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Influenza vaccine

TFZL1

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Got my flu shot Thursday, a bit late this year. I've never gotten sick after getting it, like I hear some people claim. I really find it helps, especially given the intimate nature of my work. I implore everyone to get it. Here's to giving each other pleasure, not sickness. https://www.ontario.ca/page/flu-fac...3iznVdnSIDQQkyQoSUrTst5VQH_jIOegaArcWEALw_wcB
Thank you, I agree, everyone should get it. I got mine around Halloween. I think it’s saved me from getting the flu a couple times already. They say it’s only 10% effective against a specific type of Australian flu, but works good against all the most common local types of flu. I’ve had to postpone an appt because of a cold once this season, but other than that, been pretty health lately.
 

LT56

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I got mine a couple of months ago. I get it every year.
 

essguy_

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Got my flu shot Thursday, a bit late this year. I've never gotten sick after getting it, like I hear some people claim. I really find it helps, especially given the intimate nature of my work. I implore everyone to get it. Here's to giving each other pleasure, not sickness. https://www.ontario.ca/page/flu-fac...3iznVdnSIDQQkyQoSUrTst5VQH_jIOegaArcWEALw_wcB

It won't 100% prevent you from getting the flu, but it will help your body to prepare which will reduce the severity even if you do get it. I'm a big believer - always get it, my kids always get it.
 

basketcase

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There is a strain going around which is not specifically covered by this years vaccine but even for that, the vaccine will make the difference between one day of flu and five.

Anyone who works with food, people, spends time around infants or the elderly would be stupid or inconsiderate not to get the shot.
 

Galseigin

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They have the strains wrong this year, its only efficient 25%. In Australia they had a terrible year for the flu and our vaccine is the same one they had.
 
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shack

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It won't 100% prevent you from getting the flu, but it will help your body to prepare which will reduce the severity even if you do get it...
...only if the strain in the vaccine matches the strain you've come in contact with.

Speaking of percentages, I heard that the vaccine we are using is similar to what they used in Australia this year. It only had a 10% efficacy rate.
 

HUGS_KISSES

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Too bad about this year's vaccine being ineffetive. Wished that the world medical profession did a better job at anticipating the strings as I had my flu shot too and now I find out it is only 10% effective.

Also as alternative mix two tea spoon of honey and two tea spoon of organic Apple Cider Vinegar and a lemon (juice) in half glass of water and drink it every morning on empty stomach. It is likely as good as an effective flu shot if not better.
 

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There is a SUPER FLU Vaccine ,free in some of the other provinces . You have to pay for it this year in Ontario, much better odds of protection . The drug chains wont order it ,because it comes in Units of 10 .

80% of doctors never heard of it ???
,yes I got the shot

good luck
 

canada-man

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/why-flu-vaccines-so-often-fail

The influenza virus has yet to hit the Northern Hemisphere, but flu vaccine season is already in full swing, with banners outside pharmacies urging: "Get Your Flu Shot Now." What's not advertised, however, is just how lackluster the vaccine is. The most commonly used flu shots protect no more than 60% of people who receive them; some years, effectiveness plunges to as low as 10%. Given that a bad flu season can kill 50,000 people in the United States alone, "10% to 60% protection is better than nothing," says Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. "But it's a terribly inadequate vaccine for a serious public health threat." Now, researchers are striving to understand why it fails so often—and how to make a markedly better one.
 

Mr Deeds

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I have never had the flu shot and haven't had the flu in 20 years. We keep immunizing ourselves from all these things and our immune systems are getting weaker. Its not natural and the only people that are benefiting are big pharmaceuticals.
 

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Just an anecdotal observation but I know two people who have had some seriously bad results from this apparently rare condition after getting vaccinated. One of them is completely paralyzed and close to dead. I personally do not know anyone who had died from the flu so I'm not sure what is worse - the flu or these experimental vaccines?

http://unhoodwinked.com/TheFluVirus.html

 

MissCroft

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I got my flu shot in November. I just have to say that the years that I got it, I did NOT get sick. The years that I didn't get the flu shot, I got sick.
 

massman

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There is very good evidence that the flu vaccine prevents the flu, reduces hospitalization and saves lives. N-of-one anecdotes are not a substitute for science. The efficacy of the shot varies year to year, as te flu virus is constantly changing as are the dominant strains year to year. So scientists have to predict what these changes are going to be and often they are close, and sometimes they are off and the vaccine misses the mark. Nonetheless, actual influenza (not a cold, not a sore throat, not a stomach “flu” with vomiting and diarrrhea) will take you out for a week for most, but for a large minority it can be life threatening and lead to complications in many organs.

The idea that flu vaccine or any other vaccine weakens one’s immune system is bunk. We develop immunity when exposed to viruses and bacteria. Vaccines simply expose us to bits of those viruses or bacteria without getting sick. So the immune system will recognize them and kill them before we get sick. Vaccines make the immune system “smarter” able to fight (certain) diseases.


Re the rare cases of guillain barreé that have been associated with the flu vaccine, what is neglected by these sensational stories in the media, is that the actual flu is probably thousands of times more likely to trigger Guillain Barré
 
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