FLU SHOT POLL

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Poll question: FLU SHOT POLL

I'm just curious. Having got the flu shot this past winter, I found it didn't do me a damn bit of good. I got the flu or some virus 3 times, which landed me in the hospital once. I'm curious about others experiences...

[trof]

1. First year in a long time with no shot.

Vaccine not available, but didn't get flu.

[napi21]

2. I got one flu shot when I was 17, and got the flu that year!

I'm now 62, haven't gotten a flu shot since the first one, and haven't had the flu either.

I think it's advisable for anyone who has a cronic condition of any kind to get a preventative shot, but the healthy people...I think it's just another scam to get a few more $$$.

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3. Well it sure didn't help me...

...I got it because of my asthma. I'm wondering if I'd be better off without it.

[hobbit709]

4. I haven't had a flue shot

since 1972 and I've haven't had the flu since my last shot. i'm diabetic and my doctor keeps trying to talk me into it but I refuse.

[kedrys]

5. I've never had a flu shot

As a former lab rat, I don't think they do any good, at least wouldn't for me. It's all guesswork in a white lab coat. I don't get sick either.

[BuddhaGirl]

6. no shot for me,

and I didnt't get the flu. I never get flu shots.

I try to keep my immune system healthy and prefer to use alternative therapies like Oscillo if I start to come down with the flu. :-)

[Nikia]

7. I have never gotten a flu shot

I got flu after going through puberty only once, when I was a 22 year old college senior. I took anti virals on the second day of my illness. I was back in class on the fourth day of my illness. I was running again on the ninth day. It was a rather nasty illness, especially the first 48 hours, but I survivedd it alright.

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. Never had a flu shot

and never had the flu (knock on wood) I guess if you are elderly or immuno-suppressed it might be worth it just in case, but when you are getting a flu shot you are also getting a small dose of the flu so in reality you are giving your healthy body a small dose of sickness. It's just not something I believe in