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In reply to the discussion: There's a sudden, unexplained upsurge in the number of anti-vaxxers coming in to the clinic. [View all]Aristus
(66,522 posts)7. Influenza.
Barring an allergy, there's no excuse not to get the flu vaccine. Even if a patient never gets the flu, he/she becomes a vector for transmitting it to someone else.
Time and time again, patients have told me that they get the flu from the vaccine. I ask them what symptoms they get. When they tell me nausea and vomiting, I tell them 'that's not the flu, that's gastroenteritis.'
There's so much misinformation out there. I'm trying to correct it, one patient at a time...
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There's a sudden, unexplained upsurge in the number of anti-vaxxers coming in to the clinic. [View all]
Aristus
Jan 2018
OP
Im sorry but their children should not be allowed to put the health and lives of others at risk
onecaliberal
Jan 2018
#1
Once a person is vaccinated, their immune system develops antibodies to the virus.
Aristus
Jan 2018
#24
It's Important to Remember that When It Comes to Science, Correlation is Not Causation
dlk
Jan 2018
#6
Obsessive-compulsive disorder and Anorexia nervosa do not suddenly pop up.
raging moderate
Jan 2018
#52
In '63, I was in 4th grade. My dad developed a serious lung issue. Doctors thought it might be TB.
tonyt53
Jan 2018
#14
Actually, the flu vaccine can protect against the flu even if it's not the strain researchers
Aristus
Jan 2018
#31
The viral effectiveness of the vaccine against H1N1 is in the neightborhood of 57-65%.
Aristus
Jan 2018
#37
I have been getting flu shots every year since they were available.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2018
#48
I appolgize for those of us that have such a love/hate attitude about women. I am embarrassed...
marble falls
Jan 2018
#47
This worries me tremendously. I have a niece in Miami with two beautiful daughters, ages 2and 5.
secondwind
Jan 2018
#51