Flu Shot?

**KneeDragr** · 12-14-2012, 03:51 PM

I got one, get it every year. I still get the flu about once a decade though.

**ssnobrakes** · 12-14-2012, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by swanicyouth

You could die from eating an apple. So why eat one? Or why do anything? Nothing is 100% safe. But the benefits far outweigh the risks. If we didn't use vaccines children would still be battling measles/mumps, diphtheria, polio, and pertussis (which is coming back due to people not getting the vaccine). Flu vaccine has kept pandemics flu outbreaks a thing of the past.

Why eat an apple? Its natural, nutrious and tastes good..........As I said, nothing is perfectly safe, but I would rather take my chances on a clean, fresh apple than a flu shot. Nobody really knows the LONG TERM EFFECTS. For all we know it may be the reason for the rise in Ahlzhiemers disease. I certainly dont have a problem if people want to take it, but I dont like to be made to take it. What I put in my body is MY business, not the government's or my employer.

**ARizzle** · 12-14-2012, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Flash Gordon

Yeah or Nah?

I get something called a Vitamin B12 shot...the more natural way...as it boosts your immune system. I've never been sick since age 10 when I started going to the naturopathic doctor!

**Rsurfer** · 12-14-2012, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by ARizzle

I get something called a Vitamin B12 shot...the more natural way...as it boosts your immune system. I've never been sick since age 10 when I started going to the naturopathic doctor!

I don't call injecting a fluid into your body natural.

**ssnobrakes** · 12-14-2012, 05:44 PM

Back in the 50's alot of medications caused birth defects in unborn babies. To think that a serious side effect "wont happen to me" from a flu shot, or another medication is naive. Maybe the serious side effect only occurs in 1-2% of the population, but if you are unlucky enough to be in that 1-2% you certainly dont feel that 1-2% is insignificant, or worth the risk.

**ARizzle** · 12-14-2012, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by Rsurfer

I don't call injecting a fluid into your body natural.

Hahah, google it and research it!

**Rsurfer** · 12-14-2012, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by ARizzle

Hahah, google it and research it!

I know what B12 is. Eating foods that contain B12, I would consider natural, but shooting it in your veins is not natural.

**hollerstiltner** · 12-15-2012, 08:52 AM

I get mine every year. I feel I owe it to my patients to do so.

**MadMerc** · 12-15-2012, 08:59 AM

My Wife works for a hospital and is required to get a flu shot every year.
Well, guess who gets sick every year with the flu? Yep, she woke up in the middle of the night, sick again.
The flu vaccine is worthless, in my opinion.

Sent from the mind of a madman.

**Bunky** · 12-15-2012, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by MadMerc

My Wife works for a hospital and is required to get a flu shot every year.
Well, guess who gets sick every year with the flu? Yep, she woke up in the middle of the night, sick again.
The flu vaccine is worthless, in my opinion.

There is more than one strain of flu and they have to guess the strains that may be around but working in a hospital is an easy way to get all sorts of ailments.