Who remembers the Swine Flu shots of 1976-77 ?

I recall a person I was working with on a construction site took his shot and his arm was paralyzed for days. Many folks questioned the necessity at that time, although a lot of people took the shot? Did anyone here take the shot at that time and how did it affect you?

never had a problem with flu shots. i never used to get them until the year *after* i got the flu.

hospital. Since that year, I've taken the flu shot every year. No more flu.

For my caution, though, I caught a nasty cold this past week. It's about gone, now.

I remember that.

I saw him just the other day as he deflected the rocket heading towards the Space People on the moon.

Thanks for the info.

Yeah yeah, the shot doesn't make you sick. Whatever. That's the main reason I've never gotten a flu shot and probably won't this year either.

:)

Kidding. Before the vaccination, there was the Nixon administration. Who would want to have kids after that?

out and pressure for people to take it, it must have been some biowarfare agent that escaped. We were still heavy into biowarfare research back then, and I wasn't about to take any chances. I'm less paranoid these days, since I stopped smoking the boo.

I also got the polio vaccine back in the 50's when there was a scare.

but I'm much better now

It did not affect me, or anyone I knew in the vast military health experiment.

You might want to look up stories from newspapers or from research at a good University. Using anecdotal evidence based on what some people remember from an event 30 years ago does not constitute fact upon which to base a decision.

and still today he is screwed up from THAT DAMN SHOT!

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no less, which was interesting. They don't do that anymore because of HIV.

I had no side effects whatsoever that I can recall.

But I didn't get the flu.

i did`t pay much attention to the rest of the world. no one in the family got a shot and can`t remember if anyone was sicker than usual. maybe it had to do with the pot we were smoking. oh well if it does`t kill ya i suppose it won`t be so bad

I found out that when one joins the military, one becomes government property...and that refusing to get a shot isn't an option. If you do refuse, two semi-friendly MPs will be happy to escort you to get the shot you didn't want.

The shot itself, though, had no effect on me.

or the prevelence compared to H1N1. Too many people remember only enough to be ignorant

That's one of the things you have to believe in order to buy into the paranoia about the H1N1 vaccine.

didn't get sick, didn't have any friends, neighbors, or family who got the shot get sick.

The main problem in 1976 is that they pushed the shot out before any species jump to human beings had occurred. It had gone from birds to swine and the CDC thought the next jump would be to us, but it never happened. That's the main reason for all the furor, it was unnecessary. Had it been a necessary vaccination against a very serious flu, the few cases of GB would have been seen as tragic but well within the risk versus benefit guidelines medicine always goes by.

This time, the virus seems to have come from out of nowhere. Pigs aren't giving it to us, we're giving it to pigs, but the CDC apparently thought it would be insensitive as hell to call it the Mexican flu. Mexican Americans have problems enough already.

This is not 1976. This is not the same virus. This is not the same shot.

I asked my parents (they would have made the decision regarding my 7th grade self at that point) and they couldn't recall if I got one or not. I grew up in a small Appalachian town so they may not have bothered.

My husband grew up here in Lexington, Ky and was at the university at the time and he said all the students he knew got one. He said he had no ill effects from it.

I was a Public Health Nurse and we had clinics through out the county to give the shots. We were in the middle of a big clinic when word came from the state to close it up so we packed every thing up and left. There were too many bad effects from the vaccine. I had an elderly friend who got Guinne Barre (sp?)syndrome after he got the vaccine. He died.

gym to get the shot. It's the only flu shot I have ever received. I don't recall any side effects of it. I remember the hype though. It scared me enough to go get the shot and I was just 24 years old at the time.

I did not get any flu shots that year, but I DID get the flu. And was VERY, VERY sick with it. Don't know what kind of flu it was. I have had the flu several times over the years, thought I was going to die each time; but I have had flu shots the last ten years, have not had the flu since. I'll take the chance with the shot.

vaccine but that ship has sailed; I had the flu several weeks ago. Whee. :hangover:

and got the shot. No bad effects that I can remember. Does getting the shot then provide some protection now? Just curious, hate to take too many vaccinations since I hate shots. On another post I talked about three different groups of medical professionals I know who Will not take the H1N1 vaccination because they aren't convinced it is safe. Based on their input I am hesitant to take the shot. However, another DUer told me I was ignorant and the doctors I know are ignorant. He didn't give any rational reason other than to call us all idiots. So I tend not to put much faith in his argument. Can anyone here give me some real information about the safety? Preferably from a medical professional. I question how anything developed and distributed so rapidly can be determined as safe. Also, many drugs and procedures do not show problems for many years. Anyone have any thoughts without calling me names?