jfields 0 #1 November 13, 2002 Flu shots? Get 'em, don't get 'em? Fess up. Me? I don't get them. The Army required me to, and I got sick as hell. Other than that, I have not had them and rarely get ill. So I pass on the flu shots. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TequilaGirl 0 #2 November 13, 2002 No flu shots for me......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #3 November 13, 2002 I am getting mine Friday. It worked last year and that was the first year I decided to do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #4 November 13, 2002 No point, really. I don't get sick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #5 November 13, 2002 Quote I am getting mine Friday. It worked last year and that was the first year I decided to do it. I have a question...if you got a flu shot last year, and you didn't get the flu, how do you know it was the shot that worked? Et moi...no flu shots for me please. I try to follow George Carlin's idea on the body's immune system: it needs practice! So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #6 November 13, 2002 I get them every year. I've never had the flu since i've been getting them (4 years now). ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #7 November 13, 2002 Well I used to get the Flu or som evariation of the flu every winter untill last year so I give credit to the shot. Plus they give em out for free here at work. I agree with building up your natural immunity but sometimes you gotta cheat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #8 November 13, 2002 havent got a shot in over 10 years, and havent been sick in over ten years. correlation? maybe.7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #9 November 13, 2002 I got them a few times in the military. Along with other things like Yellow Fever and Anthrax!!! I dodged them most of the years I was in. They caught me a couple times. I think it's kind of dumb really. Unless you have a compromised immune system I think they are pretty worthless. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #10 November 13, 2002 Work provides them for 5$ onsite so it's convenient to get them. If it wasn't, probably wouldn't get one.----- ~~~Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #11 November 13, 2002 got one every year for the last 4 years... the military likes to shoot us up with whatever and then study us... i wonder if it really has been a flu shot.......havn't goten reallyu sick in the past 4 years but once....and that was from excesive amounts of rum (half a liter).... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #12 November 13, 2002 we get 'em for free at work....Due to the high mutation rate of influenza, they always say in January that the strains going around at that time are not the same as the ones used to make the vaccine distributed in November. Nevertheless, I've noticed that people who get them almost never get the flu, whereas people who don't get it more frequently. That said, there are some individuals (like my Mom) who have a bad reaction to the flu vaccine (even if they're not allergic to eggs), for no adequately understood reason. Maybe shit like this will eventually be figured out from all the gene chip technology that's starting up right now... Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #13 November 13, 2002 QuoteEt moi...no flu shots for me please. I try to follow George Carlin's idea on the body's immune system: it needs practice! In a sense, that's true, but what a vaccine generally is is practice against an easy opponent. You'd probably want to practice tennis against someone slightly less skilled before taking on Agassi. That said, I'm convinced the obsession with cleanliness and abuse of antibiotics and other antibacterial agents will lead to a crisis of immune deficiency and resistant microbes. Not a pretty thought... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyskydiver 0 #14 November 13, 2002 Work gives them out for free so I get them. If I had to go to the doctor's office and pay for them...no way!Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #15 November 13, 2002 I have never gotten the Flu EVER!! *knock on wood*I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SatchFan 0 #16 November 13, 2002 The only year I have ever got one I got the sickest that I have ever been. No more for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,070 #17 November 13, 2002 >That said, I'm convinced the obsession with cleanliness and abuse of > antibiotics and other antibacterial agents will lead to a crisis of > immune deficiency and resistant microbes. Not a pretty thought... What's happening in hospitals is bad enough. MRSA, VRE - all essentially created (and now exacerbated) by liberal use of antibiotics. I cringe whenever I hear about someone on antibiotics because they have a virus, or when vancomycin is used as a first line of defense. And then there's the whole antibiotic soap-wipes-detergent thing! What sense is there in breeding colonies of antibiotic resistant bacteria in your _house_? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #18 November 13, 2002 QuoteWhat's happening in hospitals is bad enough. MRSA, VRE - all essentially created (and now exacerbated) by liberal use of antibiotics. I cringe whenever I hear about someone on antibiotics because they have a virus, or when vancomycin is used as a first line of defense. And then there's the whole antibiotic soap-wipes-detergent thing! What sense is there in breeding colonies of antibiotic resistant bacteria in your _house_? Yeah, it's a frightening prospect. One problem is that people demand some sort of treatment, even when none is available. So doctors hand out antibiotics, knowing they won't do anything. Then people don't even do the full course of the antibiotics, which just leaves one with a colony of the stronger microbes. Already, there are staphs that don't respond to *any* antibiotics. Another shining example of evolution in action, I guess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goose491 0 #19 November 13, 2002 No flu shots for me please and thank you. Personnaly, I think the idea stinks. I also agree all too much with bill regarding the anti-bacterial wipes, soaps etc. When you think about their uses in hospitals and whatnot, they serve a great purpose.... The home, classroom or espesially day-cares; That's were they ought not to be used. The immune system needs to fight things in order to exist! Viruses/bacteria attampt but so does the immune system. Combat the virus/bacteria outside the body, (i.e. wipes and disinfectants -Also considering the shots as an "outside the body" remedy) and you take away your immune systems 'intel' and thus, a portion of it's ability to fight the new threat. One can only hope, after having taken the flu-shot, that we can keep up with the changing virus by developing a new shot... Or that the children of todays daycares don't ever come into contact with nasty germs in their teens and adulthood, having never run into them while growing up and developping an adult body. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #20 November 13, 2002 Yeah, antimicrobial soap for household use is dumb. We use it in the lab, but we have an excuse: we're handling concentrated virus!! The only consolation is that the antibiotics used in medicine are different than the ones used in the soap. The problem with society is this: Stupid people are taking over the world. I'll bet there are some people out there who will reach into their medicine cabinet for the bottle of pennicillin that's been sitting in there for a year (leftovers from a previous prescription) to give to their kids when they get a cold!The average joe sixpack has the scientific knowledge of a dust bunny and doesn't know the difference between a bacteria and a virus. Another form of abuse: People with serious infections (such as TB) are put on an antibiotic regimen, but stop taking them when they start to feel better: End result, They've wiped out 99.9% of the bacteria, but they've selected for antibiotic resistance in that last 0.1%. In fact, that's exactly what you would do in the laboratory to purposefully create antibiotic resistant cells. So, unless you absolutely have to & a doctor prescribed it, don't take antibiotics! If you do need to take them, you gotta take the antibiotics for the whole prescribed period in order to completely wipe out the little bastards. It's all out, or not at all. rant over. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiebear21 0 #21 November 14, 2002 QuoteThe Army required me to, and I got sick as hell. We all just keep using that as an excuse to go to sick call and get the day off! Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prepheckt 0 #22 November 14, 2002 "The Man" made me.. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #23 November 14, 2002 I get mine at work for nothing. Working with kids makes it smart for me because kids get everything. . -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #24 November 14, 2002 I've been getting the flu shots for about 10 years now. The thing that I find amusing is when people say "I've got a touch of the flu", or "I've got stomach flu" ... Many people confuse a cold or food poisoning with the flu -- flu is influenza!! It kills tens of thousands of North Americans each year ... granted, most are elderly or have suppressed immune systems, but flu is serious shit, and anyway I can avoid it, I will. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirMail 0 #25 November 14, 2002 I agree with you. Take no chances. I have heard that the flu this year is going to be very bad.-- It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
