a cold virus or an allergen or something bacterial that you're exposed to and you normally wouldn't even notice, but due to the shot-derived stress, you might now get a little ill from those things. So, it would look like it's the flu shot and it might play a meaningful role, but it wouldn't be the flu shot (or specifically the flu formulation) per se.
I've seen studies on student groups prepping for major exams  
Bill L : 10/18/2018 4:01 pm : link
where they find a higher incidence of infection/lower parameters of immunity as compared to control students. The conclusion might be that tests give you the flu but that would be somewhat misleading.
RE: Ahh the annual  
trueblueinpw : 10/18/2018 4:07 pm : link
In comment 14134197 UESBLUE said:
Quote:
flu shot/makes me sick/herd immunity/anti-vaxx post...


Yup.
Publix will give you a $10 gift card for getting a flu shot at their  
tangled up in blue : 10/18/2018 5:05 pm : link
pharmacy
RE: Flu Shot  
gmenatlarge : 10/18/2018 5:17 pm : link
In comment 14134215 DTgiants said:
Quote:
I'll pass


Same here, less than 10% efficacy last year and full of toxic metals.
I changed my mind, I'm getting one  
Stan in LA : 10/18/2018 5:36 pm : link
HA! Now what are you all going to do?
RE: RE: Flu Shot  
Bill L : 10/18/2018 6:38 pm : link
In comment 14134700 gmenatlarge said:
Quote:
In comment 14134215 DTgiants said:


Quote:


I'll pass



Same here, less than 10% efficacy last year and full of toxic metals.

This post is unadulterated bullshit and dangerous to anyone dumb enough to believe the ravings of scurrilous people.
Again, Jenny McCarthy doing her best to help out Darwin  
jcn56 : 10/18/2018 7:01 pm : link
and you guys just can't leave well enough alone.
Pages: 1 2 3 | Show All |  Next>>
Back to the Corner