People that don't get vaccinated...

[brainhulk]

are they mostly little girly boys that are afraid of a little needle prick? and then risk serious life threatening disease and/or infecting others?

 

[NuclearNed]

option 3: "not necessarily"

A lot of people don't mind the needles so much, but they are stuck in the 1800's with their misinformed beliefs about innoculations.

 

[vi edit]

Unfortunately herd immunity and herd intelligence are at opposing ends of the intellectual stick of life.

 

[Paratus]

 

[Broheim]

I get vaccinated for really serious things, but a flu shot, please I can't be bothered to go see the doctor for a little bit of flu.

 

[TwiceOver]

I don't get vaccinated AND give blood at every blood drive. So I don't think it is a fear of needles.

I can't remember the last thing my Dr. said I should get vaccinated for. Maybe it was swine flu or bird flu or whatever that last mass scare was. Either way, I didn't and am still alive. I have been vaccinated for Hep.(whatever letter can be vaccinated for) as a job requirement.

 

[mmntech]

A lot of kids aren't getting vaccinated because that c--t Jenny McCarthy got all the parents to believe their demon spawn were getting autism from it. Because I guess America believes a former Playboy bunny before it believes tested and proven science. It's why previously uncommon illnesses like measles and meningitis are making a comeback.

 

[gorcorps]

I get vaccinated for really serious things, but a flu shot, please I can't be bothered to go see the doctor for a little bit of flu.

Bingo

As I get older and the flu could be a more serious issue for me, maybe I'll reconsider. But for now... eh. If I have to board up for a few days so be it, though it hasn't happened.

 

[Jaskalas]

Anything remotely serious, sure, it also helped that I was too young to resist. Though I'd agree to those shots today. If they hurt me in any way, I just don't know. Absent that knowledge I've no grounds to object to them.

Flu shot? No. It's ineffective and has to keep being done.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I think probably somewhere close to 100% of people who do not get vaccinated are sons or daughters of extremely stupid or ignorant parents who think immunizations are bad. In some cases it's because they have been mislead to believe that immunizations cause autism, even though there is no evidence to support that claim.

http://antivaccinebodycount.com/Anti-Vaccine_Body_Count/Home.html

 

[Scotteq]

As a parent, you would absolutely want your children vaccinated. Without question.

If you're elderly, you absolutely want to be vaccinated. Without question.

But the fact of the matter is the Flu - however unpleasant- is not a big deal to a healthy (near)Adult. So if you elect not to receive a shot, then so be it. Just so long as you consider those around you and stay home if you do happen to get sick. Sleep. Drink plenty of fluids. Play computer games, and be a pain in the butt to your Significant Other.

 

[postmortemIA]

I think probably somewhere close to 100% of people who do not get vaccinated are sons or daughters of extremely stupid or ignorant parents who think immunizations are bad. In some cases it's because they have been mislead to believe that immunizations cause autism, even though there is no evidence to support that claim.

http://antivaccinebodycount.com/Anti-Vaccine_Body_Count/Home.html

I haven't had flu since I can remember. Why should I get vaccine?

 

[DrPizza]

Anything remotely serious, sure, it also helped that I was too young to resist. Though I'd agree to those shots today. If they hurt me in any way, I just don't know. Absent that knowledge I've no grounds to object to them.

Flu shot? No. It's ineffective and has to keep being done.

The ignorance thus far in this thread is amazing. The reason you might be saying "ineffective" is that you need a new flu shot each year. The reason for a new shot each year is that there isn't a "the flu" - there are a lot of different strains, and a vaccination is only good against 2 to 3 strains. They have to make an informed "guess" as to which strains will be common a couple of months ahead of time, but unlike an ATOT member "guessing" - these are very educated guesses. This year, the vaccination protects against two strains, and their "guess" was perfect - those are the two strains that are going around.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I don't get sick. Im a picture of good health. I'll leave the flu immunizations for the sickly and weak.

 

[diesbudt]

Needles don't scare me.

Is it a Vaccine for something serious like the one you should get every 10 years? If so, yes.\

When it comes to the basic cold/flu shot each season:

However I am a healthy male age 25. And a vaccine only works on the calculated most spread flu virus/bacteria that this season will see. Any other types? You are not protected against. And thus I find it being almost useless to me. Especially since I have been sick 1 time in the past 8 years. (knock on wood)

 

[Bateluer]

Thinking I may start getting the flu shot again next year. When everyone else at work gets the shot and promptly gets sick, I end up having to work multiple 16hr shifts. Lots of overtime, but its exhausting.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

I get vaccinated for really serious things, but a flu shot, please I can't be bothered to go see the doctor for a little bit of flu.

Hate to break it to you, but your doctor's office isn't the only place to get a flu vaccine.

 

[GoPackGo]

Foolish to not get a tetanus shot...event better to get the Tdap.

 

[SP33Demon]

baa, baa

 

[SunnyD]

*yawn*

Oh look, another anti-anti-vax thread.

 

[Pohemi]

I'm an insulin dependent diabetic, so the fear of needles is definitely not the issue.

I haven't gotten flu vaccinations in a number of years, and luckily haven't gotten the flu. If I worked in a crowded environment, I might consider it more heavily. As I see it now though...the last time I got a flu shot it made me feel like shit for a few days. It might have been coincidence, but it turned me off to them.

 

[Chiropteran]

I was vaccinated some 20 years ago when I was a kid, why would I need to get vaccinated yearly?

 

[dank69]

I didn't get a flu shot, but I shoot heroin a few times a day so I don't think it's because of a fear of needles. :hmm:

 

[GoPackGo]

I'm an insulin dependent diabetic, so the fear of needles is definitely not the issue.

I haven't gotten flu vaccinations in a number of years, and luckily haven't gotten the flu. If I worked in a crowded environment, I might consider it more heavily. As I see it now though...the last time I got a flu shot it made me feel like shit for a few days. It might have been coincidence, but it turned me off to them.

I imagine your doctors yell at you over it every year...

 

[Broheim]

Hate to break it to you, but your doctor's office isn't the only place to get a flu vaccine.

I live in Denmark and our healthcare system is different from yours, but I can't even be bothered to go see if I can get it elsewhere. I've never had a flu shot and I haven't had the flu for the better part of a decade, I'm a healthy, fit adult in his 20's, the flu is just above "dying of old age" on the list of medical emergencies.