yellocoyote wrote:
JeepinJarhead03 wrote:
in all honesty, and not statistically (because statistics have nothing to do with reality in most cases) the vac doesn't always keep you from getting the flu, so a portion of the people that get the vac still get the flu, and a very WIDE majority of those deaths are children and elderly and yet another portion of that same portion died due to the flu complicating a pre-existing condition that was going to kill them anyway
eat ya veggies take ya vitamins, drink plenty of water and wash ya hands and stay away from what I call "Human Contagions" unfortunately for many of us staying away from HC's isn't a viable option and that's where the flu vac comes in at

In all fairness, those who don't get flu shots probably have their own good reasons. I'm one of those people. The reason? Because every time I get a flu shot, I get the flu. Not just a "little bit" of the flu, but it wipes me out for a week at the very least. And when I don't get the flu shot, I seem to be fine. I realize that what I do might be construed as gamble for some, but I also am a firm believer of what jarhead said about veggies/vitamins/water/wash. Does the vaccine help people? Sure, probably most people... but I know my own personal history with flu shots. I don't want to think about what getting the H1N1 vaccine would do to my system - that in itself could kill me.

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I have never received a flu shot in my life. And I never will unless forced to at gun point, My mothers side of the family any one of them that has ever gotten the shot(s) has come down with the flu within a few days it seems.
I work in some of the most contaigous areas there is when I do part of my job every day, going in and out of peoples apartments and homes.
One thing I heard recently which makes a lot of sense was from a Doctor friend of mine ( who by the way does do the shots for people wanting them). He stated that people are taking so many shots anymore and that their immune systems are basically shutting down and relying on shots instead of what nature intended. You may get the flu but then the body builds up a better stronger immune system the next time and so on and on .
The old saying that it doesn't hurt a kid to eat a little dirt is so true. Problem is anymore everyone runs to the Doctor at the slightest little ache, pain whetever and our immune systems are going down hill and not guarding our bodies anymore