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re: Flu check in. Who’s had it or who’s got it this year?
Posted on 3/22/19 at 10:48 am to lsunurse
Posted on 3/22/19 at 10:48 am to lsunurse
quote:
Have gotten the flu shot every year for several years now...no flu.
You get it. Most people don't seem to understand that flu shots boost our immune systems against all strains of flu, not just the targeted strains. Even if you contract a strain not in the vaccine, its effects will be much less severe.
When people get flu shots over many years, they condition their immune systems to resist even the most dangerous strains. If a novel bird flu virus entered the human population, they would stand a much better chance of surviving until a vaccine could be constructed and distributed.
Also, the effects of disease over a person's lifetime are cumulative. The more a person has diseases, viral and bacterial, the shorter will be his lifespan. The effects of flu on the body are severe and longlasting.
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Posted on 3/22/19 at 10:51 am to papasmurf1269
Is flu season even still going on?
Posted on 3/22/19 at 11:18 am to fillmoregandt
quote:for my family and I, yes.
Is flu season even still going on?
Posted on 3/22/19 at 11:18 am to papasmurf1269
My 9 year old just got diagnosed strain A, today just got back from the pharmacy
This post was edited on 3/22/19 at 11:19 am
Posted on 3/22/19 at 11:27 am to papasmurf1269
Get the shot everyyear....never have had the flu
Posted on 3/22/19 at 11:35 am to Kentucker
Getting the flu shot is like having an alarm system installed....it doesnt guarantee you dont get robbed just gives you a little more security and helps minimize the damage.
Posted on 3/22/19 at 11:37 am to papasmurf1269
I haven't had the flu in a few years. However when I do I usually get the flu and a sinus infection or tonsillitis to go along with it.
Posted on 3/22/19 at 11:41 am to dbeck
quote:
Didn't get the shot.
Didn't get the flu.
I saw in the Ark. Dem-Gaz that several people who have died in the state had the flu shots but it didn't help them. I got my first flu shot in 30-35 years this time around. The wife did too and she had never had a flu shot. We both persevered this year but last year she had to be rushed to the hospital while in Monroe because of the flu. She was very sick for about four days. How I didn't get it, I'll never know.
Posted on 3/22/19 at 11:47 am to musick
quote:that’s the same strain we all had
9 year old just got diagnosed strain A
Posted on 3/22/19 at 11:55 am to papasmurf1269
Hope all you guys start feeling better. The flu is rough.
Posted on 3/22/19 at 12:18 pm to Cool Hand Luke
quote:Thank you. Me too.
Hope all you guys start feeling better. The flu is rough.
Posted on 3/22/19 at 12:28 pm to papasmurf1269
I'm sure someone said it
Flu shot isn't about preventing the flu
It's about preventing hospitalization and the morbidity from having the flu.
Flu shot isn't about preventing the flu
It's about preventing hospitalization and the morbidity from having the flu.
Posted on 3/22/19 at 12:31 pm to papasmurf1269
Had it
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