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.


Ya' don't get flu from flu shots. I've given thousands of them, as a
factory nurse. Never taken one, and don't get flu. Every year during
flu season, I'd have lots of people come in for meds .. Tylenol or
aspirin, antihistamines, etc. .. and every year I'd begin to get
symptoms like I was getting the flu, then it was over. Perhaps being
around so many people with various cold/flu symptoms helped build my
immunity. Flu is dangerous, especially for elderly, babies, pregnant
women and anyone with chronic conditions like diabetes. I never went to
work sick when I worked with those patients, either...they didn't need
my cold. Flu in early pregnancy can cause miscarriage, happens a lot.
Being a healthy sixty-year-old is different than being a healthy
eighty-year-old. Elderly can't fight off flu as younger people can. As
with anything, need to understand consequences either way.