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Message Posted by beaver I got a flu shot last week and now I have autism

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Why didn't you listen to Jenny McCarthy? WHY?!

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How exactly do you know that? You do know that the flu shot is a killed virus, right?

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The kid is three years old. He's gotten shots multiple times in his life already. He gets sick the next day every time, twice with getting only the flu shot. Is that a coincidence? Everytime i go get a shot with him, i tell my boss i will most likely be out the next two days, and i am.

I feel like all that kid has gotten is shots and anti-biotics his whole life anytime he has a sniffle or cough.

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Also, there is a multitude of other illnesses that an individual can still get. Was he tested for flu? How do you know that he had the flu?

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Not sure your understanding what i'm talking about. He gets flu like symptoms for 2-3 days after the shot. Happened both times he got the shot. The doctor told us it may happen. There's no testing involved. I'm tired of it happening.
The kid goes to the doctor all the time b/c daycare pretty much makes us, which is another topic all together. IF he actually got the flu, he'd be at the doctor in time to get the tamiflu stuff.

It's based off of the hospital and their best guess at which strain is truly going to be the one that's around.

All in all, i think i remembered a nurse telling me that your odds are certainly helped, but it's no magic bullet due to the diff strains. probably reduces your chances by a solid 25-50%

thanks for your worthless contribution

my 3 year old has been sick once with a fever virus that lasted 24 hous over the last 14 months
I feel like he's getting closer to not getting sick much anymore, considering how often he got sick the first 2 years of his life. His immune system is getting stronger.

My 1 year old seems to only get sick when he gets his shots and when he has teeth coming out. Outside of that, he's had a runny nose and that's about it, which is a big difference from our first kid.

It's 2014, i don't see the point in intentionally making my kid sick for 2 days hoping to prevent a virus that i've seen once in my life between myself, my wife, my parents, my sister, her 7 year old, my neighbors, and their kids.

Personal choice.

I love these threads. Brings out the dirtbag parents that don't vaccinate their kids and the ignorant loons that drum up the usual anti-vaxxer talking points. Hopefully, one day, society will start treating these people like lepers. Make them liable in civil court if their kids start contracting whooping cough and bring it to class. Unless you have a legitimate medical reason for not getting a vaccination you are just a dirtbag. My immunization record has 49 entries just going back to 1998, flu shot every year and I've never had the flu.

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If I decrease my chances of getting the flu, I'm all for it.

My opinion has vastly more and credible research behind it. Citing the vanishingly small chance of a complication vs the much greater chance of getting a preventable diseases (nevermind everything else you do in life that carries a much higher chance of injury) is idiotic at best. The flu only changes among a few common strains (which is why there are tri- and quadrivalent vaccines) and kills thousands every year in the US.

Just make sure you wash your hands. Everybody in the north washes their hands all the time. I remember at Saints games like 15% of guys washed their hands - it's fricking gross. Step up your game, Southerners.