dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
I don't want autism 10/10/2014 11:03:52 AM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
I get fluoride shots 10/10/2014 2:16:13 PM |
Nighthawk All American 19590 Posts user info edit post |
Got it about 3 weeks ago at work. Get it free every year at work. Sadly they did not have the nasal spray this early, so I had to get the shot. First world problems ITT. 10/10/2014 3:35:20 PM |
PaulISdead All American 8547 Posts user info edit post |
I did not like the nasal mist 10/10/2014 3:37:28 PM |
elise mainly potato 13071 Posts user info edit post |
Worth repeating: For those of you claiming you never get the flu, then don't get it for you. Get it for all those around you. Elderly and young children who are more susceptibleand immunocompromised people who can't get the vaccine. Some people get such mild cases they don't know they are actually getting the flu but they are still able to pass it to others.
NC has already had one flu related death this year.
http://myfox8.com/2014/10/09/elementary-school-student-is-ncs-first-flu-death-of-the-season/
vaccines aren't just about you. They are about protecting the herd. 10/10/2014 3:49:49 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89687 Posts user info edit post |
Got mine this morning, my bros 10/13/2014 12:46:22 PM |
Skwinkle burritotomyface 19447 Posts user info edit post |
I never have before but plan to this year. 10/13/2014 12:47:39 PM |
elise mainly potato 13071 Posts user info edit post |
You two now qualify for hugs. 10/13/2014 1:37:40 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45908 Posts user info edit post |
You can thank me for helping to eliminate the weakest members of the herd.
A CHAIN IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK, YA KNOW? 10/13/2014 1:40:02 PM |
eltownse All American 1851 Posts user info edit post |
I forgot how swore it can make you. Whew felt like someone hit me with a 2x4. 10/13/2014 2:26:29 PM |
FriendlyFire . 3753 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I never have before but plan to this year." |
10/13/2014 4:18:37 PM |
Smath74 All American 93276 Posts user info edit post |
I got one. I'm around kids all day. 10/13/2014 7:04:01 PM |
roberta All American 1769 Posts user info edit post |
just got mine
arm soreness worse first day or second? curious how tough my workout might be tonight
do flu shots in the us and europe cover the same strains? 10/14/2014 7:04:32 AM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
my arm usually hurts the most the evening/next morning after, usually have a little bruising the next day. some people don't even have arm pain, but mine always bothers me for about a day and a half for some reason. 10/14/2014 9:21:06 AM |
elise mainly potato 13071 Posts user info edit post |
The flu shot is formulated for what strain they guess is going to be a big deal that season. No idea if they separate it by location.
My arm hurts for a few hours afterwards and then the next day the injection site is super tender. Sometimes I get a rather gnarly sizeable bruise but I didn't this year. 10/14/2014 10:25:49 AM |
Smath74 All American 93276 Posts user info edit post |
mine didn't hurt at all. 10/14/2014 8:00:43 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
Like many others ITT, I never get flu shots and I never get the flu.
As justification, I'm going to play the "It's my body and I can do what I want with it" card here.
Women play this card it so frequently with regard to abortions, that it's a pleasure to be able to play it myself.] 10/14/2014 8:24:34 PM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
I'm not saying you don't have the right to not vaccinate yourself. it's just a dick move. and, hey, I used to be that guy too. Having a kid opened my eyes to how selfish not getting vaccinated is. 10/14/2014 8:35:33 PM |
synapse play so hard 60908 Posts user info edit post |
Isn't the idea that your immune system might be strong enough to fight the flu, but others' may not be, and you could transfer that shit to someone with a weaker immune system? 10/14/2014 8:40:03 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
^^
I don't dig the idea of having flu germs deliberately injected into my arm. Also, as others have commented, I do like to keep my immune system strong and organic.
Why can't your kid get a flu shot? Is he too young? Also,
Quote : | ""The effectiveness of influenza vaccine given to mothers during pregnancy in preventing hospitalization among their infants, adjusted for potential confounders, was 91.5%."" |
This might be a good idea too. I mean, if you don't want your kids getting the flu, take appropriate precautions. It looks like you can pretty well safeguard against it, if it's a concern.]10/14/2014 8:44:18 PM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
my kid has gotten a flu shot. not all kids are so lucky. 10/14/2014 8:45:45 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
If the parents aren't going to get flu shots for their kids, then I kinda feel like I shouldn't have to get flu shots for their kids either. 10/14/2014 8:49:26 PM |
Førte All American 23525 Posts user info edit post |
I intentionally get the flu and then go around sneezing on children and the elderly 10/14/2014 8:51:26 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "For those of you claiming you never get the flu, then don't get it for you. Get it for all those around you. " |
no10/14/2014 8:52:41 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Women play this card it so frequently with regard to abortions, that it's a pleasure to be able to play it myself." |
lolol10/14/2014 9:18:32 PM |
elise mainly potato 13071 Posts user info edit post |
Kids going through treatment for cancer can't get vaccines. People on immunosuppressive drugs for things like rheumatoid arthritis can't get vaccines. And those are the people who will end up in the hospital or dead because of things like the flu.
My flu shot I got during pregnancy protected Biscuit for about 6 months. At his 6 month visit he got a flu shot. 10/14/2014 9:21:23 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
I appreciate your humanitarianism elise, but I don't really hang out with kids undergoing cancer treatment, so I doubt I'll infect any of them with the influenza virus that I don't have 10/14/2014 9:43:17 PM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
ITT selfish assholes remain selfish assholes 10/14/2014 9:57:05 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
ITT people don't have the right to make choices about what they put in their own bodies
[Edited on October 14, 2014 at 10:10 PM. Reason : you people are acting like a flu shot is on par with a measles vaccination] 10/14/2014 10:06:58 PM |
PaulISdead All American 8547 Posts user info edit post |
bring back polio
[Edited on October 14, 2014 at 10:23 PM. Reason : ya digg?] 10/14/2014 10:20:57 PM |
synapse play so hard 60908 Posts user info edit post |
Are TreeTwista10 and dtownral the same person? They're becoming hard to tell apart... 10/14/2014 11:27:04 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
all up on my nuts 10/14/2014 11:38:24 PM |
Førte All American 23525 Posts user info edit post |
what does it really matter? they were both replaced by lizardpeople replicants years ago as a part of the great fluoride purge 10/14/2014 11:43:01 PM |
Samwise16 All American 12710 Posts user info edit post |
Yup - I pretty much don't have a choice considering I work around pregnant women. 10/14/2014 11:55:48 PM |
Chief All American 3402 Posts user info edit post |
Just got my yearly shot yesterday, upon afterwards I promptly went across the building to donate blood since they were wrapping up shortly. I was surprised to learn from both the contractor nurses administering the shots and the hot nurse from the red cross drawing my blood that it's OK to do that and happens somewhat frequently.
So on a side note you can infer that some of you people that dont get shots can still get it in less concentration from a transfusion should you forget to check yourself before you wreck yourself. 10/15/2014 12:07:01 AM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
Not yet. 10/15/2014 2:06:32 AM |
elise mainly potato 13071 Posts user info edit post |
I guess I am kind of talking about all vaccines. But the flu shot can be just as important. Especially considering the amount of people who died from the flu last year.
I don't consider myself a humanitarian. I consider myself a functioning member of a 1st world country. 10/15/2014 9:37:01 AM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Are TreeTwista10 and dtownral the same person? They're becoming hard to tell apart..." |
i think not getting vaccinated is dumb and irresponsible, treetwista10 seems to have a very different opinion.
synapse is adorable10/15/2014 1:31:17 PM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
I think I had the flu as a kid.
Never gotten a flu shot, probably never will. I hope I don't pass the flu on to some kid...but might as well let nature take its course. Survival of the fittest. 10/15/2014 2:13:21 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, fuck those weak people who die from the flu each year 10/15/2014 2:58:54 PM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27086 Posts user info edit post |
i don't get flu shots. hell the only time i ever tried, they said i couldn't. because i wasn't important enough.
FUCK THOSE ELITIST ASSHOLES 10/15/2014 3:45:57 PM |
PaulISdead All American 8547 Posts user info edit post |
all the mild adverse reaction symptoms this year 10/17/2014 3:40:46 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
Haven't there been people who died from getting flu shots? 10/17/2014 3:52:04 PM |
PaulISdead All American 8547 Posts user info edit post |
thats what the disclaimer says. but there is this: http://www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/index.html 10/17/2014 3:59:54 PM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "ITT people don't have the right to make choices about what they put in their own bodies " |
I didn't say you didn't have the right to be an asshole. I just said that you were being a selfish asshole.10/17/2014 7:11:24 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
I've never gotten a flu shot (since before I could walk and talk) and I've never given anyone the flu. So I'd rather be called a selfish asshole on the internet than intentionally give myself a minor case of the flu every year for no reason. 10/17/2014 7:25:40 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
crazy lady: http://i.imgur.com/CbbiO6F.jpg
edit: image too big
[Edited on October 29, 2014 at 3:02 PM. Reason : .] 10/29/2014 3:00:50 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " intentionally give myself a minor case of the flu every year for no reason." |
10/29/2014 3:02:05 PM |
Cherokee All American 8264 Posts user info edit post |
Flu shot gives you a cold for 365 days a year. But you never have the flu! Because you always have a cold!!! -Lewis Black 10/29/2014 3:07:56 PM |
Exiled Eyes up here ^^ 5916 Posts user info edit post |
I didn't up until last year, then work started mandating this shit. 10/29/2014 3:39:48 PM |