How many of you have gotten the flu shot this year?

Question

My husband says that we didn't need to get one (him, our son, and I got them today). He said the only people that get them are the elderly. How many younger people (under 65) have gotten one or plan to?

I live in Canada so basically everyone is able to get one if they want. If it isn't covered by our MSI then you only pay around 12 dollars for it.

Answer 1

You should read this article about the propaganda Health Canada spews about the flu shot:

http://www.prematureoptimism.com/blog/?page_id=47

Myth: The Canadian Health Network’s information page titled “Getting serious about the Flu” states that “Influenza (or flu) is a common respiratory illness affecting millions of Canadians each year.”6

Truth: According to the Canada Communicable Disease Report, the actual number of confirmed cases of influenza for 2001 – 2002 flu season was 6258, that means a whopping 0.02% of the Canadian population actually contracted influenza in 2001-2002.7 For the 2003-2004 year it was 11,435 cases of influenza, that’s 3.6 % of the population actual contracted influenza in 2003-20048, a far cry from millions.

Truth: Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) shows that in the 2001-2002 and the 2003-2004 flu seasons, only 12% of all the suspected influenza cases across Canada were confirmed by laboratories to indeed be the influenza virus. 7, 8 The other 78% of Influenza like Illnesses (ILI) were caused by other culprits (mycoplasma pneumonia, adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus, para-influenza viruses, and Legionella spp.)9 and would therefore not respond to the influenza vaccine.

Myth: According to the Canadian Health Network, out of these apparent millions that contract influenza “up to 1,500 Canadians, mostly seniors, die from influenza-related pneumonia”.6

Truth: According to Statistics Canada, a total of 63 people died in Canada from influenza in 2002 (most recent stat), out of these 63 deaths, 34 progressed to Pneumonia and resulted in death, 57 of those who died from influenza in Canada occurred in individuals 80 years and older.10

Answer 2

No, i've got taken flu photographs three times, final one approximately 15 years in the past. consistently get the para-flu the comparable season i'm getting a flu shot, it messes with my immune equipment. in case you have by no ability had the para-flu it rather is the biggest chilly virus yet additionally has somewhat some the features of the flu which comprise fatigue and aching bones, and the worst element is once you experience such as you have gotten over it and attempt to get closer the homestead projects and habitual at artwork, get somewhat drained from the artwork it comes back lower back for yet another couple of weeks. I make particular i'm getting extra diet A, diet D, drink lemon juice & water each and each morning, and relax any time i think drained, and consume ingredients like homestead made hen soup cooked with somewhat some unpolluted garlic & have sparkling mushrooms throughout the time of the season (facilitates build white blood cells).

Answer 3

I'm 38 and my hubby is 51 and the last time I took the flu shot at work (I work at a hospital and they're free so I took one) I got the flu so badly my asthma flared up and then three days later I infected my hubby. We were both prescribed the same medications and we took them for the 7 days they were prescribed but after 3 months we were barely getting rid of all the flu symptoms. I will never have another flu shot as long as I live, free or not. You can't pay me enough to go through that again. Some people I hear never get symptoms, but once you get them and they last forever, you get traumatized. Wash your hands whenever you've touched any surface be it public or in your own home. You never know where viruses lurk. They're just looking for a friendly home, your nose, mouth, and throat! Remember one ounce of prevention is worth one pound of cure!

Answer 4

I'm 51, I have had only one flu shot in my life, and was sick for six months. My own Mother at the age of 79 won't take the flu shot, because of what happened to me. I will never, ever get another one. I wash my hands many times a day and with sanitizer when I can't get to water. After one trip to Walmart, and touching the handles on the shopping buggy's, yuk! Just be careful. When your hands are dirty or have been in public, Don't touch your eyes, nose or mouth until they are clean. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

I truly believe the flu shot is a way for the goverment to introduce something into your body that they are't telling us about...

Before you poo-poo that, how can anyone foretell what flu is going to be prevelant the following year because the pharmaceutical companies would need at least a year to manufacture and distribute the alledged vaccine?

And they know that the mercury they use as a preservative in the vaccines causes autism and who knows what else, but they still use it. Why?

I'll take my chances rather then let someone inject me with a vaccine that I truly do not know what it contains.

Answer 6

Anyone who works in schools, health professions, with children or elderly or whom are children or elderly should get the Flu vaccine. Also anyone who has a respiratory condition like asthma, etc. should get a flu shot as well as a pneumonia shot. My whole family got one this year. I usually get one every year.

Answer 7

I havent had one since I left the military 20yrs ago and have never got the flu elderly and young who have health considerations shoould probably get them.

Answer 8

I'm 31 and i'm not planning on getting it

Answer 9

I wont get one. I can't afford it and I don't have health insurance.