Get The Flu Shot.

fbm211
fbm211 Posts: 1,488
edited October 2010 in The Clubhouse
If your considering getting a flu shot then do so.Ive had this nasty little bug for a week now and I have to say I havent been this sick since the 80s.
Its so damn bad I lost my voice the last couple days from the coughing fits that happen all the time.I have never lost my voice.....
Its even so bad that Ive had a brand new power supply and geforce GTX480 sitting in the newegg box for about a week now with no desire to swap out the old PS and vid card .:eek:...yet.
Chicken noddle soup every day for over a week is getting boring.Not to mention all the meds to reduce fever,coughing and help me to sleep,and Im sleeping a lot.




GET the shot.You will wish you did if you get this bug.
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited October 2010
    fbm211 wrote: »
    If your considering getting a flu shot then do so.Ive had this nasty little bug for a week now and I have to say I havent been this sick since the 80s.
    Its so damn bad I lost my voice the last couple days from the coughing fits that happen all the time.I have never lost my voice.....
    Its even so bad that Ive had a brand new power supply and geforce GTX480 sitting in the newegg box for about a week now with no desire to swap out the old PS and vid card .:eek:...yet.
    Chicken noddle soup every day for over a week is getting boring.Not to mention all the meds to reduce fever,coughing and help me to sleep,and Im sleeping a lot.




    GET the shot.You will wish you did if you get this bug.

    Sucks Bro. Fortunately my immune system in f'n bad ****. A little too good actually, as my allergies are horrible. I really pay for it in the summer time. Hope you feel better soon.

    Oh, BTW, I'm still using the video card you sold me. Upgrading already??!!
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited October 2010
    fbm211 wrote: »
    If your considering getting a flu shot then do so.Ive had this nasty little bug for a week now and I have to say I havent been this sick since the 80s.
    Its so damn bad I lost my voice the last couple days from the coughing fits that happen all the time.I have never lost my voice.....
    Its even so bad that Ive had a brand new power supply and geforce GTX480 sitting in the newegg box for about a week now with no desire to swap out the old PS and vid card .:eek:...yet.
    Chicken noddle soup every day for over a week is getting boring.Not to mention all the meds to reduce fever,coughing and help me to sleep,and Im sleeping a lot.




    GET the shot.You will wish you did if you get this bug.

    Had it already (the cold that is). It is a pretty horrible one. I'll pass on the flu shot though.

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  • fbm211
    fbm211 Posts: 1,488
    edited October 2010
    messiah wrote: »
    Sucks Bro. Fortunately my immune system in f'n bad ****. A little too good actually, as my allergies are horrible. I really pay for it in the summer time. Hope you feel better soon.

    Oh, BTW, I'm still using the video card you sold me. Upgrading already??!!

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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited October 2010
    Same here Christopher!

    I even brag about it, hoping I'd 'jynx' myself and get sick but nope...only been sick once in my entire LIFE! (that I can remember) Guess all that playing around in the dirt and such when I was growing up helped! So did all the shots I constantly got being a military brat just to later join the military myself (and got even MORE shots) :eek: :p
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited October 2010
    Sucks man, I'm dealing with it right now also. Pushing it out as you are and trying to move forward.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited October 2010
    and what's purposely infecting you with last year's strain going to do for this year's? I've never had one since a kid and I haven't had the flu yet. When I was a kid, we got it every year and I got it every year... coincidence? I'm good but thanks for the concern! :D
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited October 2010
    No flu shot for me.

    I work for a large enough company that we have our own nurse. She distrutes flu-shots every year and it is free for employees and their families. She has never had one even. Personally, I rarely ever get sick, but I would rather get sick once every 5 years and know my immune system is working rather than take shots to eliminate the need for an immune system.

    No allergies, no nothing. I pull poision ivy with my bare hands and burn it in the fire. I could roll cigars of it and not have a problem.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited October 2010
    BuckeyeTim wrote: »

    No allergies, no nothing. I pull poision ivy with my bare hands and burn it in the fire. I could roll cigars of it and not have a problem.
    Your not really tough unless you can snort fire ants to help clear the sinuses though :p

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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited October 2010
    I've only gotten a flu shot twice and both times I ended up getting the flu about a week later. No thanks.

    Aside from that, all sicknesses are constantly evolving and finding ways around vaccinations. As others have mentioned, a vaccination for last years flu isn't going to necessarily help you with this years flu. You're better off letting your own immune system take care of it IMO.

    I won't ever get one again. I rarely get sick...and as others have stated, I'd rather let my own immune system take care of it, than weaken my immune system with vaccinations. I'm pretty well against just about any vaccinations though.

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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2010
    I'm too young to be getting the flu shot, and they always require me to take off my tinfoil hat. I don't want them injecting me with some radioactive junk.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • punk-roc
    punk-roc Posts: 1,150
    edited October 2010
    Toxis wrote: »
    and what's purposely infecting you with last year's strain going to do for this year's?

    Just wanted to point out that the flu shot isn't merely last years flu virus. It is a combination of various strains of flu virus that appear to be the most likely to occur this year.

    While the H1N1 vaccine has been added to this years flu shot (which is similar to one you may have been offered or received last year), the three strains of flu virus in this years vaccine differ from the three strains you would have gotten from the flu shot last year.

    Not picking on anyone, just trying to clarify for those that might want the flu shot.

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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited October 2010
    I get the shot every year since having the flu once and have not had it since taking the shot for the last 10 years.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited October 2010
    GET the shot.You will wish you did if you get this bug.

    Not a chance.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited October 2010
    I honestly don't know what's worse, people who think the flu shot is some vast government conspiracy, or people who insist you have to get it.

    Based on this thread, it's a dead heat.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2010
    For the record, my comments were completely tongue-in-cheek. :p

    That said, i'm still not getting the shot.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • devani
    devani Posts: 1,497
    edited October 2010
    I just got the flu-shot at work....only got it because my company provides shots for free...my arm is a little sore but it's not bad...
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,999
    edited October 2010
    It's free up here and I don't get it.
    Thanks but no thanks.
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  • mudwrx
    mudwrx Posts: 367
    edited October 2010
    Maybe I'll get one so I can call in sick for a week or so and catch up on some PS3 games...
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2010
    I guess I've been lucky so far. IIRC I've only had one flu shot in my MANY years when I just happened to be in a place they were giving them for free. That was several years ago and I have never had a serious case of the flu. In fact I haven't missed more than 3-4 days of work due to illness in the last 20 years or so. No reason not to get them other than I just never seem to get sick.

    Now that I've posted this I'll probably get one of those "knock me on my **** for 2 weeks" flu. :rolleyes:
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited October 2010
    I just got over the flu. Took me 3 days to break the fever. That really sucked!
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited October 2010
    Im just starting to get my voice back from this wicked cold. I sounded like a pubescent teenager for over a week
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited October 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I honestly don't know what's worse, people who think the flu shot is some vast government conspiracy, or people who insist you have to get it.

    Based on this thread, it's a dead heat.

    I happen to agree with both sides. ;)
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,066
    edited October 2010
    No flu shot here...thanks but no thanks!
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited October 2010
    Cavemen lived without flu shots.......i live without flu shots.
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited October 2010
    mrbiron wrote: »
    Cavemen lived without flu shots.......i live without flu shots.

    THey lived without computers too.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • quadzilla
    quadzilla Posts: 1,543
    edited October 2010
    yeah, you don't want the crap that's going around. I caught that, then got another bug that's settled in as either bad bronchitis or mild pneumonia. Been sick nearly 3 weeks now, but at least I'm not running a 102 temp any more.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,736
    edited October 2010
    mrbiron wrote: »
    Cavemen lived without flu shots.......i live without flu shots.

    yes but their lives were "brutish and short" (not to be confused with "British and short", which some might opine would be the same thing)
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,046
    edited October 2010
    mrbiron wrote: »
    cavemen lived without flu shots.......i live without flu shots.

    flu shot bad.....computer....good!!!
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited October 2010
    eh I get sick a lot and got the shot at work. We get them for free too and what not. Plus working in an office building we are more prone to catch everything anyone else is carrying around due to all the passing of files, papers, food, etc around so I got it.

    Also if there is a chance of me missing work for a few days because of being sick, no thanks, I don't like to come back to a pile of papers (files) on my desk to go through as I'll never leave...
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited October 2010
    They lived without computers too.
    So i have to get a flu shot for every computer i have....6? That's a lotta flu!
    yes but their lives were "brutish and short"
    Pssshhh....who wants to live forever?!
    flu shot bad.....computer....good!!!
    What he said!...ZUG ZUG~
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    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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