should I get a flu jab?

Question

i'm 25 and work with the elderly as front line staff. Should I get a flu jab? Do you get a cold afterwards?

Answer 1

Once again another person who believes the myth of the flu shot. No you will not get sick. It's a dead virus.

However, the flu shot that you breathe or squirt into your nose as an alternative to the flu shot is suppose to be a live virus, so yes that way.

Also, it's probably too late to get one. Usually Dr's and health departments are out or done by December. Since the flu is heavest during Dec, Jan and Feb.

The flu shot will cover you 3-4 months.

I get the flu shot every year. If I do get the flu it's not as bad as if I hadn't gotten it. Your body builds up the antibodies before your body even comes across the actual flu strain.

Now, some people clame they got sick from the flu shot. But that's a small percentage of people who just happen to get sick around the time of the flu shot. Also, those are probably the same people who didn't wash their hands after going to the Dr and getting the flu shot and picked up the flu virus the same day.

You will feel a little tired, groggy and maybe some body aches for 1-2 days. Not bad at all, compared to the real deal.

Also, your arm will hurt slighty where the shot is given for about 3 days.

Answer 2

Yes you should certainly get a flu jab, this is really to protect you and your loved ones from the flu! The only major side effect is that of it not working! If you knew about flu then you would get it. Did you also know that each time you get the flu you increase your chances of developing much more serious problems later on in life. So yes I would get one. Good Luck

Answer 3

This vaccine fear gets me everytime.

YOU CANT GET THE FLU FROM THE FLU SHOT. Its dead. You may experience some fever, very rarely, due to your immune response working with the vaccine, you may get some inflammation at the injection site, heck you can get anaphylaxis if you are allergic to eggs, but you are NOT going to get the flu from it.

It takes 2 weeks to become effective, so if you have flu in you before you get it, or for a week or 2 afterwards, you still get the flu, but its not from the shot.

Vaccines don't give you autism, they DON'T kill people (prove it to me, I dare you to try to find an actual article from a reputable source), and they don't do all the other terrible things some people believe.

Regardless of whatever autismcaregiver says below, current vaccines do not contain such ingredients....some are used in the preparation of the vaccine, but are cleared before the final packaging as per government mandate. You can easily find the ingredients in a flu vaccine or any vaccine with very little effort, but seeing as you are on Y! Answers, you are incapable of doing that, which renders this sentence moot. Good luck, and remember, fold the tin foil twice to make your hats stronger.

If you click on those bogus propaganda machine websites, you are doing yourself a great disservice and beginning the trek down the road of misinformation and fear mongering they profit off of.

Educate yourselves, then try to help others, otherwise you are still just a part of the problem, and I'm just waiting for a vaccine against ya ;)

Answer 4

basically what happens when you get the flu shot they are giving you a strand of the flu so your body can fight it and make duplicates of it for when you become infected. Since the body mutates the flu virus and passes it on to someone else and then their body mutates it even more and passes it on to someone else etc. it seems very unlikely with over 500 different strands of the flu virus going around, that the flu vaccine will keep you from getting the flu. Hope this helps :)

Answer 5

I'm a student nurse and our university don't advise us to get flu jabs.
they say that there is very little reason if your young and healthy, yes you work with the elderly but with our guidelines in working with the elderly state that if you are sick you have to stay off until you fully recover.
you could look in your local trust guidelines to see whether your trust supports carers getting flu jabs or not, good luck

Answer 6

i work with children and in some nurseries it is policy to get the flu jab. to protect both you and the children. i have one most years now and no i have never had a cold after. i only seem to get one cold a year in september and its usually only just a little more than a sniffle, so if i was you then yes id get one, last thing you want is to catch a nasty strain of cold and pass it on to the elderly, or vice versa!

Answer 7

No, i heard that they aren't beneficial. they can actually end up hurting you in the long run. Some girl was on the news that even died from getting a flu shot. I think you should just try to stay healthy; if you get the flu, it's no big deal. it's a lot better than dying.

Answer 8

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! There are so many toxins in the vaccine. There is mercury and formaldehyde in the flu vaccine. Poison. If you are healthy and want to stay healthy, avoid it. You are young, just make sure you get rest, drink lots of water, eat right, wash your hands, and that is better than the shot. The flu shot only protects against very few strands, and there are so many out there, that chances you will not even come in contact with the one you were vaccinated for. Watch this video and you will for sure change your mind: http://operator11.com/shows/4166/episodes/21311

mORE lINKS:
http://www.thinktwice.com/
http://www.nvic.org/state-site/state-exemptions.htm
http://www.vaclib.org/index.htm
http://www.mercola.com/article/vaccines/neurological_damage.htm
http://www.informedchoice.info/cocktail.html
http://www.vaccines.bizland.com/links.htm
http://www.laleva.org/eng/2006/03/dont_vaccinate_before_you_educate.html

Answer 9

hi Kitty, The flu jab is oftentimes replaced on an annual foundation based upon the previous twelve months's significant growing to be strains in Asia. there are such lots of modifications and the flu virus is so changable, that no jab will confer one hundred% risk-free practices against all of them. suitable suggestion: lots of fluids, relax, heat temperature and hugs! (in case you're apprehensive approximately your immune reaction, you've gotten it checked - there are additionally some particular supplementations you need to take to help).

Answer 10

yes u should qualify for a free jab, i get one as im carer for my mum. some people have flu like symptoms after having it but i suffered no effects this year, altho in the past i have. if it stops u getting full blown flu a few days discomfort is worth it.