Thread: What you need to know about the coming flu season

Originally Posted by Eevo

negative on that statement. there is so many non human sources of the flu that getting shot is trivial in the big picture.
now if the flu was not zoonotic, (like polio), it would be a different story

If it reduces the spread from one snotty kid to me then it's worthwhile.
Besides, I'm 65 now so it's free.

Well, the flu kills. Bottom line. And If I spread the flu to some children because I didn't get the jab, I would be devastated. The only iffy thing is when to get it. Too early you run the risk of late season flu, too late, well you take a risk. I'm lucky to have a wonderful Doctor, She will advise me.

I had resisted getting the jab for several years.

My argument was that I was fitter than most people my age, so I didn't need to worry. My doctor as well as news reports of young, fit athletes dying from the flu convinced me that I was fooling myself.

I was also persuaded by my doctor that getting the jab reduced the chances of my passing on the flu to people like my two toddler grandchildren.

Many people who claim to have had the flu actually only had a cold.

People who got sick after the jab didn't get the flu because of the jab. It can't give you the flu.

Even if the jab doesn't give you 100% protection, it can't make your situation worse.

Flu can kill. Get the jab.

Originally Posted by goingbush

Ive only ever had one Flu immunisation about 30 yrs ago & I was a sick as a dog.

Never had one since & will continue to not have one.
I just avoid crowds & enclosed spaces with people, oh not because of the Flu, .... I just don't like people !

Apart from injuries / trauma etc I've never been sick since.

I've only had one flu in the last 20 years. I passed out and fell through a plaster wall in a rental house. The ouch was two weeks in bed and $400 dollar repair bill

Really good study on 2000 people with 1/2 given a flu jab and 1/2 given water. The 50% who did not get a flu jab reported 85% more side effects. The suspected reason was that when we are getting flu jabs colds and other virus are also active.. The 50% who did not get the vaccination also got the Flu at the same rate as the entire population. The 50% who did get the vaccination did not get the flu.

Your avoidance strategy works by the way. Just over 2 meters distance is usually enough distance from the sneezing people for airborne transmission. Sadly the door handles and every thing else you and others with a flu touch are a little more tricky to avoid. We give out well over 2000 vaccinations every flu season. Yet to see a issue which was not a cold. Influenza virus/vaccination is not the same as a common cold or its several thousand varieties. RE "Apart from injuries / trauma etc I've never been sick since" Sorry to tell you Statistics suggest your over due mate. The avoidable diseases are at times easy to avoid. I get my JAB every year. This year I felt it for two days. The reaction was apparently me responding more strongly to the new strains.

ive got the man flu today

Originally Posted by Eevo

ive got the man flu today

Karma hey!

Originally Posted by Vern

Karma hey!

must be.

Better get vaccinated.

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