Any Plans to Get a Flu Shot?

[mrisha]

I would never get a so called flu shot.  They make people sick.

[Nancy5]

Yes I will be getting one.  I usually get it late October at my doctors office.

[linderlizzie]

I don't really believe in its effectiveness, but living with someone with heart disease means I have to get a flu shot every year. While I worked at the School of Nursing I had to have one every year because they required it.

Now I just get it because it's free with my insurance and they and my doctor bug me about getting it.

[bigfoot951]

When you say you are an herbalist it makes me think you have a healthy conscious mind, similar to mine.  But clearly we aren't exactly seeing eye to eye.  Under no circumstances would I get a flu shot.  Completely unhealthy to put it nicely...in my opinion.

[dsosnowski06]

Every time I get one I end up sick and feel like I have the flu for days.  I think this year I will skip it and see what happens.

[mardukblood2009]

I use to get flu shots but I would always get the flu. I will never get one again no matter what my doctor might say.

[renee10]

I plan to get one.

[mrsmere]

No I stopped a few years ago.  I use to get them but my arm would be sore for a week and I couldn't even raise it up.  So now I just pray, eat onions and garlic, wash hands often and take vitamins.

[ccandpam]

I get mine every year. They have changed them to not make you sick.

[bretay]

no plans for me

[adriarobi]

I got the flu (a serious case) from the flu shot. Will never ever do that again. Got very sick with hep shot for a job I had.

I stay healthy with herbs and vitamins, and have not had the flu since.

Those shots they all want us to take are very risky, often with, I have read, the "hair of the dog" (like the one for shingles....people still get the shingles often enough).

Got bronchitis with another of the shots. Not worth it, at least for me.

 

[debidoo]

No I got one years ago because where I worked the nurse wouldn't quit hounding me.  But I haven't gotten one since I think they are a scam and I also think they could be dangerous at least to some folks so no flu shot for me. 

[Gerianne]

a neighbor of mine learned about the flu shot.
she got the shot and consequently, yes, consequently, got the flu.
what do you think is in the flu shot?

I learned my lesson back in the 1990's.

[plennis]

I am getting mine next week at my doctor appointment.  I work with a lot of medical workers, who have to get it. When you see the large numbers of elderly and very young people come in for help with the flu and others who just happen to be at risk, you would change your minds about the shot.  It is an ugly way to die, especially when it is preventable.  It can come on so suddenly and so strong that some high risk people do not have a chance.  You also have less immunity as you age for things that at one time you could fight off.

[gaylasue]

No, I never take the flu shot.  It has been many, many, many years since I caught the flu.  My husband got his flu shot this morning.  He takes it every year and he catches the flu every year.