On 1/24/2011 9:51 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
The pharmacies near me are promoting flu shots.

I've heard from more than a couple people, that they got
sick with the flu immediately after a flu shot. One friend
reports that his Dad got pneumonia every year, immediately
after getting a pneumonia shot.

Me, I have never gotten a flu shot, and don't plan to. I've
never gotten a pneumonia shot, and don't plan to.

It is impossible to get the flu from a flu shot, but it is possible to
get some *minor* symptoms that mimic the flu. Getting the flu from a
flu shot is just your garden variety old wives tale.

Everyone around here has been pushing flu shots since late november, and
in their scare tactics saying that it is good for the n1h1 flu also.
Seems that people remember how practically no one got the n1h1 last
year, and it ain't gonna get them this year either. That whole scare
made some people a lot of money, and lost lot's of money for others.

I used to get flu shots because I had always suffered from what appeared
to be the flu many many times a year, all year round. I imagined it
helped a little bit, and any help was better than no help. Turns out
I'm allergic to either wheat or gluten or both, and that was the cause
of my flu like symptoms. BTW, I haven't used an antibiotic in at least
20 years. Their use can actually weaken your immune system.