get ur flu shot

[time2]

Flu has arrived.

[CastleOnACloud]

time2 wrote:

Flu has arrived.

It's a doozy this year. Got my shot yesterday...work didn't give me a choice.

[Acw]

Where are there flu shots available in Owensboro?

[dizzle]

Why?

Isn't this a little bit excessive? It's the flu, you cough and take antibiotics and get over it in a week. It's not the plague.
Are they going to come out with a vaccine for the common cold next?

[WIT]

Don't you know people die from the flu? It's a serious thing !

[duh]

Yeah and why wouldn't we want to eliminate cold? What's next? If you have an itch are you going to scratch it?

[kristi]

Flu is viral it cant be elimanated with antibotics. So is a cold . Only bacterial infections can be cured with antibotics. I get a flu shot every year at the end of sept, as it takes 30days to work.

[lickalot]

Flu shots suck. I will never get one it's all government control. How can they make a shot to make you better and know what type it will be before it ever hits here.

[kristi]

lickalot wrote:

Flu shots suck. I will never get one it's all government control. How can they make a shot to make you better and know what type it will be before it ever hits here.

basically they guess. A few yrs ago everyone that got a flu shot , got one for the wrong strain.

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kristi wrote:

Flu is viral it cant be elimanated with antibotics. So is a cold . Only bacterial infections can be cured with antibotics. I get a flu shot every year at the end of sept, as it takes 30days to work.

I agree with the viral and bacterial statement. It can't be treated with antibiotics. Although, I've never had a flu shot and never will.

[kristi]

BeautifullyRedheaded wrote:

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I agree with the viral and bacterial statement. It can't be treated with antibiotics. Although, I've never had a flu shot and never will.

can i respectfully ask u why? I am curious because so many peope in this area are adamantly against it.

[SexxxxyBish75]

CastleOnACloud wrote:

<quoted text>It's a doozy this year. Got my shot yesterday...work didn't give me a choice.

That's the downer in the med field. Did it make you sickly???

[SexxxxyBish75]

dizzle wrote:

Why?

Isn't this a little bit excessive? It's the flu, you cough and take antibiotics and get over it in a week. It's not the plague.
Are they going to come out with a vaccine for the common cold next?

Antibiotics for the flu only of it professes to a bacterial infection. The flu is like a mega cold BUT can hit some people like a ton of bricks.

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kristi wrote:

<quoted text>can i respectfully ask u why? I am curious because so many peope in this area are adamantly against it.

I am against it because almost every person I know that has gotten the flu shot has indeed, ended up with the flu. It seems like every year!!! I whom have never had a flu shot have only gotten the flu twice. And they were at least 5 or 6 years apart. So, if every 5 or 6 years I get the flu, I'm alright with that opposed to getting the shot and getting sick every year.

[CastleOnACloud]

SexxxxyBish75 wrote:

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That's the downer in the med field. Did it make you sickly???

I think that's why I feel like crud now...but I got hit with the DTAP & Hep A shots at the same time so that amounts to an antibody surge, probably. Still beats the actual flu, though.

[kristi]

BeautifullyRedheaded wrote:

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I am against it because almost every person I know that has gotten the flu shot has indeed, ended up with the flu. It seems like every year!!! I whom have never had a flu shot have only gotten the flu twice. And they were at least 5 or 6 years apart. So, if every 5 or 6 years I get the flu, I'm alright with that opposed to getting the shot and getting sick every year.

that's the same story i have heard. So i get shots every yr, never had the flu. Would i have without the shots? It's like deer whistles on cars, some people swear by them .

[howitworks]

Flu vaccines (the flu shot and the nasal-spray flu vaccine (LAIV)) cause antibodies to develop in the body about two weeks after vaccination. These antibodies provide protection against infection with the viruses that are in the vaccine.
The seasonal flu vaccine protects against three influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season. Three kinds of influenza viruses commonly circulate among people today: influenza B viruses, influenza A (H1N1) viruses, and influenza A (H3N2) viruses. Each year, one flu virus of each kind is used to produce seasonal influenza vaccine.
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[hmmm]

The deadliest is when you get the flu and pneumonia together.

[kristi]

howitworks wrote:

Flu vaccines (the flu shot and the nasal-spray flu vaccine (LAIV)) cause antibodies to develop in the body about two weeks after vaccination. These antibodies provide protection against infection with the viruses that are in the vaccine.
The seasonal flu vaccine protects against three influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season. Three kinds of influenza viruses commonly circulate among people today: influenza B viruses, influenza A (H1N1) viruses, and influenza A (H3N2) viruses. Each year, one flu virus of each kind is used to produce seasonal influenza vaccine.
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so i was wondering, you know ur stuff... How does a pneumonia vaccine work. Is it the same? I was reading cdc reports and didn't find a clear answer.

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hmmm wrote:

The deadliest is when you get the flu and pneumonia together.

With pleurisy it hurts like hell too...