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re: Are you getting a flu shot?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:54 am to Themole
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:54 am to Themole
Flu shots...work half the time, don't work half the time...wonder why? I still don't think experts understand the flu...and flu shots are just guess work.
The biggest flu pandemic in US history that killed 100 million people...didn't act like traditional flu.
It killed healthy people. It used your immune system against you.
Most influenza outbreaks disproportionately kill juvenile, elderly, or already weakened patients; in contrast, the 1918 pandemic predominantly killed previously healthy young male adults.
Unless you're 80 years old, getting a flu shot is trusting the government over viruses while injecting you with a little bit of flu - some vacs have a live virus in them too...depends who you get them from.
The biggest flu pandemic in US history that killed 100 million people...didn't act like traditional flu.
It killed healthy people. It used your immune system against you.
Most influenza outbreaks disproportionately kill juvenile, elderly, or already weakened patients; in contrast, the 1918 pandemic predominantly killed previously healthy young male adults.
Unless you're 80 years old, getting a flu shot is trusting the government over viruses while injecting you with a little bit of flu - some vacs have a live virus in them too...depends who you get them from.
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 12:55 am
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Posted on 12/10/18 at 4:40 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Unless you're 80 years old, getting a flu shot is trusting the government over viruses while injecting you with a little bit of flu - some vacs have a live virus in them too...depends who you get them from.
I'm 80 and I have been getting them every year since I began my chemo treatment 5 years ago. Doctors advised me to get the flu shot, but cautioned me not to rely on it too much. Fortunately I live in an isolate rural area and don't come into contact with many strangers. No flu in that span, but I attribute it more to my secluded lifestyle than the vaccine.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 7:51 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Flu shots...work half the time, don't work half the time...wonder why? I still don't think experts understand the flu...and flu shots are just guess work.
The problem with the flu is that it changes every season in unpredictable ways. Last year, they "guessed" at the profile with more limited data and the shot (at least in the U.S.) was down to a 10 to 30 percent effectiveness. Now, the cost is relatively low for most folks (insurance almost always pays or you might need a copay, at most), but when the return is only a 10 to 30 percent - that hurts the message "get the shot." However 2017 was a relative outlier for low effectiveness.
I've been getting the shot for years and I don't get the flu. I do, however, get bronchitis and/or pneumonia more often than I would like. I'm going to get the pneumonia shot next year (and I think it's a 2 shot process, not an annual thing) and keep getting the flu shot for the foreseeable future. I have not had the flu since the shots became mandatory for me.
Of course, Mrs. Midnight only gets the shot about half the time and she hasn't gotten the flu in all that time, either. At the end of the day, I think the shot is better than nothing, but it certainly isn't an exact science.
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 7:53 am
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