Flu shots...

[Mugwump]

  We stopped and got our flu shots at Walgreen's yesterday......anyone else get the yearly shots?

[wsantia1]

I got an email from Walgreen's to come in. Not feeling to great the last couple of days so I'll wait until whatever ails passes. I am on antibiotics for a sinus infection. I usually get two sinus infections a year around the spring and fall seasonal changes.

[wallace]

I have gotten the flu shot every year for the last 10 years or so. Some years their formula doesn't hit the target that well but overall they are good. Flu virus is always mutating so the science behind it involves some chance. I don't bother to get it until later.

[LizStreithorst]

I refuse to get one for no logical reason.  I'm sure I'll start getting vaccinated after get it and suffer.  Till then, I'll trust in my immune system.  It has always been strong.

[Mugwump]

I have gotten the flu shot every year for the last 10 years or so. Some years their formula doesn't hit the target that well but overall they are good. Flu virus is always mutating so the science behind it involves some chance. I don't bother to get it until later.

Seniors get the high potency shot, over 65....it's worked so far with us...even with all the g'kids going to different schools and giving us hugs/kisses...

[waterboy]

I'm like Liz. I have never gotten a Flu shot and don't intend to. Seems like a waste to me. If you get the flu you are sick for a few days and then it goes away. I can live with that. The shots are for last years flu anyway, this years strain will go right by them.  Can anyone prove to me if the shots ever prevented you from getting the flu? And "I never got the flu" isn't proof.

[wallace]

I get fewer flu's than I did before getting the shots. Thats not proof, but its something. I got the flu once in my 20's that led to pneumonia and it damn near killed me... so I don't fool around with it.

[wsantia1]

It's been a long time since I've had the flu. I get a shot every year but I am around sick kids a lot with the grands spending lots of time around me. Just another protective barrier and I get it for free.

[BillT]

No shot yet. Will get one later.

The flu vaccine is not made against last years flu. It is made against what they think will be the flu for the upcoming year. Its an educated guess based on what strains are going around when they make their decision, and therefore not always correct. Last year's was off as I recall. I didn't get that one.

Flu is supposed to last 7 to 10 days.

[Mugwump]

No shot yet. Will get one later.

The flu vaccine is not made against last years flu. It is made against what they think will be the flu for the upcoming year. Its an educated guess based on what strains are going around when they make their decision, and therefore not always correct. Last year's was off as I recall. I didn't get that one.

Flu is supposed to last 7 to 10 days.

...that's 7-10 days if you're lucky....plus the effects can linger for weeks.....I used to catch it once in awhile...since the flu shots, zilch....plus I got the ine time senior pneumonia shot..?....needles have never bothered me.....just stick me with the juice and let me get on with my day....

[LizStreithorst]

Not me.  I'll get the vaccs after I get sick and suffer.  I'm hoping that I will be struck by lightening and my ashes scattered before I get big terrible sick.