Most likely not. |
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I got my annual flu shot.. will you be getting one this year? |
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Most likely not. |
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No, because I have a hardcore immune system. I have only ever been "properly" ill twice. One of them only lasted a night. |
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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). |
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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. |
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Well, I ballroom dance three times a week and therefore I touch a whole lot of possibly germy/contaminated hands so for me even a little bit of protection is better than none. |
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Last edited by Clairity; 10-17-2007 at 10:09 PM.
Welcome to my world One of the reasons its an unspoken rule in veterinary practice to NEVER eat near the lab area... |
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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. |
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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. |
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No, I don't plan on injecting myself with a virus anytime soon, no matter what any "expert" may say. |
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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 |
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I need to get a flu shot because without it I get the flu two times a month. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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I rarely get sick, but I'm still getting my anual flue shot... |
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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. |
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Last edited by Never; 10-19-2007 at 11:16 AM.
A few months?? What the hell kinda of super-flu did you have? You should be over the flu in a week, not months! |
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