Posted on 12/05/2009 6:18:38 AM PST by RetSignman
I have some serious concerns about the yearly shot that most people get during the flu season. It has been many years since I have had a serious cold or the flu.. This year after I had my shot, I came down with serious flu symptoms and it has been hanging on for more than a week.
My next door neighbor also came down with the flu after she had her yearly shot, she went to her doctor and confirmed she, indeed, had the flu.
I know that that this happens on occasion that the shot can cause the flu but this seems to happening to a lot of my family and family.
I was talking to my son in Texas and he told me last night his wife and children had come down with the flu, they all had been given shots. He was the only one who didn't get his shot and didn't get the flu.
I'm not trying to get conspiratorial here but it seems more than a little strange that this seems to be occurring.
I am posting this to see if any of you have seen this happening within your circle of friends and family.
My son-in-law recently took our granddaughter who suffers with NKH for a swallow test, and the physicians (northern Kentucky) told him NOT to get flu shots for anyone in the family. This was the advice being given to ALL patients at that clinic.
I know several people that got flu-like symptoms after the shot. I understand that’s fairly normal. Not sure why.
I’ve never had a flu shot. Nor has anyone in my family. Last time I had the flu was about 30 years ago.
I have never had a flu shot ever, and haven’t had the flu since 1993.
I suppose its worthwhile for someone working in the medical field or people that are particularly frail- but influenza is usually a pretty mild ailment for otherwise healthy individuals.
Washing my hands frequently, keeping hands away from my face, eating a balanced diet and regular exercise are what works for me.
For three years in a row I got the flu shots.
Right after I got Bronchitis and one year I got Pneumonia
I didnt get the shots last year and I never had a cold.
I am not giving advice just telling you the facts. I am not getting the flu shot this year either.
Three years ago I got my first and last flu shot. Had flu-like symptoms for weeks after getting the shot. Never again.
My mother gets one every year, gets sick, but blames it on anything but the shot.
I think they have to do better with the stats to show what is REALLY happening.
I’ve had a flu shot every year for over ten years and never had a reaction at all. I also have not had the flu in that period either. I started taking them because I seemed to attract the flu most years and I had lot of respiratory illnesses. I’ll continue taking them.
To each his own.
For a reason I have yet to explain, I saw them giving flu shots in the pharmacy in 2003 and decided to get one. That year our county was hit badly with the flu (November, early December). The paper was running articles about the local hospital being overrun with inpatient flu patients. I broke my femur halfway through December, and was an inpatient for 7 days. I did not only not get the flu, I never had a sniffle.
The years that those of us under 65 did not qualify for the shots, I got the flu. The years I had the shot, no flu.
My own history has made me a believer in the yearly shots.
Some people have cold-like symptoms, including sniffles, headache, runny nose, sore throat, cough, and body aches for a day or two after getting the flu shot. In some cases, you may also experience a low-grade fever.
Also:
Do You Know What's Inside a Flu Shot?
A Must see
http://drbenkim.com/flu-shot-ingredients-dangers.htm
I’ve ever believed in making myself ill on purpose. I’ve never understood what is so bad about contracting the flu? You stay in bed for a few days with minor symptoms (for most people). Big deal.
Oops, I dont’ get the flu shot OR the H1N1, it’s basically the same shot minus 1 virus. It’s my understanding that the H1N1 vaccine was released prior to FDA approval due to public demand. If I catch a cold, well, I catch a cold.
Its my understanding that the vaccine contains NO live virus so it cannot cause the flu. Sometimes there might be symptoms but that is just your body’s immune system fighting what it thinks is a live virus.
Do you have a bufy full time job? A “few days” in bed with the flu might be the difference between a promotion and losing your job.
Just to join the sample population: I’ve never had the flu vaccine, didn’t get one this year, and came down with flu two weeks ago for the first time in 10 years.
I know several people in the health care field - RNs, LPNs, EMTs etc.
None of them will take flu shots and all advise against anyone taking them. My doctor, however, pushed them like a street dealer selling crack.
I have always been suspicious of taking health care advice from someone who only makes money as long as I'm sick.
You can still get the flu in the first day or two or even three after getting a flu shot because it takes time for the body to build antibodies. Until you achieve an adequate antibody load, you are still vulnerable to the flu.
Never have and see no reason to start now.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor and don’t play one on TV. ;)
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