Any Plans to Get a Flu Shot?

[harasnicole]

Nah, I've no plans on getting a flu shot. I've actually never had one. No specific reason, honestly, I know you can get one for free at countless places, I just never really bothered to.

[countrygirl12]

No.  I do not take the shot and I have never had the flu.  Most people who get the shot get the flu then say oh well it would have been worse if I had not got the shot.  No, you most likely would not have gotten sick to start with.  I know 2 people who got the flu shot over the week end and they are both sick today.  I also know a woman who got the flu shot several years ago and she was one of 3 that got a bad vaccine and she is in a wheel chair today.  And yes it was caused by the flu vaccine she received.

[countrygirl12]

I wont, I had a bad reaction to one I had a couple years ago, for 6-8 months my arm where it was given felt as if someone hit me with a bat, and was black and blue

Two of the girls I work with got the shot Saturday and both of them have a bruise and their arm still hurts.

[countrygirl12]

No, I won't get a flu shot. You all should be able to get them more easily for free this year though. Check out some of the grocery stores. I thought I saw them advertised for free, but I do not know. I do not have all the details. No min. purchase, ie $50, etc.

  

Don't think it is free.  Pretty sure it would be no out of pocket expense if you have insurance.  Nothing is free.

[countrygirl12]

I have been getting a flu shot every year for the past 15 years and only had a bad reaction once.  It was like feeling I was coming down with a bad cold for about 24 hours and then was gone.  It was only one year.  On the other hand, getting the flu shot annually has kept me in good health and I know I am safe being around others. Getting shots and vaccinations isn't all about you.  It's about keeping others safe also.  Once you are on Medicare, you get your flu shot free.

LOL.  Why do you care if somebody else doesn't get the flu shot? You got your precious shot so you are protected. lol 

[countrygirl12]

I get mine every year. They have changed them to not make you sick.

lol.  No they haven't.

[countrygirl12]

I got the flu (a serious case) from the flu shot. Will never ever do that again. Got very sick with hep shot for a job I had.

I stay healthy with herbs and vitamins, and have not had the flu since.

Those shots they all want us to take are very risky, often with, I have read, the "hair of the dog" (like the one for shingles....people still get the shingles often enough).

Got bronchitis with another of the shots. Not worth it, at least for me.

 

I don't think that legally they can force you to take a shot to keep your job. 

[countrygirl12]

I am getting mine next week at my doctor appointment.  I work with a lot of medical workers, who have to get it. When you see the large numbers of elderly and very young people come in for help with the flu and others who just happen to be at risk, you would change your minds about the shot.  It is an ugly way to die, especially when it is preventable.  It can come on so suddenly and so strong that some high risk people do not have a chance.  You also have less immunity as you age for things that at one time you could fight off.

I will NEVER change my mind about the shot.  I won't be taking it.  If you feel you are at risk then take the shot and you will be protected hahahahahaha  I know elderly people who get the shot every year and then they get sick every year. 

Not worried so much about the flu but just colds are crap in general.  Funny how people can be so sick they can barely stand and they go to Walmart.  I do plan to avoid Walmart as much as possible in the next few months.

[cathy37]

I have never got a Flu shot because I have heard where people got the Flu shot and they still get sick.  I have never had the Flu.

[natashaspy]

My son and I actually just got ours Monday.  It didn't bother me but my son woke up with the flu Tuesday morning.  Not sure if it was because of the shot or if he was getting sick and it just pushed it on out. Luckily he gets over things fast and is a good bit better.

[heypeg]

I will definitely will get one.

[mamatygress]

My daughter is a Type I diabetic, I have a mod-sev case of lupus, and my husband is a sheriff's deputy in the jail working with inmates from all over the world.  All 3 of us are  considered high risk and are told to get a flu shot.  We did.  Thank God for insurance.  My son, however, hasn't gotten one since he turned last fall.  He's supposed to because he lives with the rest of us, but he won't do it.  I told him if he gets sick, I'm gonna take away his birthday.

[clickers]

I may pass. I don't take to the idea of being injected with the flu; inorder, to not get the flu.

[hkckk5]

I have never gotten the flu shot. I do recall having the flu a few years ago and it was rough. However, I have no plans of getting a flu shot.

[Ittai]

I am considering getting it this year.