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appalachiablue

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7. In 1976 I remember the swine flu vaccine. My silly
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 08:35 AM
Sep 2020

roommate insisted that we get it. We did and I came down sick, laid out for 2 days. Not until many years later did I learn about so many people who came down with Guillan-Barre syndrome from it. I met one man who had acquired it.

Ever since, I've been careful about taking flu vaccines, usually in split doses as given to children even though some health care workers say that isn't effective. It is for me. For covid, if and when a vaccine is developed I'll be extremely cautious about taking it.

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