Do you get a flu shot every year? I have no idea how to make this a poll :)

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Scooby_Snax, Dec 30, 2018.

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Do you get the flu shot every year?

  1. Yes

    2 vote(s)
    25.0%

  2. No

    6 vote(s)
    75.0%

  3. Other

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  1. Scooby_Snax

    Scooby_Snax Rut-Roh

    Just wondering how many here get a flu shot or avoid them.

    I haven't had one in close to 10 years.
     
    Scooby_Snax, Dec 30, 2018
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  2. RabbiKnife

    RabbiKnife Open the pod bay door, please HAL. Staff Member

    I would only get a flu shot if I wanted the flu.


    I've never had a flu shot.

    Or the flu.
     
    RabbiKnife, Dec 30, 2018
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  3. devilslayer365

    devilslayer365 Wazzup?!

    I get one every year. They may not completely prevent you from getting the flu. However, if you do get the flu it usually lessens the severity and/or duration of time you have the flu. The thing people have to keep in mind is that the flu shot does NOT protect from every strain of flu virus. There are NUMEROUS strains of the flu virus and the flu shot only offers possible protection from a few certain strains that are predicted to be more prevalent during a given flu season.
     
    devilslayer365, Dec 30, 2018
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  4. TrustGzus

    TrustGzus What does this button do? Staff Member

    I’ve never gotten one. I have no idea how to set up a survey or if that’s an option.
     
    TrustGzus, Dec 30, 2018
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  5. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    Never had one. My doctor always asks about it and I always say I'm not interested.

    My dad stopped having flu shots the year he got the flu really badly within days of his flu shot.
     
    tango, Dec 30, 2018
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  6. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    Every September. Never get the flu.
    At 65+ now I get the heftier version, and also the pneumonia vaccine.
    Last year or so I picked up a big family from China at the S.F. airport. They were all hacking, coughing, sneezing...
    Went straight to the dispensary.
     
    IMINXTC, Dec 30, 2018
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  7. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    Never have...never will.
     
    פNIʞƎƎS, Dec 30, 2018
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  8. Athanasius

    Athanasius Life is not a problem to be solved Staff Member

    The last flu shot I got I was nearly hospitalised with pneumonia, and was then diagnosed with cancer a few months later. The three may be completely unrelated but I don't care to give it another go. I ended up getting Swine flu anyway back in '09 and haven't gotten the flu since.

    Poll added.
     
    Athanasius, Dec 31, 2018
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  9. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    I get one if I can get it free.
     
    Cloudwalker, Dec 31, 2018
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  10. TrustGzus

    TrustGzus What does this button do? Staff Member

    I’m pretty sure I had the swine flu too. Never officially diagnosed but I was really sick.
     
    TrustGzus, Dec 31, 2018
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  11. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    How does one know if they have the Swine flu? Do they sneeze out ham?
     
    פNIʞƎƎS, Dec 31, 2018
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  12. RabbiKnife

    RabbiKnife Open the pod bay door, please HAL. Staff Member

    You see pigs flying...
     
    RabbiKnife, Dec 31, 2018
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  13. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    Got one this year. As I work in a school it's freely available. It's never a guarantee as it's a best guess as to the expected strains out there.
    I got what felt like flu but is pretty much gone. Far less time than a usual flu which can last two weeks.
     
    teddyv, Dec 31, 2018
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  14. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    Skeptical.
     
    teddyv, Dec 31, 2018
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  15. Athanasius

    Athanasius Life is not a problem to be solved Staff Member

    Probably the aftermath of the shot triggering an immune response; not the flu proper, but a simulated experience.
     
    Athanasius, Dec 31, 2018
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  16. RabbiKnife

    RabbiKnife Open the pod bay door, please HAL. Staff Member

    Of which?

    Both are accurate statements.
     
    RabbiKnife, Dec 31, 2018
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  17. Scooby_Snax

    Scooby_Snax Rut-Roh

    Someone tried to talk me into getting one for free. I understand that as I get older it may be better for me to get one-- Just not sure about it. I have been lucky the last few years (knocks on wood)
     
    Scooby_Snax, Jan 1, 2019
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  18. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    As my father in law gets older, the sicker he gets everytime he gets the flu shot.
     
    פNIʞƎƎS, Jan 1, 2019
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  19. devilslayer365

    devilslayer365 Wazzup?!

    You can NOT get the flu from a flu shot. The flu virus in the vaccine is NOT a live virus. Since it’s not live, it CAN’T infect you.
     
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    devilslayer365, Jan 1, 2019
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  20. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    I don't think so. Got the shot in October, but the flu-like symptom were just recently over Christmas.
     
    teddyv, Jan 1, 2019
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