bird flu from asia?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by Deckard

... For the most part, pointlessly...

Buuuuuut, not for those who make money off the vaccinations though. (not like that, I'm just being a smartass)

I have to add, I don't take flu shots. For three or four years(1998-2001) I did & each of those years I got the flu 2-3 times each year. Go figure. I a bit different though, I guess, drugs don't seem to effect me like other people.

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O.K., I just got into trouble. Again. It's not like I'm making this shit up.

[cacophony]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

I have to add, I don't take flu shots. For three or four years(1998-2001) I did & each of those years I got the flu 2-3 times each year. Go figure. I a bit different though, I guess, drugs don't seem to effect me like other people.

no, you just don't understand the flu vaccine. there are many many different strains of flu. every year one or more of these strains makes the round. it is IMPOSSIBLE to create one vaccine for every single strain of the flu in a single shot. and it is equally IMPOSSIBLE to predict which virus will spread and cause the biggest health risk each season. medical experts whose livelihood is basically nothing but predicting, tracking, and studying viruses do their best to make an informed judgment call on which strain of the flu will spread each season, and vaccines are ordered into production based on that estimation.

if you received a flu shot and you encountered someone who carried a different strain, you got the flu anyway.

fortunately for everyone, any flu vaccine will boost your ability to fight off the other strains, even though you won't get full protection. so even though you ended up getting sick, you didn't get as sick as you would have if you had been completely unvaccinated.



sorry... i work for webmd. this is all we've been dealing with for the last week.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Well, I've had only had the flu once since I stopped taking the flu shot.

My dad was the same way.

But it is true, drugs do not affect/effect(which ever, too lazy right now) me in the same way as the average person. I.E. if labeling states one may get diarehha, I get constipated! If labeling states you'll be constipated, I get diarehha! If labeling states one may feel droggy, I'm hyper and vise versa. I remember, when I had medical insurance, my doctor telling me, "Why don't you just exorcise(sp?)?"

I choose to be drug free.

Another example, I just had a root canal and the doctor wanted to prescribe me some kind of drug. I asked if I could just take ibuprofen if I had pain, he said to take in 600-800 mg. A few days later he called to see how I was doing or if I needed the prescription & I told him I didn't even need the ibuprofen stuff. He said, "That's freakish." I replied with, "Thanks!".

How are the twins Momma?



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Dammit. Get your flu shots, if you die I don't want anyone blaming me. I'm not.