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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:24 PM
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Poll question: Do you get a flu shot each year?
Edited on Thu Nov-01-07 07:37 PM by Quixote1818
Just curious. I have never had one but I heard Australia had a horrible season this past winter and Australia is one of the best indicators of how bad the season will be.

I am not going to take any chances this year. I am going to get one tomorrow.


>>>Here is a flu shot Locator. Far upper left hand corner: http://www.findaflushot.com/index.php
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:26 PM
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1. I nearly always manage to procrastinate and not get one.
Not because I don't want it.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:29 PM
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3. Me too,
I found a place and time though this year and emailed a reminder to myself to go. So, every time I check email I am reminded of the time and place. I have been meaning to go for the past month but finally did the foot work to do so after hearing about Australia.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:26 PM
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2. I get them in the years when they give it away...
otherwise it's just another thing that never blinks on the old I can afford this sort of health service radar.
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Fierce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:29 PM
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4. I'm allergic to eggs, so no.
If I could, I might.
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:30 PM
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5. I've never had one. The years I've tried to get one,
they were either all out of vaccine or were trying to save it for immunocompromised folks. I've kind of given up.
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:30 PM
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6. I try to get one every year but
sometimes miss a year. That reminds me, I need to go get mine. The local hospital is doing them for $18. I'll go tomorrow.
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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:30 PM
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7. I got one last year
And I got so sick. I was out for a week with a terrible cold/flu. I never felt as bad as I did last year. No flu shot for me this year.
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benddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:54 PM
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19. You had caught that virus
before the flu shot...or it wasn't the same virus. There is NO way you can get flu from the flu shot. It is KILLED virus. Like DEAD. Please everyone stop saying this. The flu shot cuts the side effects from the virus and is really a preventive and public health measure.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:31 PM
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8. I never get them and I haven't had the flu since...
Hmmm... I can't even tell you when the last time was that I had a cold or the flu! I know for a fact that I have had neither in the past five years or more. I must have a cast iron immune system. I heal very quickly too.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:32 PM
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9. Almost every year
My work paid for a flu shot for everyone that wanted one, so I got one. :)
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:32 PM
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10. This is the first year I haven't gotten one in a long time
I am currently recovering from a bad case of the flu.

Don
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petersjo02 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:38 PM
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11. Had one three successive years, some years back
First year I had a sore arm and was sick for a day. Second year I was sick at home for three days. Third year, was so sick I missed a week of work. So no. I don't get them anymore.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:38 PM
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12. I've never had one (nt)
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nickinSTL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:43 PM
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13. never had one
haven't had flu in years - probably since high school - or at least college. I get colds occasionally...maybe every 2-3 years (hard to remember for sure, because sometimes my illnesses are due to my allergies rather than a virus).

I might consider it if I worked with the public, so I wouldn't pass anything on.
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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:47 PM
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14. My wife and I get them each year.
An ounce of prevention, and all that stuff. . .
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:48 PM
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15. In the last 35 years I've had the flu 3 times
Each time from the shots-they worked.
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stirlingsliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:50 PM
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16. I Had One Once And
I had one once and I actually caught the flu.

It was terrible.

I was sick for ten or eleven days.

Fever, coughs, chills, everything.

I will NEVER get another flu shot.
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:51 PM
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17. Every year since three years ago
...when I got the flu. The REAL flu, none of this sniffles or aching nonsense, the real, honest-to-goodness, out-of-body for three days, sweating into the sheets, shivering, skin-hurting, what-do-you-mean-it's-Thursday, Flu.

It sucked. I get shots now. :)
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 08:02 PM
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22. Yes, the last couple of times I got the flu.....
I could hardly believe how sick I was. So sick it scared me. I don't know if it's that flu bugs are getting worse or just that I'm getting older, but it's not worth the risk.

I get a flu shot every year now.
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Stump Donating Member (808 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:53 PM
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18. Got one last year...
because we had a baby due in Jan. I might get another one in about 30 years when I'm in my 60's.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:55 PM
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20. doesn't that require needles
I don't do needles very well
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 07:56 PM
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21. I used to get the flu every year, and it made me sick as hell.
Edited on Thu Nov-01-07 07:57 PM by Prisoner_Number_Six
Since the year of my first flu shot I've never come down with it once. And I've been getting the shot for over fifteen years now.

Just got mine on Tuesday.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 08:05 PM
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23. I don't, but I should.
Redstone
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