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Do you think it is important to get a flu shot?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on October 2, 2012
“Yes. I just don’t think you should be getting others sick and I wouldn’t want to be sick myself.”
“I am completely against flu shots and vaccines of any kind. I think they’re latent with things that make you sick.”
“Yes, I think it is important.”
“Yes, it’s important.”
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Comments
Andini 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I'd rather shoot hoops.
Klumma 7 months, 3 weeks ago
“I am completely against flu shots and vaccines of any kind. I think they’re latent with things that make you sick.” . .
Umm.. Ok. . . And I was going to hit on you? Good luck with that philosophy. . . U'BLECK!!
BTW- Any tattoo over your upper buttocks - mid spine?
WesleyWillis 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Eat oranges, natures A-Team. And stay away from the dirty bird. And the filthy back alleys. And communists. Also wash your hands. And no hand sanitizer can replace good old soap and water kiddies.
WesleyWillis 7 months, 3 weeks ago
by WesleyWillis
Pitt_Mackeson 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I don't eat any orange that can smile Wesley :)
hitme 7 months, 3 weeks ago
There are two groups of people, those that get vaccinated and spreaders.
RoeDapple 7 months, 3 weeks ago
by RoeDapple
Better?
Pitt_Mackeson 7 months, 3 weeks ago
blech!
grammaddy 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I agree with Renee. Never had one,never will.
snap_pop_no_crackle 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Eventually those of us that have accepted modern medicine will grow weary of burying the Luddites.
George_Braziller 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I know two people who have only had the flu one time. Both of them came down with it after getting a flu shot and both said they'd never get another one.
deec 7 months, 3 weeks ago
After my dad's stroke, the nursing home insisted he get one. It nearly killed him.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 7 months, 3 weeks ago
When was the last time you washed your hands well?
CWGOKU 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Sigh............ seems like just about a year ago we had this question. Got a flu shot in the early 80's where I worked, they told me to get one. Gave me the flu. Never took one again and never had the flu again. I'll take a shot of bourbon, please.
RoeDapple 7 months, 3 weeks ago
RoeDy sees more needles each year than he can count. Even the dentist gets carried away. Yesterday he had my head so numb I chewed off half my lower lip while eating supper. Tastes like chicken.
LadyJ 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Gosh Roe, everyone knows you drive straight to the nearest place that sells a good shake or malt after going to the dentist. Repeat as necessary till the numbness is gone.
somedude20 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Renee Boult, model, Los Angeles...."what do you model, gloves?"
You cannot get the flu from a flu shot!!! Wait, YOU CANNOT GET THE FLU FROM A FLU SHOT!!! That is a 100% fact. Very small amounts of the population might have an allergic reaction to the shot (and that doesn't mean you get the flu, red arm and sore but steroids fixes that)
Get you GD flu shots so that your disgusting body does not go around getting others sick because if you get the few worker bees sick, who will pay for your social welfare?
by somedude20
George_Braziller 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Think you need to go back to biology class and brush up a bit. Vaccines are weakened, altered, or supposedly dead versions of the virus that it's supposed to prevent.
pills4profit 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Somedude 1, George 0. The flu shot is inactivated and contains no viral machinery that would allow replication. The INACTIVATED flu shots are made up of the tiny proteins that are on the surface of the influenza virus. These proteins are what signal your bodies immune system to ramp up and make WBCs that will destroy the actual influenza virus should you encounter it about 2-4 weeks later. YOU CAN NOT GET SICK FROM THE INACTIVATED FLU VIRUS. If you think you did, you didn't. You probably already had the flu virus a before you got the shot, or came in contact with someone directly after getting the flu shot. George I think it is YOU that needs to go back to biology, or better yet take a pharmacology class.
Now if you are talking about the FluMist influenza vaccine then that is a different story. That particular vaccine is a weakened version of the flu virus. That is why it is only indicated for people who are 18-49 because this population has the strongest immune system and can handle the inactivated flu virus. This virus has only been FDA approved for a few years and actually has better outcomes for pts 18-49.
Do a little research from a valid source like the NIH or CDC.
George_Braziller 7 months, 2 weeks ago
No flu shot for me -- ever.
switch 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Somedude, you must be a Pesci fan too. Modeling gloves was my first thought. Get the flu shot. It won't kill you (except in very rare cases.) In the early 1900's the flu killed 1000's
Eddie_Haskell 7 months, 3 weeks ago
No. In other news, I'm out of lotion again.
avarom 7 months, 3 weeks ago
http://altmedangel.com/vaccine.htm
consumer1 7 months, 3 weeks ago
If it is breaking in my front door after 10 PM it will defenitely get shot.
consumer1 7 months, 3 weeks ago
“I am completely against flu shots and vaccines of any kind. I think they’re latent with things that make you sick.”
Says the girl who breathes brown air on a dailey bases. (LA).
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 7 months, 3 weeks ago
"We have small kids one of which had RSV. So all the tough guy comments about not needing the shots just sort of piss me off........." - BABBOY
There is currently no vaccine for RSV, but did you know that proper hand washing and disinfection of surfaces, and other vectors of transmission can reduce the incidence of RSV by 93%.
I know it is difficult to see your child lying there in an oxygen tent, and then have to give them Albuterol treatments and clap them with the infant percussor,
Maybe you should look into your childcare provider hygiene practices.
Proper hand washing, surface disinfection, and other hygiene practices can also reduce the spread of influenza by about the same amount.
Ceallach 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Of course there is nothing for chiggers--they are creatures from hell! Nothing short of an exorcism on each of the wee goblins will help.
Although, I do admit to laughing out loud each time I hear a newbie say, "What is a chigger?"
Ceallach 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes.
Liberal 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I am with Renee...Poison.
Mixolydian 7 months, 3 weeks ago
As long as all of the rest of you get flu shots....I'm good.
CWGOKU 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I get tired of everyone needling me about this
Klumma 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Somehow Bacon does not sound very good after this. . .
http://www.sott.net/article/251864-Hungry-hogs-eat-Oregon-farmer-in-grisly-scene
youngjayhawk 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I always get a flu shot. The one year that I forgot (many years ago) I got the flu; painful reminder. Just one more way, along with others mentioned above, to have a healthy winter season. Just do it!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I was at the parts store today and there was a chick ahead of me in the queue that was mildly stimulating in a slutty way. She had tats on the back of her neck and lower back.
Is that what is meant by "business up front, party in the back"?
Klumma 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Anto, I would agree. And I hope that your post may help with RSV. This could help anyone whom just does not know. Prevention may be the best?? Who knows.
Topeka.... Now I get it.
Klumma 7 months, 2 weeks ago
"So all the tough guy comments " - BABBOY"
Have you looked in the mirror lately? And, to use your childs' condition of RSV for any excuse to reply is very weak.
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