Posted by 10derheart on January 23, 2014, at 0:40:27
In reply to No Flu Shot. I heard Widespread + Deaths, posted by Phillipa on January 22, 2014, at 9:29:16
I have had the flu shot every year for 35 years.
Usually forget all about it within minutes.
I am a healthy person, though, despite certain things I bring on myself (overweight, sedentary). I also wash my hands often during flu season, faithfully now for at least 10+ years, and even more scrupulous since working in ICU 2006-2008.
My lack of colds, flu, and the like I chalk up mostly to the blessing of an excellent immune system, which really comes down to genetics. I think favorable genes, the immunization, taking precautions and luck all work together.
I trust the science in favor of taking the influenza immunization more than the arguments against it, and I've tried to read up on both.
It's all you can do, really. And keep in mind correlation does not equal causation in any case, and when we think so, it is likely a quite emotional (and so very human) response.
And...I've seen two elderly people with the flu when I did work in an ICU. It wasn't pretty. One recovered and the other did not :-(. I remember the family was incredulous that someone could die from "just the flu."
MDD (presently in complete remission); ADD-Inattentive type; mild anxiety (not fomally dx'd)
Meds: Strattera 80 mg q day
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