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11-08-2012, 09:09 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: GR, MI
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Originally Posted by Fanatical Meat
All us folks with immune systems that do not function properly appreciate it, really I'm not kidding. Its really not a big deal to get one and if you don't like the sight of needles ask for the nose version, if you're afraid of mercury ask for a single dose version they do not contain mercury. Simple stuff.
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I never thought of it that way...but I for sure will from now on. I just know that when one person at my job gets the flu, pretty soon whole sections of people have it. No matter how many Lysol wipes and bottles of hand sanitizer we have laying around, people are too freaking lazy to use them. So germs, cooties and plagues spread like wildfire around that place.
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11-08-2012, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
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Originally Posted by Demo24
Depends on where you are, but typically not free for everyone.
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Every county I have ever lived in across four states they have been free and I am not income-deficient by any stretch.
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11-08-2012, 10:24 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,217
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No one's said "I like to give my immune system a workout" yet?
disappoint.
Also would like to hear from the conspiracy-minded.
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11-08-2012, 11:37 AM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
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Originally Posted by WaTaGuMp
I was at Costco for lunch, they do them for $16.99, is that a good price?
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Yes. Most of the pharmacies I see advertise between $25 and $30.
But my insurance covers them for free as preventative care.
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11-08-2012, 11:39 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 34,189
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Got mine too, free @ work!
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11-08-2012, 01:25 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: DFW
Posts: 9,355
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RocksteadyDotNet
Err, they don't stop you getting the flu.
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Right, but he's still safe from the plague. 
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11-08-2012, 07:37 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: GR, MI
Posts: 31,318
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ok this thing hurts like a bitch today
Is the zombie infection taking hold?
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11-08-2012, 07:42 PM
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Golden Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Usually feels like a big bruise for two days. It will be better tomorrow
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11-08-2012, 10:36 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Central California
Posts: 16,571
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No but your peeder may turn black and fall-off by the weekend.
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11-08-2012, 11:39 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Ohio
Posts: 11,459
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Never have and never will get a flu shot as long as I have any say in the matter. I don't get the flu any more often than those who do get the flu shot. Besides, I question how effective they are anyway as I see people get the flu after the shots all the time.
My brother noticed when he was in the military (and flu shots were mandatory like everything is) every time they'd go around and give everyone on the ship the flu shots within a week it seemed half the ship had the flu. They'd always blame another source, but what would that other source be floating out in the middle of nowhere and the only exposure to the flu being that shot? Plus, if the flu shot was really that effective why did so many people still get the flu 
But whatever.
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11-09-2012, 04:07 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: GR, MI
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Originally Posted by tcsenter
No but your peeder may turn black and fall-off by the weekend.
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Will it get bigger first? I could make good use of the time I have left with it...
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11-13-2012, 10:37 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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im amazed at how this post went this far. flu shots huh? does that mean you're superimmune for a while? did it hurt?
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11-13-2012, 10:48 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Land of Ahs
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Your flu shot doesn't really "kick in" for about two weeks after you get the shot. So wash your hands and be careful who breathes on you for another week or ten days.
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11-13-2012, 11:01 AM
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Lifer
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: S.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tcsenter
No but your peeder may turn black and fall-off by the weekend.
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Originally Posted by rudeguy
Will it get bigger first? I could make good use of the time I have left with it...
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Black peeder plus a white guy is never a good thing. Either yours is about to fall off or you're about to get got. 
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11-13-2012, 11:23 AM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Southerner 4ever!!!
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I did get a free flu shot from work last week. So far, so good.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vic Vega
No, considering they are probably free at your local health department which is funded by your tax dollars.
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Don't you have to be in the low income bracket to get those free shots? At least that how I understand it around here.
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11-13-2012, 12:24 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Long Island
Posts: 46,772
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I can get it free but didn't this year after getting it the last 3 years when my kids were infants** They got their nasal spray though**
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11-23-2012, 03:26 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: GR, MI
Posts: 31,318
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So I survived every person I come into contact with on a daily basis having the flu. I was feeling GREAT while they were sick as dogs.
Then Tuesday happened. My bronchitis came at me like a pissed off pit bull and a sinus infection cold cocked me from behind. SON OF A BITCH!
Luckily I have 3 days off to OD on vitamin C, cough medicine and Dayquil.
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11-23-2012, 03:39 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Upstate NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SparkyJJO
My brother noticed when he was in the military (and flu shots were mandatory like everything is) every time they'd go around and give everyone on the ship the flu shots within a week it seemed half the ship had the flu. They'd always blame another source, but what would that other source be floating out in the middle of nowhere and the only exposure to the flu being that shot? Plus, if the flu shot was really that effective why did so many people still get the flu
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I'm not sure how long ago it was, but apparently they used to use live (weakened) cultures. I don't know if that causes this or not but I've heard a lot of people say they get the flu after the shot. Every shot I have ever gotten has been a dead vaccination.
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11-23-2012, 03:57 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 14,130
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wyndru
I'm not sure how long ago it was, but apparently they used to use live (weakened) cultures. I don't know if that causes this or not but I've heard a lot of people say they get the flu after the shot. Every shot I have ever gotten has been a dead vaccination.
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A lot of people really don't know what the hell they are talking about.
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11-23-2012, 06:13 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Central California
Posts: 16,571
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wyndru
I'm not sure how long ago it was, but apparently they used to use live (weakened) cultures. I don't know if that causes this or not but I've heard a lot of people say they get the flu after the shot. Every shot I have ever gotten has been a dead vaccination.
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Vaccines don't prevent transmission or infection, they limit the course of infection to prevent serious complications or death. And there are 'strains' of the flu that are not covered by the flu vaccine. They only try to protect people from the three or four most likely and most virulent 'strains'.
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