I thought the flu shot was supposed to prevent the flu

[BarkingGhostar]

I got a flu shot two years ago and got sick for six weeks. Not got another flu shot ever since then.

 

[waggy]

No, she need to get the anti-flu shot.

exactly. idiots getting the FLU-shot? so you want the flu? idiots.

you need the anti-flu shot but hell the doctors don't tell you about it. they want you to get sick! they get more money that way. then when you are sick? they give you the anti-flu shot to help you recover. fucking big pharma.

 

[waggy]

I got a flu shot two years ago and got sick for six weeks. Not got another flu shot ever since then.

yeah? damn.

my Grandma got the flu-shot and she died after it.

 

[Born2bwire]

yeah? damn.

my Grandma got the flu-shot and she died after it.

My grandpa got a flu shot too once and now he's dead! :O

 

[ViviTheMage]

My grandpa got a flu shot too once and now he's dead! :O

Weird, my brother died from being struck by a car, gave him the flew shot and he's alive and kicking!

 

[tedrodai]

Not this shit again.

^

Them's the breaks.

 

[Fausto]

A friend of my wife and I got her flu shot around 2 weeks ago. Sunday she was not feeling well, Monday she woke up with a 102 fever, husband took her to family Dr., rapid flu test showed positive for flu.

Dr. gave her some Tamiflu and sent her home

The person in question works the front desk for a city water department. She has face-to-face interaction all day with people, talking about payments, receiving payments,,, is a white female around 35 years old with no underlying health conditions.

She did not want to get sick, so she got a flu shot. I thought the flu vaccine were supposed to prevent you from getting the flu?

We discussed this at length already, you dumb fuck.

 

[Texashiker]

We discussed this at length already

Do you have a mouse in your pocket?

Who is this "we" you are talking about?

 

[Fausto]

I swear to god you are the most willfully ignorant person currently on AT forums.

 

[waggy]

My grandpa got a flu shot too once and now he's dead! :O

shit its a pandemic! we are fucked!

Weird, my brother died from being struck by a car, gave him the flew shot and he's alive and kicking!

wow. amazing. he was killed from getting hit by a car and then a flu shot brought him back to life!? fuck that was one hell of a flu-shot.

 

[Fausto]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2195035

The only person with more posts in that thread than you is me. People whose jobs are in the immunology field chimed in with some really good posts.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Not this shit again.

Like the real world, this place has morons. The OP proves that point.

 

[Fausto]

Like the real world, this place has morons. The OP proves that point.

I am beginning to think he's actually crazy. He wants to be off the grid, but he demands health care while eschewing immunizations. That he has a litter of children and guns is also a bonus.

 

[DrPizza]

Things that amaze me - first, the state of the education system in some states where people are so ignorant as to not know simple things about things like flu vaccines - they don't protect against every strain, and they don't start working instantly - protection isn't really effective for a week or two after getting the shot.

But, what amazes me more is that some people are so willfully ignorant, or just plain dumbasses who have been told this time after time, but their brain is stuck in "I can't accept that" mode because it conflicts with bullshit that one of their friends told them 10 years ago.

 

[brainhulk]

I am beginning to think he's actually crazy. He wants to be off the grid, but he demands health care while eschewing immunizations. That he has a litter of children and guns is also a bonus.

and he has a big wtflolbbq that he likes to link

 

[Fausto]

and he has a big wtflolbbq that he likes to link

You're not any better, Kangaroosaurus.

 

[911paramedic]

Jesus Hume Christ!

The flu shot only protects against certain strains of the flu. If you catch a different one you're going to get sick.


Popcorn, Beer, & a Lawn Chair

 

[BurnItDwn]

Stop being obtuse.

 

[Fausto]

Stop being obtuse.

He's just big-boned, you insensitive jerk.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

The wilful ignorance is painful to watch. And yet I watch anyway. Why, ATOT? Am I a masochist? Or do I just derive pleasure from knowing there are people in this world so much dumber than I?

 

[zinfamous]

Not only does the government now know where she lives and is coming for her guns and taxes, they are now coming after you for interacting with her.

The flu shot is government-designed to spread amongst those who interact with it and decides from whom taxes and guns will be collected.

 

[umbrella39]

Seriously questioning the IQ of the OP... The State of Texas just got dumber.

 

[KeithP]

59% effective, not the kind of odds you might hope for but better than nothing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/flu-shot-only-59-percent-effective_n_1032916.html

-KeithP

 

[Gibsons]

Not only does the government now know where she lives and is coming for her guns and taxes, they are now coming after you for interacting with her.

The flu shot is government-designed to spread amongst those who interact with it and decides from whom taxes and guns will be collected.

Little known fact - in females, the vaccine causes an addiction to abortions. I bet she'll get three abortions this week.

 

[Texashiker]

59% effective, not the kind of odds you might hope for but better than nothing.
-KeithP

Kinda like DTaP needing 5 doses, and then the effectiveness fades quickly.

Companies have been using the same vaccine technology that was developed decades ago. What to improve vaccines so less have to be given, and the effects last longer.

"Why" do people need to take a flu shot every year, why do kids need 5 doses of DTaP to be considered fully vaccinated, only for the effectiveness to fade in a few years.

There is no doubt that vaccines are effective, but surely there is a way to make them better.