Do flu shots make people ill?

Question

I just got a flu shot about 30 minutes ago. I've heard that the vaccine can make some people midly ill for a while. How common is it for people to feel ill after getting the shot and how long does this last? I have a lot of work to do this weekend and don't want to be feeling like crap. Is there much chance that this shot will make me feel bad?

Answer 1

There's every chance it will make you feel bad.

Do NOT get vaccinated.

A vaccinated person is MORE likely to get a disease than a non-vaccinated person. The whole theory of vaccination is flawed. It causes a weakening of the immune system thus making those who are innoculated more susceptible to disease.
There are so many awful side effects to vaccination that it should be considered extremely dangerous.
Just sit back and think for a while.
Is there any sense in injecting a disease directly into your body.
We have been subjected to an awful mind control program to enable the drug manufacturers to make a fortune.

The Vaccination Hoax
http://www.whale.to/b/hoax1.html


If you go to the vaccination liberation web page, at
http://www.vaclib.org/exemption.htm
You will find all the forms necessary to provide exemption for your child.

If you want to study the history of vaccination, see
http://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/vaccination.html

Answer 2

This comes up every year during flu shot season. In days gone by, the flu shot was based on an irradiated virus, and had to be in a liquid carrier that could keep it alive. Both were very irritating to people, and some did actually develop a fever and mild flu as a result. Most people did just fine, but over the years the flu shot got a really bad reputation and it's stuck with the vaccination despite the changes. Now days, the flu shot is based on a killed virus cocktail of the most prevalent strains- and can be put in a much more people friendly carrier liquid. So you can't catch the flu from the shot anymore. That said, you can't go poking holes in a person's arm and introducing foreign germs without having the body take notice. In fact, having the body notice and do something is the whole purpose for taking the shot to begin with. Within hours, the immune system responds to attack the virus. Your body reacts exactly as it would if the virus attack were real, because it doesn't know the flu is all dead. Your body raises it's temperature slightly, as body cells function well at the higher temperature, but viruses and bacteria do not. Your arm may be sore, but then, you just had a hole poked through the skin and they put a wad of liquid into a muscle. It's not like you had an available open spot just waiting to be filled. The skin has to now heal, and the muscle cells in the area have to be cramped up until the body can absorb the liquid that was injected. Meantime,the cells in the area all make a fuss- and your arm is a bit sore.
A dose of acetominaphen and movement of the arm are all that is needed to keep going. There are no other effects due to the shot beyond what you think there are going to be. Any cold or illness you feel in the next few days is due to something you already had in brewing, not the flu and not due to the shot. There's no good reason for feeling ill from the shot, other than your expectations. If you think it will make you ill, chances are good that it will. If you don't expect it will, it likely won't.
The immune response of the body will peak within 24 hours, and settle rapidly after that. After all, there is not really a live virus in you and what little gets injected will be attacked and dealt with in that time frame. It's more traumatic to you emotionally than physically, and how you feel over the weekend is more affected by what you think and expect than a physical response to the shot.

Answer 3

I'm surprised how little the people who posted here know about flu shots. The vaccine injected into you (and me!) are DEAD virus'.

You can NOT catch the flu from this version of the vaccine. For some people, the vaccine will make you a little ill for about 1 day, but nothing that will keep you from your daily life. It's just your immune system building up an immunity to the virus'.

About 20,000 people DIE per year from the Flu. Do yourself a favor and get a shot. You will however get a mild case of the flu if you get the nasal spray version of the flu vaccine because it contains a weakened version of the live virus.

So listen the the naysayers and conspiracy buffs and take a risk of complications from the flu, or get a shot and be safe.

Answer 4

Your getting a small amount of the live vaccine and it's bound to have some affect on you. Most healthy people have no reaction, some have a mild fever for a day or two and very few, a very small percentage actually get ill. Remember this, these same people that get ill might end up with a terrible reaction if they did get the flu without the vaccine so....what's the do you do?

Answer 5

Like any other shot it may have side effects.

The shot is an injection of a very small does of the flu. You may get the same symptoms as you would with the flu, only a lesser verision.

Answer 6

bear in mind what's interior vaccinations... it somewhat is the unquestionably factor they're injecting in you which you're attempting to dodge. They inject susceptible quantities of the flu rigidity interior, so your physique can combat it and function the antibodies waiting. in case you sense a splash susceptible, it somewhat is probable your physique combating the vaccination. would desire to flow away quickly! :-) yet while your buddy did no longer have the flu, you will possibly have caught her chilly however. eep.... additionally available you have been unwell mutually as you had the shot???

Answer 7

A vaccination is a DEAD form of the virus which typically makes you ill, injected so that you build up antibodies. However, the dead virus will not make you ill.

If a thousand people get a shot, some of them will be sick the following day. This does not mean that the shot MADE them sick. You will feel fine. It's a complete myth that people get sick after vaccinations, based on people's lack of understanding of what a vaccination is.

Answer 8

I got one a couple years ago which made me very sick the next day. Others I know have gotten the shot and felt fine. It may vary by individual. If you are ok the next morning, chances are you are fine.

Answer 9

You might feel tired for a few days afterwards while your immune system attacks the dead viruses. Shouldn't last long. Some people aren't affected at all though.

Answer 10

It's hard to make predictions...

It's not going to give you a full-blown episode of influenza, if anything at all, you'll feel a little under the weather and have a few sniffles.