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Originally posted by SapperSteel:

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Originally posted by Georgeair:
. . .Apparently one year she did and ended up later that year (weeks, not days from then) getting the worst case of the flu she could remember.

I asked if she recognized the shot was a "best guess" and sometimes they miss, you might still get it. Also that she ended up unlucky and got it in spite of the fact she'd had the shot, not BECAUSE she had..... . . .

It's been several years since I got the shot.

Georgeair's (see quote above) tells us that getting the flu after getting the shot is merely coincidence, NOT causation, and I believe him.

My issue isn't catching the flu after getting the shot.

My issue is that I get sicker than a dog for a couple of days after I get the shot. Puking. Fever. Headache. Sick.

People have told me that's just not possible, that the shot can't do that. And yet I can show a 100% correlation between the times that I have gotten the shot and the times it has made me sick. If it is all in my head, then it's a pretty damned powerful phobia.

So, no, I do not plan to get the shot this year. Or in any other year between now and my death, either.

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"Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014
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Originally posted by DonDraper:
Work (Hospital) forced me to start getting them a few years ago. My arm hurts for a few days afterwords but I'm still alive.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

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Originally posted by DonDraper:
Work (Hospital) forced me to start getting them a few years ago. My arm hurts for a few days afterwords but I'm still alive.

Don't blame the hospital, blame the government.

Unless individual facilities have at least 90% compliance with flu vaccines, the feds will cut reimbursement rates.

This pisses me off to no end. Given the risks involved and historically low rates of efficacy, there is absolutely no good reason to force a medical procedure on those unwilling. If memory serves, they had a little trial in an obscure town in Germany around 70 years ago and decided that that should not be done.