Nope. Haven’t had the flu in Nope. Haven’t had the flu in years.
Reality
October 11, 2015 @
8:29 PM
Of course. It’s dumb to not Of course. It’s dumb to not get one.
spdrun
October 11, 2015 @
8:33 PM
If you’re immunocompromised If you’re immunocompromised or are around people who are, then go ahead.
FlyerInHi
October 11, 2015 @
11:58 PM
I don’t really recall ever I don’t really recall ever having had a bad case of flu. Maybe a few days, but nothing bad. Even if I’m sick, I keep on being active and doing things around the house, etc… I can’t stand sitting still for long. I think the standard advice to rest is counter productive and makes you feel worse. When you keep active, you forget you’re sick and you get better faster.
But I think that this year, I’ll get the flu shot. My allergies (sneezing/running nose) were worse this year. Or maybe because it’s I’ve been remodeling this condo that has a pine tree right outside (lots of pollen covered all the cars).
poorgradstudent
October 13, 2015 @
10:51 AM
I’m not. Big fan of all other I’m not. Big fan of all other vaccines. But on a good year the flu shot hits 60% effectiveness. A typical year it doesn’t hit 50%. I’ve had some bad reactions to the shot in the past and have skipped it for the past few years.
I’m still going to make my kid get one, because who has time to stay at home with a sick kid?
bobby
October 13, 2015 @
4:11 PM
flu shot is requirement for flu shot is requirement for job.
no flu shot, no job.
spdrun
October 13, 2015 @
4:35 PM
Find a medical professional Find a medical professional that can be paid enough to lie 🙂
scaredyclassic
October 13, 2015 @
6:59 PM
The flu sucks. The flu sucks.
njtosd
October 15, 2015 @
11:50 PM
scaredyclassic wrote:The flu [quote=scaredyclassic]The flu sucks.[/quote]
Actually, your immune response to the flu sucks. The Spanish flu outbreak 100 yrs ago killed primarily young (not children) healthy people. Their vigorous immune response (known as a cytokine storm) was too much for them, resulting in the high fatality rate.
Anonymous
October 17, 2015 @
8:17 AM
“…On a good year the flu “…On a good year the flu shot hits 60% effectiveness. A typical year it doesn’t hit 50%…”
Where did you find those numbers? The Cochrane group’s meta-analysis of the literature got *much* lower numbers:
The preventive effect of parenteral inactivated influenza vaccine on healthy adults is small: at least 40 people would need vaccination to avoid one ILI case (95% confidence interval (CI) 26 to 128) and 71 people would need vaccination to prevent one case of influenza (95% CI 64 to 80). Vaccination shows no appreciable effect on working days lost or hospitalisation.
The protection against ILI that is given by the administration of inactivated influenza vaccine to pregnant women is uncertain or at least very limited; the effect on their newborns is not statistically significant.
The effectiveness of live aerosol vaccines on healthy adults is similar to inactivated vaccines: 46 people (95% CI 29 to 115) would need immunisation to avoid one ILI case.
I’m not trying to be needlessly argumentative; I’m interested in making a decision based on the best available data. My current decision, based on the Cochrane data, is that I won’t be getting a flu shot.
October 11, 2015 @ 5:16 PM
Nope. Haven’t had the flu in
Nope. Haven’t had the flu in years.
October 11, 2015 @ 8:29 PM
Of course. It’s dumb to not
Of course. It’s dumb to not get one.
October 11, 2015 @ 8:33 PM
If you’re immunocompromised
If you’re immunocompromised or are around people who are, then go ahead.
October 11, 2015 @ 11:58 PM
I don’t really recall ever
I don’t really recall ever having had a bad case of flu. Maybe a few days, but nothing bad. Even if I’m sick, I keep on being active and doing things around the house, etc… I can’t stand sitting still for long. I think the standard advice to rest is counter productive and makes you feel worse. When you keep active, you forget you’re sick and you get better faster.
But I think that this year, I’ll get the flu shot. My allergies (sneezing/running nose) were worse this year. Or maybe because it’s I’ve been remodeling this condo that has a pine tree right outside (lots of pollen covered all the cars).
October 13, 2015 @ 10:51 AM
I’m not. Big fan of all other
I’m not. Big fan of all other vaccines. But on a good year the flu shot hits 60% effectiveness. A typical year it doesn’t hit 50%. I’ve had some bad reactions to the shot in the past and have skipped it for the past few years.
I’m still going to make my kid get one, because who has time to stay at home with a sick kid?
October 13, 2015 @ 4:11 PM
flu shot is requirement for
flu shot is requirement for job.
no flu shot, no job.
October 13, 2015 @ 4:35 PM
Find a medical professional
Find a medical professional that can be paid enough to lie 🙂
October 13, 2015 @ 6:59 PM
The flu sucks.
The flu sucks.
October 15, 2015 @ 11:50 PM
scaredyclassic wrote:The flu
[quote=scaredyclassic]The flu sucks.[/quote]
Actually, your immune response to the flu sucks. The Spanish flu outbreak 100 yrs ago killed primarily young (not children) healthy people. Their vigorous immune response (known as a cytokine storm) was too much for them, resulting in the high fatality rate.
October 17, 2015 @ 8:17 AM
“…On a good year the flu
“…On a good year the flu shot hits 60% effectiveness. A typical year it doesn’t hit 50%…”
Where did you find those numbers? The Cochrane group’s meta-analysis of the literature got *much* lower numbers:
The preventive effect of parenteral inactivated influenza vaccine on healthy adults is small: at least 40 people would need vaccination to avoid one ILI case (95% confidence interval (CI) 26 to 128) and 71 people would need vaccination to prevent one case of influenza (95% CI 64 to 80). Vaccination shows no appreciable effect on working days lost or hospitalisation.
The protection against ILI that is given by the administration of inactivated influenza vaccine to pregnant women is uncertain or at least very limited; the effect on their newborns is not statistically significant.
The effectiveness of live aerosol vaccines on healthy adults is similar to inactivated vaccines: 46 people (95% CI 29 to 115) would need immunisation to avoid one ILI case.
Source:
http://www.cochrane.org/CD001269/ARI_vaccines-to-prevent-influenza-in-healthy-adults
I’m not trying to be needlessly argumentative; I’m interested in making a decision based on the best available data. My current decision, based on the Cochrane data, is that I won’t be getting a flu shot.