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Title: Vaccines
Post by: countrygirl12 on September 11, 2019, 01:06:37 pm
I know there was a big discussion/argument  :)  about this on here a while back.  I am NOT talking about kids.  I am talking about YOU as an adult.  Do you run get all the new vaccines they are shoving on everybody these days.

I know they suggest the flu shot (which is a vaccine) that people get it every year.  I have also seen where they have a pneumonia vaccine (which is stupid and I don't even know how they could vaccinate against that) ...

And now I have seen where Walgreens is also making available and I assume it is recommended to get a vaccine for:
Hepatitis
Shingles
HPV  - Among others

I even saw yesterday where they have a Typhus Vaccine.   ::)
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: cathy37 on September 11, 2019, 01:39:46 pm
No I do not get all the vaccines they come out with.  I have heard so many people talk about the Flu vaccine that they take it and then get the Flu.  The only one I have taken is DPAT and that was because I started keeping my grandson when he was an infant.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: countrygirl12 on September 12, 2019, 05:03:31 am
No I do not get all the vaccines they come out with.  I have heard so many people talk about the Flu vaccine that they take it and then get the Flu.  The only one I have taken is DPAT and that was because I started keeping my grandson when he was an infant.

Last year almost every I know that took the flu shot got sick either right after taking the shot or they got the flu. One died from it.  I have heard of the DPAT but do not know right off what it is.

The Typhus vaccine got me.  I am thinking who is going to run get this. 
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: UGetPaid on September 12, 2019, 09:55:30 am
I've gotten a flu shot every year for about the past 10-15 years. I've maybe had the flu once in that span, but even that may have been just a bad cold. I've never gotten sick from the shot itself. But some people do get sick from it. So I'm not going to criticize anyone's decision in favor or against it.  In my mind, it has been worth it for me - is all I'm saying.


I know that some people mistakenly believe that a flu shot is meant to prevent what many people refer to as stomach or intestinal flu - with vomiting and diarrhea. But that is something completely different to my understanding.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: nannycoe1 on September 12, 2019, 10:01:19 am
I always get a flu shot and I have had a pneumonia shot
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: countrygirl12 on September 12, 2019, 11:22:13 am
I've gotten a flu shot every year for about the past 10-15 years. I've maybe had the flu once in that span, but even that may have been just a bad cold. I've never gotten sick from the shot itself. But some people do get sick from it. So I'm not going to criticize anyone's decision in favor or against it.  In my mind, it has been worth it for me - is all I'm saying.


I know that some people mistakenly believe that a flu shot is meant to prevent what many people refer to as stomach or intestinal flu - with vomiting and diarrhea. But that is something completely different to my understanding.

Then WHAT is the flu shot?  I thought they were saying the flu shot was suppose to keep you from getting the flu?

I know last year some people got mad at me because I refused to take it.  Well then stay away from me.  No problem dumb butt.  You took the shot so you should be protected. lol  I have never had either.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: UGetPaid on September 12, 2019, 11:32:29 am
Then WHAT is the flu shot?  I thought they were saying the flu shot was suppose to keep you from getting the flu?

I know last year some people got mad at me because I refused to take it.  Well then stay away from me.  No problem dumb butt.  You took the shot so you should be protected. lol  I have never had either.
I think the flu shot is for influenza, which has the fever, runny nose, muscle aches, sneezing, coughing, sore throat, headache symptoms.  The "intestinal flu" is not really the flu at all - it's just that many people have come to call it that.


If there are any medical knowledgable people here and I have this wrong, please jump in and correct me. But I understand these as two completely different things each independent of the other. So the flu shot will not have any effect on preventing stomach cramps, vomits, and runny poops - but the other aches, pains and associated fevers are what the shot is targeting.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: vickysue on September 12, 2019, 02:34:04 pm
Hubby and I volunteer at the ministry  and I more so then him am with and around a lot of people who may or may not bring the  flu into the building. So I get my shot and then hop we don't catch a cold from some one. But I have not  had the flu in years  nor has hubby.  Some of the shots I don't  take.  then pray I don't get sick.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: BATISTAGIRL663 on September 12, 2019, 04:33:31 pm
I have lupus so therefore I cannot get a lot of the vaccines that are out there they react differently to my body because my immune system fighting itself
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: dsosnowski06 on September 12, 2019, 08:03:53 pm
I always get a flu shot and I have had a pneumonia shot

Same here and have never any problems with the flu shot.  Also got the DPAT when my niece had her baby so we could go see her.  My niece is a nurse and insisted that if wanted to see the baby you had to have it.  Too many infants can get whooping cough and it can be fatal
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: dsawan on September 12, 2019, 09:21:33 pm
no unless proven to work
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: pectacon on September 13, 2019, 10:18:07 am
I've gotten a flu shot every year for about the past 10-15 years. I've maybe had the flu once in that span, but even that may have been just a bad cold. I've never gotten sick from the shot itself. But some people do get sick from it. So I'm not going to criticize anyone's decision in favor or against it.  In my mind, it has been worth it for me - is all I'm saying.


I know that some people mistakenly believe that a flu shot is meant to prevent what many people refer to as stomach or intestinal flu - with vomiting and diarrhea. But that is something completely different to my understanding.

Then WHAT is the flu shot?  I thought they were saying the flu shot was suppose to keep you from getting the flu?

I know last year some people got mad at me because I refused to take it.  Well then stay away from me.  No problem dumb butt.  You took the shot so you should be protected. lol  I have never had either.

I could be off, but I think I've heard that there are multiple strains of flu floating around and the shot only protects you from the one they think is most prevalent or most likely to get you. Not sure. I only remember getting one flu shot, and got the flu too, so I don't see much point in bothering again.

I'd consider a shingles vaccine because of warnings I've heard wailed from those who've had it. I have to read more about it though. Basically one-time things, diseases, yes. Recurring small time stuff like flu, nah I'll just risk it.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: gtdoss on September 13, 2019, 10:53:36 am
The only vaccine I have gotten as an adult is a tetanus shot, which I don't know if that's a true vaccine or not. My husband gets the flu shot every year because his workplace offers it for free, but I have never gotten one. I've never had the flu either, at least I don't think I have. I'm not sure about all these adult vaccines and just avoid them.  :peace:
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: sfreeman8 on September 13, 2019, 12:38:42 pm
I have had the awful consequences of getting the flu after getting a flu shot once. Fever, chills, muscle aches and pains, and high temperature. I couldn't even get out of bed if I wanted to...never got a flu shot after that.  I don't get out anymore and I'm especially never in crowds so I am not worried about getting the flu or pneumonia.

As for the Shingles vaccine, if you never had the chicken pox, you're not necessarily ever going to get Shingles. I didn't so I'm not willing to get a vaccine I really don't need. As for HPV, I understand that's only for teens. That's what the commercials seem to state. Get your teen the HPV vaccine.

 My mom had the most severe case of shingles on her neck and shoulder (she did have chicken pox as a child) said her doctor that he even took photos for examples to others. She was hospitalized for almost 2 weeks and wound up with neuralgia in that shoulder for the rest of her life. It was so painful that no pain meds helped. Vioxx was just out at that time and it helped her, but then wa recalled. After that, no help at all.Doc wouldn't prescribe Oxy or anything else. She would cry every day. That's when she decided she would rather die than put up with that pain for years and she deteriorated after that. She was in constant pain for 4 years.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: alice44 on September 13, 2019, 01:48:10 pm
 I only get the essentials - what my DR. recommends.  I did have a friend who had shingles and saw her suffer, so got that one.  I don't want to go through what she did.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: Drutts0643 on September 14, 2019, 02:01:30 pm
Then WHAT is the flu shot?  I thought they were saying the flu shot was suppose to keep you from getting the flu?

I know last year some people got mad at me because I refused to take it.  Well then stay away from me.  No problem dumb butt.  You took the shot so you should be protected. lol  I have never had either.
I think the flu shot is for influenza, which has the fever, runny nose, muscle aches, sneezing, coughing, sore throat, headache symptoms.  The "intestinal flu" is not really the flu at all - it's just that many people have come to call it that.


If there are any medical knowledgable people here and I have this wrong, please jump in and correct me. But I understand these as two completely different things each independent of the other. So the flu shot will not have any effect on preventing stomach cramps, vomits, and runny poops - but the other aches, pains and associated fevers are what the shot is targeting.
She graduated from using the term "snowflakes"to "dumb butt"....hope u noticed.....FC doesnt seem to.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: syautzy on September 14, 2019, 03:50:22 pm
there is a reason they tell u to NOT get the flu shot if u are starting to get sick. if u r starting to feel sick dont get the flu shot u will only get real sick. get the shot early in the season. its a really good idea to talk to professionals and do some research, not some stupid website that can say whatever, read medical journals get the real facts before u decide what to do. vaccines r a good thing
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: autumnsparklemom on September 15, 2019, 01:55:40 pm
With me being diabetic, the doctors force these shots on me. Honestly, I like to tell them to take a hike.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: Drutts0643 on September 15, 2019, 02:08:01 pm
With me being diabetic, the doctors force these shots on me. Honestly, I like to tell them to take a hike.
You know how u feel.Plus i like building up the immune system the natural way and just doing the logical stuff,drinking water,exercise,eating right etc.

Pack his bag.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: mardukblood2009 on September 15, 2019, 11:43:50 pm
I have gotten a flu shot a couple times and I got so sick after every time. I actually came down with the flu mostly every time too.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: sherryinutah on September 16, 2019, 01:30:07 am
I was required to receive certain vaccinations when I worked at the hospital; but, now that I no longer work there.....

No, no, no, no, no.  I'd much rather take an alternative route.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: ktheodos on September 16, 2019, 04:39:10 am
I get the flu shot every year....I also am finishing up a smallpox vaccine study where I am being paid to receive the vaccine in exchange for sharing my data, etc.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: jenniferhoder on September 16, 2019, 07:57:02 am
I don’t get all of them however, I did get my daughters vaccinated for HPV.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: UGetPaid on September 16, 2019, 08:13:46 am
I also am finishing up a smallpox vaccine study where I am being paid to receive the vaccine in exchange for sharing my data, etc.
Nice!!   Way to monetize the needle!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: dreamyxo on September 16, 2019, 08:48:33 am
I do not get a flu shot and will not get it.  I had the flu once in my life.  I keep my immune system healthy.  Knock on wood I rarely get a cold.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: Kimdud22 on September 16, 2019, 08:01:10 pm
I get offered flu shot but decline. I do get my shots for my 5 year old though and what is necessary.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: arobinson1331 on September 16, 2019, 08:45:57 pm
GET VACCINATED!!!! there are people like myself who aren't able to get vaccines and we rely on the fact other people get vaccinated so that we don't catch these diseases and dieeeee.

The flu shot does not give you the flu. it is an inactive virus. If you have flue like symptoms it's your immune system responding to the vaccine giving you soreness and maybe a mild fever and aches but that's not the flu. the flu shot can't give you the flu. if you really are convinced you have the flu then you contracted the virus before getting the shot. this is simple science people stop ignoring it

it also doesn't necessarily prevent the flu but it makes it a whole lot better if you do contract the virus after you've been vaccinated. This is simple research. do yourselves a favor and get educated.

please get vaccinated for people like me's sake. I can't myself as i am immunocompromised and it wouldn't do anything.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: nmbrown863 on September 17, 2019, 07:57:39 pm
I don't. Last year was actually the first time I had ever gotten the flu shot and that was only because I was pregnant.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: countrygirl12 on September 18, 2019, 05:01:15 am
I don’t get all of them however, I did get my daughters vaccinated for HPV.

There has been a lot of controversy over that one.  There have been teens who got that shot and ended up really sick FROM THE VACCINE.  I read about one teen, a guy, who got the shot and he ended up a vegetable laying in a hospital bed.  Do not remember the outcome as to if he died or not.  But the vaccine caused it.

Like I said to start with, some of the vaccines I have no problem with but some I would decline.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: dwggs on September 18, 2019, 07:48:08 am
I never felt the need to get a flu shot as I may have gotten the flu once in my life.  My illnesses are usually more the head and chest type ... Upper Respiratory Infection, Head colds. 

I also very rarely get the stomach flu even when people around me get it.  Not sure why but glad I don't get it.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: bshee58 on September 18, 2019, 08:11:30 am
My first time getting the Flu shot was last year, i'm 57 and never got it until last year, i thought i was gonna get sick from it, but honestly, i didn't. But I have an Aunt who gets the flu shots every year and it does her really bad, it last for a couple weeks, then she have to go to the Dr. She be all stuffed up, coughing, sneezing, runny nose, can hardly breathe, but i tell her she shouldn't get them but she does anyway.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: lywb2168 on September 19, 2019, 05:24:06 am
I get the flu shot every year, and have never gotten sick from it.  The Flu shot does not prevent you from getting sick but it helps you from getting the worse case scenario.  And it is not a shot to help with stomach virus, it is a different type of illness.  I have not yet gotten the Shingles shot but I will since I did have the chicken pox when I was a kid. And I will put anything else that my doctor would recommend.

As for the HPV it is offer to children, I think they say it should be given to children between 9 and 13 years old.  I gave permission for my 2 daughters to get the shots and thank God they had no ill effects from it.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: linderlizzie on September 19, 2019, 08:02:06 am
I take everything that is recommended and I'm healthy as a small horse waiting to be kicked. Fortunately, I've never had adverse side effects from any vaccines.

Eat right; exercise; die anyway. But I believe in being healthy on the journey.  :P


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Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: mamatygress on September 26, 2019, 05:57:26 pm
I have a weakened immune system so I get flu and pneumonia for that.  Dh works in a jail where the inmates have had every disease imaginable including hepatis so we all get vaccinated for that.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: countrygirl12 on September 27, 2019, 10:30:22 am
GET VACCINATED!!!! there are people like myself who aren't able to get vaccines and we rely on the fact other people get vaccinated so that we don't catch these diseases and dieeeee.

The flu shot does not give you the flu. it is an inactive virus. If you have flue like symptoms it's your immune system responding to the vaccine giving you soreness and maybe a mild fever and aches but that's not the flu. the flu shot can't give you the flu. if you really are convinced you have the flu then you contracted the virus before getting the shot. this is simple science people stop ignoring it

it also doesn't necessarily prevent the flu but it makes it a whole lot better if you do contract the virus after you've been vaccinated. This is simple research. do yourselves a favor and get educated.

please get vaccinated for people like me's sake. I can't myself as i am immunocompromised and it wouldn't do anything.

lol.  I love it when people scream get vaccinated at others and in the same breath say they don't take vaccinations and have all these reasons.  Others who do not run take everything they come out with have their reasons as well.

As I said the childhood vaccines that we all got or should have got I do not have any issues with.  But seems every time you turn around they are pushing another vaccine on people.  The shingles one was the latest one I heard about.  I actually am wondering if THAT is not why there seems to be such a huge outbreak of that.  All of a sudden they have this new vaccine. People go get the shot.  They get shingles.  Then say oh well it would have been worse without the shot.  NO, stay away from people who are sick and don't get the shot and you should be fine!
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: mrisha on October 05, 2019, 11:54:22 am
No, I do not get all the vaccines that Doctors say you should get.  You have to remember that Doctors are not God.  It's mostly a game and greed.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: oldbuddy on October 05, 2019, 04:54:00 pm
I had Pneumonia vaccines and get flu shots every year, but never had any reactions. Since I am diabetic and over 80 it's highly advised, so I do it. I refuse the Shingles shot, because I never had Chicken Pox as a kid.
Title: Re: Vaccines
Post by: vg7405 on October 06, 2019, 04:00:11 am
The only vaccine that I get is the annual flu shot. One of my relatives received the flu shot, the shingles shot, and the pneumonia shot (not all at once, LOL) in the previous two years.