I got my annual flu shot.. will you be getting one this year?
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I got my annual flu shot.. will you be getting one this year?
Most likely not.
No, because I have a hardcore immune system. I have only ever been "properly" ill twice. One of them only lasted a night.
The worst I get is the sniffles or a sore throat, that's it.*
*Of course sod's law dictates that this will be the year I get flu having just said that I won't
No, because I had the flu once and it went away in 2 days. It wasn't very bad. Also, it is super rare that I get sick (3 times my whole life).
No, because the flu shots only protect against certain strains of influenza, so there is no guarantee that you still won't get the flu. People who should get the flu shot are young children, the elderly, and people who are immunocompromised.
Well, I ballroom dance three times a week and therefore I touch a whole lot of possibly germy/contaminated hands :P so for me even a little bit of protection is better than none.
p.s.. I also have those little hand sanitizers in the car and wash my hands like crazy when I get home.
Probably not, i don't get sick often
Yeah I'm constantly washing my hands too - I was never in the habit of doing it so often before I started in the veterinary field, but now its like I can't get my hands clean enough! I'm always worried about getting roundworms from work or something, LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Clairity
So you're the one creating all those super bugs:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Clairity
No I won't get a flu shot. I havn't got the flu in a long time and prefer not to have sharp things puncture my skin.
Ewwwwwww. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Burns
Welcome to my world ;) One of the reasons its an unspoken rule in veterinary practice to NEVER eat near the lab area...Quote:
Originally Posted by Clairity
On the upside though, most feline diseases are not transmittable to humans - as far as colds, viruses, and that sort of thing goes. Its the intestinal parasites you have to worry about... Ok, I'm done grossing everyone out now :P
Yeah. A few years ago in a health class in high school, I was told that if you use like anti-bacterial soaps or hand sanitizers, eventually bacteria will get used to it and those products will stop being effective. Thinking about it, though, it doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense because it's not like it's the same bacteria individuals on your hands day in and day out. :P
I probably won't be getting the flu shot. Shots fascinate me.
I won't be, I don't know if its because we don't over here, or if I just don't know about it lol.
No, I don't plan on injecting myself with a virus anytime soon, no matter what any "expert" may say.
Just wanted to add something off topic about the antibacterial soap: It is not so much the bacteria becoming immune that is the worst danger. An even bigger problem is the fumes that the soap generates when you run it underwater. You inhale this toxic substance with each use. Antibacterial soap is not necessary for the average home, just like almost everything we have these days, hehe.
Hmm, most of those sanitizers work with alcohol, it`s not really something that germs can adapt to (like fire :P)...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant
I have a pretty good immune system, i can always get rid of a cold pretty easily, i tend to get alot of colds but they don't really affect me. I don't think i've ever had the flu, i have only ever been seriously ill once, this was back 5 years ago. Heck, i don't think i've properly thrown up for nearly 10 years :D
But i don't think i'll ever get a shot, not yet at least, like Burns said, they only fight certain strains, i seem to be able to handle most illnesses though.
I need to get a flu shot because without it I get the flu two times a month.
They don't inject you with the "virus" itself but a dead/weakened form of it that won't harm you. Your immune system then fights this dead/weakened form of the virus and creates the antibodies that destroy it, so when the real virus comes along your immune system will be able to make the antibodies immediately and destroy the virus before it duplicates and makes you ill. If you didn't have the antibodies then it would take a lot longer for your immune system to work out what was going on and defeat the virus, by which time you may be seriously ill/ seriously dead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Never
If everyone was immunised we may be able to destroy certain malicous microbes such as we have done with smallpox. There are no adverse side effects (that I know of) to jabs. The most famous case that the MMR vaccine causes autism has been disproven thoroughly and also the original investigation was carried out by a biased scientist who had been unhappy about the MMR vaccine for personal reasons and wanted to see it gotten rid of. As a side point of this measles, mumps and rubella have been on the increase.
Are you sure you don't want to be vaccinnated?
I understand the concept, I am just so turned off by the medical "industry" that I refuse to listen. A bit rigid on my part perhaps I admit, but in my case it is really not necessary. I have had the flu before, and it was not a big deal; I got over it after a few months and ended up that much stronger. Besides these days I am mostly alone.
What do you mean by the medical industry? As far as I'm concerned it's a job that's all about giving. People who want to help other people and in some cases save their lives. I agree that it is floundering under beaurocracy but that's not the main point. It's why I aspire to become a doctor when I'm older.
Yea, I'm like that too. I don't recall having influenza (flu) ever once in my life. I very rarely get sick, and in numbers, I'd say I end up throwing up less than once a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael
I rarely get sick, but I'm still getting my anual flue shot...
not from Krogers, though.
I mean no disrespect to those with goodwill, but the fact remains that as a child I was dragged to the doctor with every little ailment. I was given antibiotics and all sorts of pointless cough syrups and countless other pills for other things that I could have gotten over on my own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldney
Later in life I learned about what these drugs actually do; they fight symptoms merely and usually cause other problems. All my teenage years I got bronchitis every year and colds constantly. Then one day someone advised me to stay away from the doctor's office when I was sick. It took a few months, but I got over the sickness and it has since been 10 years since I have seen a doctor or gotten anything more than a headache.
I do think that many doctors want to help, but they have lawsuits, the pharmaceutical industry, and other things to consider. For example it would be risky for a doctor to advise a patient to only come back when he got pneumonia, as if the patient were a moron he could die first, so instead they steadily pump him full of antibiotics which in turn wipe out his first line of defense against illness among other things. You are put on pills to counteract the side effects of other pills, and by the time you are over fifty you are on 80 pills per day.
Most of this really has to do with people thinking for themselves, and the doctor's are not all to blame. If people took the time to find out what they are doing to themselves then perhaps a doctor's job would be easier. Nonetheless I find it very annoying when a doctor tells me that my acid reflux condition needs to be treated with pills every day for the rest of my life, only to find out that by simply changing my diet it went away completely. Sounds like an outright lie to me.
I knew one doctor in my life that I liked, but he actually cannot practice medicine anymore. At least not in the clinic I went to at the time. They say he was "too mean to the patients", demanding that they eat right and stop smoking; to the point of getting angry with them and yelling. He yelled at me a few times, and I was hating the guy, but I did learn quite a bit from him nonetheless. This is what people need, not more medicine and ignorance. They need doctor's that actually give a damn.
A few months?? What the hell kinda of super-flu did you have? You should be over the flu in a week, not months!Quote:
Originally Posted by Never
I don't know your parents so I can't judge them, but I know from working in veterinary medicine that sometimes the owners (parents) are the ones to blame, not the doctors. The parents/owners are the ones dragging the child/pet in for every little thing, and the parents/owners are the ones demanding to be prescribed a medication to "fix" the problem. You can't lay all the blame on the doctors for your parents taking you in for every minor thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Never
Yes, this is true. We live in a sue-happy world, and its sad that someone will find any excuse to file a lawsuit. It's a double standard on the part of the patient because on one hand they want to take responsibility for their own health and healthcare, and then on the other hand, they want to pin ALL the blame on the doctors and healthcare workers when something goes wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Never
Yup, this is exactly what I was saying above. More people should do their own GOOD research (remember, not everything you read online is factual, accurate or true!!) and work WITH their physician to find the best treatment plan for them. I think a lot of people are afraid to ask questions, afraid to question a doctor's recommendations, and afraid to seek a second opinion if they don't feel comfortable with something. Doctors are human too, and the lines of communication between doctor and patient need to be completely open for the patient to receive the best recommendations for their unique lifestyle and condition.Quote:
Originally Posted by Never
Trust you to get all technical :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Burns
I won't because I have a great immune system, I only get ill once a year and that's for like 2 days. Usually the first day, I have symptons and the second I just feel weak but get over it.