Flu Shots

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by Buff

People can get sick after having the flu shots. Clients of a place where I used to work had all of their staff get the flu shots. A couple of days later everybody was sick. My wife, who works in the health region skips the flu shots as she always gets the flu after having the shots, yet when she doesn't have the shot she doesn't get the flu... go figure.

you cant get the actual flu from the shot though...

"The viruses in the flu shot are inactivated, so you cannot get the flu from a flu shot. "

[habernac]

I'll get one and keep building my immunity for the inevitable bug that will hit us sometime in the future.

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by notoepik

Lots of people think that the *flu* is the gastrointestinal malady that leaves us poopin and pukin. But that is not the *flu* that the Flu Shot is for. The flu shot is for influenza. Influenza is awful to have, and not really a fun way to have time off work.

Wikipedia makes the flu and influenza sounds like the same thing.

[NSFL]

Originally Posted by Kipper is King

I always get the flu shot every year. It leaves me feeling a little woozy afterwards for a few hours, but then I'm fine.

The end result: I can't remember the last time a had the flu. I have had colds, but not a flu.

How the heck do you tell the difference between the flu and a cold?

[@theCBE]

Originally Posted by NSFL

How the heck do you tell the difference between the flu and a cold?

Cold is a sore throat, little cough and a runny nose that last about a week at the most and usually when you have it you can go about your day as normal maybe a little more tired.

I think a full blown flu lasts about 3 weeks.. gets worse for the first week... plateaus for a few days and then slowly you feel better. Its terrible.. you are weak and can barely work, high fever and all of the symptoms of a cold but 10x worse. I usually get the flu once a year. When I worked at the health region I got my flu shots for free so I got them.. and still got the flu but I found I got over it quicker.

Usually after the shot I get a bit of a fever and a tickle in my throat but nowhere close to a full flu. Haven't got in an a couple years though.