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Just wondering how many of you get flu shots...I have never gotten it before, but I am seriously considering it this year because I am tired of getting sick! I am recovering from a flu I had over the weekend,..while transitioning in two new babies...ahhh! Now, my hesitation comes in because I am wondering if it even works...I mean I know it only protects you against some strains. Do any of you get teh flu shot? Do you feel that it helps?
I got the flu shot one year and didn't find that it helped at all. Honestly, the less crap you put in your body the better, in my mind. Like you said, it only protects against some strains. Kids get freakin' everything and therefore, so do we. Oh the joys :) Personally, I wouldn't bother unless there's a particularly horrible strain going through that they're vaccinating for.....memories of Norwalk.....yick. At least, in this line of work, our immune systems become pretty kick ass. I still get sick, but only a little sick for a short period, then it's gone.
Nope, never have and never will. I don't believe in them.
I will be honest ~ I use to get this when i worked in centre care because well they had this way of making you feel it was 'mandatory' to have all your immunizations up to date in order to work even having someone come out to the centre to GIVE them so you had no excuse and well I was a bit naive and did not know my rights around immunization at the time and had not begun researching the 'effects' that immunizations can have I never found it made a lick of difference and in fact I use to get horrible flu every winter where I missed upward a week of work.
So yes I question the 'benefit' of the flu shot as I personally find from observation that since they started promoting these things to more and more 'demographics' so that basically rather than those just 'at risk' EVERYONE is getting these shots now and now the flus each year are WORSE ... SARS, H1N1 and so forth cause IMO they just keep mutating in order to survive in the presence of 'immunizations' which just makes the viruses stronger and stronger :(
I stopped injecting myself with anything .... no more flu shots, no more 'boosters' for immunizations and as far as communicable disease goes I have never been healthier ~ if I get a cold or flu come on it is minor and I recovery quickly .... I even got the dreaded 'H1N1' go through the daycare the first year it was 'big' and I was 'over it' in less than 2 days unlike those who had the flu shot who still got this strain and they were sick for WEEKS with it and not just 'sick' but hospitalized with it.
Never had one before and can't see myself ever getting one. I rarely get sick and when I do it's over quickly
Not.....on.....my... .life.........
No flu shot here either. Agree that those that get it seemed to get sicker than those that didn't.
They didn't "seem", they actually did get sicker. There was an article on it not long ago. Hold on.............Quote:
Originally Posted by playfelt
Here you go:
http://www.theprovince.com/health/sh...88381481237582
I have only gotten it when I was a Nanny because it was required for the position and when I was doing my ECE placement, again it was a requirement. Both times I got sick where as other years when I didn't get the shot I did not get sick. I won't be getting it. Neither will my husband.
However, I am still contemplating whether or not I should give it to my daughter this year. She just turned 1. I don't plan on giving it to her after this year for sure but they say that children in the first few years of life are at greater risk for complications due to the flu.
Does anyone have any advice for me?
Only got them when I worked in childcare centers cause they were mandatory to get them. After I got the flu shot, I usually got another strand of a flu. It was horrid, so I stopped getting them, and seemed to be better without them.
Littlefeet: I wouldn't give it to a young child...I just don't think it's necessary unless they have a comprimised immune system for some reason. Colds and flus are just a part of childhood. I know that must sound funny coming from me, considering my initial post...LOL. However, I am not really for extra vaccinations, which is why I never got the flu shot before. I think I just hate to close my daycare because of being sick and hate having the flu so was feeling a bit desparate. However, I think I will probably not get it after all...I was just having a weak moment ;)
I worked in a medical lab for years and always got them, but don't any more since leaving there. The flu shot contains the virus for known flues from recent years but any virus that has managed to mutate into a new strain will still get you and that means there are still 1000's of those sicknesses flying around at all times. Also, there is a list of additives in the shot, such as eggs, mercury, etc. all in minute quantities, but it's usually the additives that cause a reaction in people. You can't catch the flu from a flu shot because the virus in the flu shot are all dead. But you can catch the flu from going to your doctor's office to get the flu shot because there are other germs there!
Never got it and never will and EVERY YEAR my docotor try and try to convince me. I just don't get it ... I"m not a person at risk and am healthy, I think I can manage a flu or a bad cold on my own and I think it's actulay better like that no ? Kinda of like excercise for the immune system... no ?
But ever since I have been at home with kids I actually am getting less sick ... does it make any sense ? Last year we had a violent round of the stomach flu and I am the only one who did not get it ... yet I was the one wiht both hand right in it.
BEST QUOTE OF THE DAY :wub:Quote:
Originally Posted by crafty
Makes perfect sense to me ~ I find this as well because I have more control over my work environment and therefore my stress levels as well as being home I am able to eat way healthier and sleep better and so forth!Quote:
Originally Posted by crafty
Thank you sunnydays!
I'm not going to give my daughter the flu vaccine.
I was contemplating it, and only if her pediatrician receives the Mercury-Free version but the chances of that are slim anyways (according to him) but no. I think you are right. It's probably safer to go with the risk of her getting the flu since there is a high chance she will get some type of flu anyways.
When I taught elementary school, we were asked to get it, and they even had a doctor come to the school to do them. I was often sick. In the last 15 years, I haven't gotten one, and haven't been sick. If I start to get a cold, I take Cold FX, and the symptoms usually only last a day or so. I've read too much about the dangers of getting the flu shot to ever take that risk again. I also never let my children get the shot, and even my elderly mother was advised against getting one the last few years of her life. She was also very healthy and rarely had a cold.
I used to get it every year when I lived with my grandparents. I then proceeded to get it for my kids every year. One year I got lazy and just didn't do it. I didn't notice any difference. We are not a family that seems to get too sick. I get the odd stuffy nose and head cold, but it lasts only days for the most part and nothing that kicks me on my butt. If I have a stomach flu go through the house, I get that every time! But we rarely have problems with that, and in reality, they only last 24 hours for the most part. My kids rarely take days off school for sickness. So, I just don't bother anymore.
I got the flu shot once about 5 plus years ago or more, when they had the big "killer flu" scare. My kids were little and I was naive. We didn't get sick that year though! I find the beginning of Day Care you seem to pick up all kinds of illnesses but after that......you build up an immunity and don't get sick as often.