Who takes flu and/or pneumonia shots

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Just curious as it came up for discussion in our house?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

We got ours several weeks ago.

[rex desilets]

Yep here.
Flu shots may be a bit of a crapshoot, but a risk worth taking for we older folk.

[sleepmac]

I get the Flu shot every year. I may still get a 'cold' sometime, but not near like the years I did not get the shot.

Dan Weinhold

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yep here.
Flu shots may be a bit of a crapshoot,

Yes, a couple of years ago they really missed the mark with a vaccine that only covered ~30% of the variants that season. And, there's the problem as well - it's constantly mutating every year.

but a risk worth taking for we older folk.

Should also be worth it for children, mothers, and just about everyone else if only to save the costs of being sick for a while

[webenda]

Just curious as it came up for discussion in our house?

More discussion on flu shots here:> viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17469&p=368094&hilit=flu#p368083

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Just curious as it came up for discussion in our house?

More discussion on flu shots here:> viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17469&p=368094&hilit=flu#p368083

Yup! Re-run.......

[webenda]

Started here:> viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17469&hilit=flu&start=285

Does anybody here think it is a good idea - even imperative - to get inoculation against the flu (influenza season has begun, it's being reported on the News) ?

I was prepared to go to our local CVS to get the shot, today, but have ended up hesitating. Maybe tomorrow.

Murph got advice from all us experts on the subject so now he knows exactly what to do.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Started here:> viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17469&hilit=flu&start=285

Does anybody here think it is a good idea - even imperative - to get inoculation against the flu (influenza season has begun, it's being reported on the News) ?

I was prepared to go to our local CVS to get the shot, today, but have ended up hesitating. Maybe tomorrow.

Murph got advice from all us experts on the subject so now he knows exactly what to do.

Climb into the bunker with the bear and hibernate through flue season.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Started here:> viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17469&hilit=flu&start=285

Does anybody here think it is a good idea - even imperative - to get inoculation against the flu (influenza season has begun, it's being reported on the News) ?

I was prepared to go to our local CVS to get the shot, today, but have ended up hesitating. Maybe tomorrow.

Murph got advice from all us experts on the subject so now he knows exactly what to do.

I'm grateful to see this brought up again.
Yet, I am still hesitating.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yet, I am still hesitating.

Why?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Yet, I am still hesitating.

Why?

That's a very good question. And I appreciate it.
Perhaps, even though I have seen reports on TV to the contrary, I am afraid that taking the shot will make me sick. A couple years ago, my wife and I both had the shot and ended up sick very soon afterwards, with a real bad cold or the flu, it seemed. Of course, we could have picked-up other germs from the germ-factories/petri-dishes - our respective schools - in which we were teaching at the time

However, reading your statement that you and your family got the inoculation, I am very moved, given your professional perspective, which should not be underestimated, to drive to CVS today and get inoculated, even though the News said many/most CVSs are out of the stronger inoculation needed for seniors.
Thank you, everybody , for your input. Thank you, Rufus.


P.S. For months, now, since Jan. 14, I have been working on hand-writing my Will, which is kept as a running-document on our Breakfast Room table, so that I'll see it every day and be reminded to get it completed. I have been addressing every single item (ten rooms and one basement and one attic full !) and factor which has been in our life together, including a whole lot of stuff I carted here from my childhood. Having seen my wife die in front of me on the floor of our bedroom, I became instantly better-aware of my more-than-obvious mortality. And I have nourished several cousins-in-law relationships, and every body knows what to do, and how to get into the house if I pass-away alone outside of it, or alone inside, with the alarm on and doors locked.

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Yet, I am still hesitating.

Why?

Because Murph got advice from all of us experts on the subject and, as a result, now he doesn't know what to do.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yet, I am still hesitating.

Why?

That's a very good question. And I appreciate it.
Perhaps, even though I have seen reports on TV to the contrary, I am afraid that taking the shot will make me sick. A couple years ago, my wife and I both had the shot and ended up sick very soon afterwards, with a real bad cold or the flu, it seemed. Of course, we could have picked-up other germs from the germ-factories/petri-dishes - our respective schools - in which we were teaching at the time

However, reading your statement that you and your family got the inoculation, I am very moved, given your professional perspective, which should not be underestimated, to drive to CVS today and get inoculated, even though the News said many/most CVSs are out of the stronger inoculation needed for seniors.
Thank you, everybody , for your input. Thank you, Rufus.

Ok, to repeat - the vaccine does not cause the flu. The vaccine is also not perfect and cover 100% of every genetic variant of the flu that exists every flu season. So, while you may be inoculated against xyz% of the year's variants, you may still be susceptible to other variants.

[healey36]

Was supposed to get one last Friday, but my internist pulled up sick, lol. He tells me there's a juiced-up version for the over-55 crowd...can't wait.