Did you get your flu shot yet?

[hedgehog]

Poll question: Did you get your flu shot yet?

[xchrom]

1. i gotta get it done -- they recommend getting it early this year. nt

[spin]

2. I go in for an appointment next month...

I should be able to get it then.

Flu shots have worked well for me over the years. My daughter is one of those who say that flu shots make her ill.

[Exilednight]

3. Nope, caught the flu first. No need for the shot now. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. I've never had one and don't plan to start getting one either. n/t

[Brickbat]

5. Other: No, I just never get one. I was allergic to eggs for many years and "got over it" only this

year. My doctor was kind of "eh" about me getting it the shot. As far as I know, I have never had the flu in my life. That of course doesn't mean I won't catch it, but I play hard to get; I don't pick up just any bug that's floating around.

[hedgehog]

16. Being allergic to eggs is a good reason not to get a flu shot.

That means the rest of us who can should to cut down the chances you'll get exposed.

[yodermon]

6. OTHER: I never get one because I don't feel like it. n/t

[ZombieHorde]

7. No, but I probably will. My wife recently got a job giving people flu shots.

The pay is really good for our town, but she gets mildly harassed by anti-vaccine folks from time to time. She has been accused of spreading AIDS, and injecting people with monkey pus. We have had a good laugh over the monkey pus.

[roguevalley]

37. get a pneumonia shot too. They last five years. Also, shingles.

that is a HORRENDOUS thing to have.

[HappyMe]

8. I'm getting one this year.

Didn't go last year, and was sick as hell for a week. Not a good way to ring in the new year.

[GoneOffShore]

9. Not doing it this year and forgot last year.

I'm going into hibernation soon, so I don't need one.

[WinkyDink]

10. NOTA. I get mine closer to Flu Season.

[mysuzuki2]

11. flu shots are for old people.

I'm only 63.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Did not think about it... and was there this morning

Hmm will need to get to it though.

[dipsydoodle]

13. You missed out other.

I'm an old git in uk so its free on the NHS. Bulk jabs to all in my category 3rd October local to me.

[sharp_stick]

14. Not yet

they offer them for free at work and I'll wait until they come in.

[Modern_Matthew]

15. Haven't had any shots since like 6th grade.

I'm not anti-vaccine...

But I am glad to live in a country that let's me make my own health choices.

[Logical]

17. I hope no one is serious about the conspiracy theory crap!

[hobbit709]

18. Flu? What's that?

[elocs]

19. I'm 59 & never have had a flu shot. Far as I can remember, I've never had the flu either. n/t

[AngryOldDem]

20. Other

Just don't want one. I'll take my chances.

Plus, I remember the big flu scare back in 1976. Forget if it was Swine or Asian or whatever strain. My mom got a shot and was sick as a dog for a long time. So, no thanks.

[hedgehog]

21. I have never seen a good explanation of whether or not the

vaccines given out that year were different from those before or since.

[nomb]

26. They are always different, each a bespoke response to the seasons asian precursors

[hedgehog]

32. That's true, but given that the method of making the vaccine

was supposedly the same, what was the difference that year? Or was there an actual difference? For example, there were cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome blamed on the shot, but was the perceived association an illusion?

[nomb]

38. If there was any truth to it - we would have known by now.

[AngryOldDem]

29. Good question.

A lot of people got sick after that shot, as I recall.

[Odin2005]

22. I don't get it, I never get the Flu.

[BlueIris]

23. No, but thinking I should. nt

[nomb]

24. Many people now think it's only for high-risk populations and taking it is greedy if your OK

[hedgehog]

25. I'd say the best way to protect high risk populations is to vaccinate those

around them; especially small children.

[nomb]

27. That is the idea. Keep healthy not for you, but to not harm those around you.

[nomb]

28. What causes you to have a minor sniffle ... can kill another fellow being.

[beac]

30. Never had a flu shot. Never had the flu. And I'm exposed to people from all over the country.

However, I AM on par with Lady MacBeth in the hand-washing department.

[AtomicKitten]

31. I cut out the middle man and got the flu.

3 weeks later now I'm good to go.

[Spirochete]

33. Not yet

My next trip to the pharmacy, I'll try to get it done.

[Dorian Gray]

34. Got it

my daughter's pediatrician suggested my husband and I get it early to protect her in case the flu starts before her next appt. He didn't want to give it to her at her 9 month appt. and suggested waiting for her 1 year... which is in a couple of months. So, we got ours last week.

[Critters2]

35. Haven't yet, but I certainly will. Two years ago I had the flu and it became pneumonia.

Sickest I've been as an adult. I do NOT want to go through that again!

[quiller4]

36. I'll be getting my on October 8th when we provide them free at my parish.

[Lugnut]

39. I don't get the shots.

I've had the flu once since they first started offering the shots. I'll take my chances.