Who got the flu shot? I get one every year at the hospital I work at. This year they asked only those people in "high risk" group to get it. Which for me is working with patients and also having a child less than 6 months old at home. So I got mine today.
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BTW: FLU and contamination etc
my other son and daughter won't get one, i won't, my wife will as she also has chronic asthma.
Originally posted by MarcUK
I can understand the elderly and ill children getting a flu shot, but I think the average person does not need it. I have never had a flu shot. I have had flu a few times in my life, but now I've got a better immune system for it.
I don't think your immune system gets any better as a result of not having a flu shot.
For some reason I just refuse to do it (I'm fine with needles).
Originally posted by groverat
I will not get flu shots until I am really old, and maybe not even then.
For some reason I just refuse to do it (I'm fine with needles).
Originally posted by BRussell
I don't think your immune system gets any better as a result of not having a flu shot.
Your immune system does NOT get any better as a result of getting a flu shot. That is a ridiculous statement.
Originally posted by the cool gut
Your immune system does NOT get any better as a result of getting a flu shot. That is a ridiculous statement.
You lost me. I said your immune system doesn't get any better as a result of not having a shot. I said that because MarkUK implied that not getting a shot was better for his immune system. As far as I know, that's not true. Yeah, too many negations. So now I'm not sure what you're saying. What statement is ridiculous?
Originally posted by Randycat99
So how does a flu shot work then?
The shot contains inactive viruses (virii?) that don't give you flu symptoms, but your immune system still creates the antibodies in the same way it would if you got the actual virus. So if you're exposed to the real thing you've already developed immunity and won't get it. The problem is that there are lots of different viruses out there, and you may not get immunity to the right one.
Originally posted by Randycat99
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Sorry.
I'm just responding to the idea, that I've heard a number of times, that getting a flu shot is somehow not good for your immune system. I don't know of any reason why getting an inoculation is worse than getting the virus itself. Maybe there is?