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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]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,686 posts)48. I have been getting flu shots every year since they were available.
In 1968 I got the Hong Kong flu (H3N2) and I've never been so sick, before or since. I was a healthy college student then and it still knocked me on my ass; now that I'm old it probably would do me in. If I can reduce the odds of getting that sick, even by a little, I'd stand in line outside Walgreens in subzero cold even if it was like waiting all night for the new iPhone or Harry Potter book.
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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