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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:07 PM
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Are you goig to get the flu vaccine & the N1 one?
I'm not getting either one. I got a flu shot over 14 years ago & it's the only time I've ever had the damn flu! Sorry to the medical community for not believing in this stuff. I'm not a kid & not pregnant (66 yo) and I'm just not willing to take the chance.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:10 PM
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1. I will
I've had flu vaccines for over 10 years at least and have never gotten the flu when I had one. So I'm batting a 1000 with them and will take the regular one next week and the H1N1 if it's available.
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obliviously Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:12 PM
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2. I'm not getting it either.
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:01 PM
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77. I'm not getting either.. either
#1 - the flu likely won't kill me - i'm relatively healthy
#2 - i don't trust these things in general (if it were for something i thought could be fatal to me i would look into it more)
#3 - last time i got the flu shot i ended up with the worst flu of my life. haven't gotten one since, haven't gotten the flu since. just my experiences - yours may vary.. ;)
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:13 PM
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3. Yes
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:14 PM
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4. nope, neither
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:14 PM
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5. I got flu vaccine - will not
get N1
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:21 PM
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11. Any particular reason?
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:03 AM
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39. Talked to 2 pharmacists, my family
has doctors. The advice I got was to hold off.
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:30 PM
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59. Is there any reason in particular they gave you that advice?
Yours is an interesting perspective on this issue.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 07:18 PM
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65. Yes there were
rushed, not enough testing. my ex who is a physician didn't like that it was "live".
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 08:29 PM
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70. Okay.
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lumberingbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:03 PM
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78. The vaccine injection is not "live", but
the nasal spray vaccine is a weak live virus
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:14 PM
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6. I'll get the seasonal one
I can't make up my mind about the H1N1 vaccine.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:16 PM
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7. Suit yourself.
I've gotten the flu shot. Awaiting the h1n1.
Neither of my granddaughters had gotten theirs yet-- and we've been fighting (confirmed) flu for 2 weeks. The 6 month old has had temps since Friday with the highest being 106 but averaging around 103. She is very sick.
I imagine unless things change drastically we will be facing another all-nighter sitting up with sick kids.
By the way, there is absolutely no way the flu shot can give you the flu. It is impossible. You were just exposed to the flu before you had time to build antibodies to it.
Stay well. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy (well maybe would make exceptions for the ilk of rush).
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:22 PM
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13. You may be right about the antibodies, but if I haven't gotten it
the flu in that length of time, maybe I just haven't been exposed or maybe my weird body has some kind of imunity. If that 6 month old had a feaver of 106, I'd be checking the ER! I don't want to scare you, but that's unreasonably high! At the very least, call them!
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:30 PM
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22. We've been there and the doctor twice
Have an appt for in the am for another check.
They really don't want these kids in the hospital unless there is no other choice--difficulty breathing, inability to keep hydrated, etc.
We are doing antibiotics, Tamiflu, Motrin, Tylenol and tepid baths around the clock.
It has been awful.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:36 PM
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26. Just keep doing what you are doing
and it is hard work, very hard work, when you have a sick kid-o in the house.
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AuntPatsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:15 PM
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80. That is so horrible..hang in there...my grandchildren went through this all
Edited on Wed Oct-07-09 09:16 PM by AuntPatsy
last month....I feel for you...but your doing everything you can...the kids liked me putting cool wet rags on their foreheads...helped their heads not hurt so bad so they said...then after several days the worst had passed thankfully but my daughter still wants them to get both flu shots as well...she does not want to go through that again..

My husband had flu last week..the tamiflu really brought him back..like the kids he has lingering symptons but not bad..........
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:22 PM
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14. There is also a possibility that the flu strain they got was not one in the vaccine
Every year they make the vaccines with strains they believe are most probable. It is possible that you can get a strain that wasn't in the vaccine

All your other points are right on also
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:31 PM
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23. True. That is the obvious choice.
There have been a few years where the predictions were a total miss on the actual flu.
Good point.
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:07 AM
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34. I am on my second week
I thought I was done but now have asthmatic bronchitis. Nebulizer tmts every four hours and an inhaler. It is one kick ass flu.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:10 AM
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36. Take good care of yourself
It sounds like you are still pretty sick--sending out healing thoughts to you.
And yes, it is...and we are barely in flu season and people that have it are SOOO sick.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:21 PM
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62. flu strain could be a different one, but shot can give "symptoms" of the flu
without it actually being the flu.... from what i have been told by the "in the know" people on du.
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TxRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:22 PM
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84. Nope, never had a flu shot, not going to start now.
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tandot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:49 PM
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87. I hope your 6 month old is feeling better soon.
We have a 5 month old at home and I thought about getting both the regular flu shot and the H1N1. I wanted to wait another week to make up my mind.
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rwheeler31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:19 PM
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8. Hibernation is a good thing we all need more sleep.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 07:58 PM
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68. On a sunny beach. Vitamin D might help more than the crap shoot of flu shots
One hopes the makers guess right on which strains will be dominate in a given year, but still, they are guessing.
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:21 PM
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9. You don't need the H1N1 vaccine.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:21 PM
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10. Got my flu shot already
and waiting for the hinnie flu

I have gotten a vaccine for the last seven years and no case of the flu to speak off.

By the way, the Annual is effective in 70% of the cases... just thought I'd add that factoid.
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jkshaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:22 PM
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12. We were advised by our county to get our flu shots
early, and we did. Our primary care MD has always insisted that we have flu shots since we'd entered our mid-60s because we were in the vulnerable age group. But now that we're both 76 and 79, I doubt we'll get the swine flu shot, since there appear to be too many vulnerable younger people who will need it.

I don't know how credible this information is, but I've read on several sites that those born before 1957 are likely immune to this particular flu because so much flu of a similar type was around before then.
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OffWithTheirHeads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:23 PM
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15. Nope
I've heard that us old boomers were already exposed in the 50;s and have already developed resistance. I don't believe this shit anyway.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:24 PM
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16. That is only for the H1N1, not the normal flu strains, and even for the H1N1 it isn't complete /nt
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:28 PM
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19. Us old boomers...
I have memories of the 50s and being so sick I was halucinating. I remember my parents taking me to a doctor for penicillin shots thinking that would do some good. There was a lot they didn't know back then that's for sure.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 12:53 AM
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88. Oh yeah:"fever dreams" my mom used to call them. Scary stuff.The baby got so sick from us older kids
:-(

Remember the gamma globulin shots, too?

Hekate
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:08 AM
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35. Born in 56
on second week of flu.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:24 PM
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17. I'm getting both.
I also gave this a rec to counter the completely inexplicable unrecs it got.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:26 PM
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18. Got the regular one, will get the Swine Flu one.
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OKDem08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:28 PM
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20. Not for me either...they've cried wolf one too many times
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:33 PM
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24. You have no idea how horrible this flu is
We are already in an epidemic in northeast Texas.
It is awful.
This isn't a false alarm this time, I am afraid.
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iris27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:29 PM
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21. Not in the risk groups; I'd rather leave them for
those who are. I
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:34 PM
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25. You don't need it.. anyone born before 1955 has already been exposed to it
and probably has some immunities. You most likely had the flu when you got the flu shot, and it had not fully developed yet.
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:40 PM
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28. That's what I heard too
basically the people most in danger were those born after the last swine flu outbreak. I was debating getting it because I was born before the last outbreak in the 70s. But I'm not sure how good the info is on this.
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 07:40 AM
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54. Well I am just passing along what my Doctor told me...
Edited on Wed Oct-07-09 07:44 AM by Peacetrain
and looking it up on line, it seems to be about right... But each one of us is different, and if you have a condition that compromises your immune system, even if you are in that age group you might want to get the shot...

Best advice for everyone is talk to your personal physician..:hi:
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 05:48 AM
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53. Well, hope I'm immune. I was born in 1939
and I do not plan on getting any flu shots. Have never had one and only had a very mild case of the flu 10 years ago.
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watercolors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 07:45 AM
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55. Born 1934, never have had a flu shot
Neither has my husband, don;t intend to get one now. We are quite healthy and very active, I can't remember any of my 4 children ever having the flu either!
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 07:45 AM
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56. Even if you are past that magical age
;).. you might want to talk to your Doctor about it.. If you have an underlying condition, then it you may actually be in that group that needs the flu shot.

Wow no flu in 10 years.. you are very lucky!!
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 07:48 AM
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57. Let me add this to my original post.. because it is important..you may need the shot
even if you were born before 1955 if you have an underlying heath condition. Talk to your personal physician.

But the best advice we are getting and giving of course is hand washing. The problem with HINI is that it is airborne.. and so even great hand washing will not always protect you.

Everyone stay safe out there.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:40 PM
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27. I got the seasonal flu shot at the Safeway in Bend today.
I'll be seeing my 89 y/o dad in a couple of weeks, and his health is compromised (CA). I can't take a chance of getting the flu and passing it on to him. He had his seasonal flu shot two weeks ago and will the H1N1 shot when it is available.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:40 PM
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29. We're getting the seasonal & will prolly tough it out from there...
We've had some really *very* shitty flu stuff these last couple years that put us down or out for 2-3 months and figure some antibodies are already in there but there is no substitute - y'all - for rest restful rest, light proper food intake/nutrients, proper fluids, keeping 'regular' I know it sounds corny but all the yada-yada stuff too many of us pay so little attention to

Be Healthy ~
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Th1onein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:46 PM
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30. I've already stocked up on Relenza.
Relenza helps with both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 variety. No flu shot here.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:46 PM
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31. I won't be getting either one.
My immune system is pretty good, and even when I get sick - which is rarely - I can handle it.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 11:48 PM
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32. I got the regular flu vaccine. I don't know if I can or should get H1. I'm not
in any high risk groups and if it should go to them, I'm fine with that. If it is available and I can get it without blocking out someone who should get it, I'll get it. I would put getting it for my kids ahead of me. I found the std flu mist vaccine for my kids so I didn't have to deal with any crap about a shot since they'll be getting the H1 shot if I find it.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:11 AM
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45. same here
Edited on Wed Oct-07-09 04:11 AM by Skittles
I'll get the H1 if I can but want everyone who seriously needs to get it first

I have no real risk factors except I'm one of those people who rarely gets sick but - when I do I get SLAMMED - hard :(
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Rude Dog Donating Member (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:03 AM
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33. No, but there's a good reason.
I'm a very pro-science type of guy. And the science says that I have less to worry about than other groups.

Let the vaccines go to the people who need them.
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Lugnut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:21 AM
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37. No!
I have never had a flu shot and I don't plan to start getting them now. I had the flu once several years ago and it was an ugly experience. I don't think I've ever been more sick in my life but I'll take my chances.

As for the H1N1 thing, I don't trust the PR coming from the powers-that-be. Nobody knows what the long-term side effects are. If I was a pregnant woman there's no way in HELL I'd get the damned thing for this reason alone. Since I'm 64 years old I'm probably not as much at risk as some segments of the populace supposedly are. Again, I'll take my chances.
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:30 AM
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38. no
I have not had a flu shot in years.
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Sheltiemama Donating Member (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:27 AM
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40. I got my regular flu shot last Friday.
And I plan on getting the H1N1 vaccine, too.
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conflictgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:37 AM
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41. Nope. I've already caught H1N1.
I don't ever get flu shots anyway, I just don't believe in them.
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quiller4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:51 AM
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42. Yes to both. I always get seasonal vaccines. I suffered from asthma
for years and my doc always thought it prudent after a bade case of flu turned to pneumonia in '89. I was seriously ill for a long time after that. Now that I've also been diagnosed with a heart condition, I'm not taking chances with H1N1 either.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:11 AM
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43. had one, waiting for the other, as sane (and indicated) people should
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:08 AM
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44. YOU DIDN'T GET THE FLU FROM A FLU SHOT
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:13 AM
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46. Yes, both, but don't know when ...
I already got the regular seasonal shot. I'm not in any group that qualifies for h1n1 vaccine, so don't know when or if the supply will trickle-down to me. If it does, I'll get it.

:hi:
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Dorian Gray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:31 AM
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47. I'm finding out today
if I am getting them. I'm newly pregnant, and I am going to ask my doctor today about these. If he says yes (which I assume he will), then I am going ahead with them!

My first flu shots. Never had one before.
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HillbillyBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 05:17 AM
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48. I have been getting the reg flu shot for 10 or 15 years
The last time I had the flu I ended up with pneumonia. I will get the H1N1 when it is available. I am long term HIV+ as i am sure most here know.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 05:29 AM
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49. At this point, I don't think so
I can only recall having the flu once in my life. And that was due to being in extremely close quarters with someone who had it, and not taking the proper precautions. I learned my lesson now and have plenty of Purell handy.
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justiceischeap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 05:31 AM
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50. Nope! I've found that since giving up meat, I've not been sick
I'm not preaching that others should give up eating meat, I'm just saying that since I've given it up (years ago) I've had neither the flu or a cold... knock on wood.
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 05:39 AM
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51. No.
Let someone who is sick, pregnant, or elderly take it.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 05:46 AM
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52. Nope. Never got a flu shot and never will. n/t
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:09 PM
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60. me neither
and i have had the flu about 3 times in my life, nothing recent (i'm 54). if it ain't broke, don't fix it is my mantra.
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kjackson227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 07:50 AM
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58. Yep.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:19 PM
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61. no. i have never had the flu, nor the shot. nt
Edited on Wed Oct-07-09 02:19 PM by seabeyond
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:27 PM
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63. I got my regular flu shot already, but will hold off on the other
I just think I'm a pretty healthy person and only 29, and would rather people that are younger, elderly, health care workers, etc get it first. I wash my hands and use hand sanitizer often, and there's been a few people at work that got the swine flu, but they're NOT coming to work.

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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 05:42 PM
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64. You probably have some immunity to H1N1 anyway..
the vaccine is mainly intended for younger people.

I will probably get it, as I'm in a (moderate) health risk group and work a lot with young children. I probably won't get the other flu vaccine; may be famous last words!
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 07:27 PM
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66. Probably.
With asthma, a "really bad" respiratory flu is probably something I can do without.
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ccinamon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 07:42 PM
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67. have not gotten a flu shot since forced to in 1971... and never will
...don't trust the pharmaceutical companies, don't trust the researchers...

I had the hong kong flu...w/ hallucinations and very high fever....since then I've had the flu 3 times all relatively mild compared to having the hong kong flu
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Desertrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 08:02 PM
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69. Never have...never will. n/t
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 08:30 PM
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71. Not paying the money for them. I've had the flu before and had no problem working while sick with
it.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:19 PM
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82. Your co-workers must really love working with Typhoid Mary. My very first EVER strep throat...
... came from a co-worker just like you -- nothing could keep that gal home in bed, she was that dedicated.

Hekate
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 08:32 PM
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72. no
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Autonomy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 08:34 PM
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73. I wish I had gotten it
I am sick. :(
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 08:35 PM
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74. I already got the seasonal one and am lobbying hard with work to get the H1N1 one too
I work in close confines with the general public and a always had upper respiratory weakness am in my 50s

bring it on....
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 08:41 PM
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75. I'm currently undecided.
:hi:
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madamesilverspurs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 08:42 PM
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76. Yes, got the seasonal one yesterday.
Will get the other one as soon as it hit the clinic.
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:07 PM
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79. Neither - I've never had the flu.
Mid-40's, but I've never had the flu.

I did get Whooping Cough 3 years ago - that really sucked.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:16 PM
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81. I did and I will. Am offering to pay for my pregnant daughter and her 5 y.o. to get vaccinated...
My son in law can skip it because he thinks he's invulnerable anyway.

Hekate
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:20 PM
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83. Nope.
But I am laying in a supply of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambucus#Medicinal_Use">Elderberry Extract which has been shown to be effective in dealing with the flu, and a recent study has shown it to be http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19682714">effective against H1N1 in vitro.
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Hatchling Donating Member (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:23 PM
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85. I don't usually like to get them.
I'm one of those people who fear the shot more than the flu.

But this year I have caved and gotten the regular flu shot and will probably get the novel flu shot as well in consideration for my room mate. He has a compromised immune system. It's ok for me to gamble on whether I get the flu or not but it's not fair to gamble with his health.
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tandot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:45 PM
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86. They recommended it for us. We have a 5 month old at home.
I'll wait another week to decide.
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