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So if you were a potential cause of someone getting sick, why wouldn't you just get your shot and spare them the potential misery?
I should do something just in case because something else might happen? Even when the doing it doesn't mean that the something won't happen (necessarily)? That's not really how I generally live my life. Sorry.
Rest assured, though, that people aren't dropping dead around me.
I'm sure not. But if we were talking measles vaccination, would you feel the same way?
I know it kills people, but *shrug*
I don't know why, but I find this extremely hilarious. Like, in the good way.
Honestly I was having trouble putting thoughts into words
I guess what I was trying to say was, while I know specific groups of people cannot get the shots, if the flu shot works like it's supposed to, those who can get the shot should be fine around me anyway. Others should be taking more precautions.
I'm in your camp.
I very rarely get the flu, so I'm not sure the shots are needed in my case. Moreover, my understanding is that the shots only protect you from the last round of viruses. It does little or nothing to protect you from the most recent mutations?
I'm in your camp.
I very rarely get the flu, so I'm not sure the shots are needed in my case. Moreover, my understanding is that the shots only protect you from the last round of viruses. It does little or nothing to protect you from the most recent mutations?
At any rate, all you nay-sayers - get the flu like I had last summer, and you will clutch at ANYTHING to help ward it off. I promise. I was bed-ridden for two weeks. I cried. A lot. I wanted to die. Repeatedly. It was the most horrible sickness I've EVER had.
At any rate, all you nay-sayers - get the flu like I had last summer, and you will clutch at ANYTHING to help ward it off. I promise. I was bed-ridden for two weeks. I cried. A lot. I wanted to die. Repeatedly. It was the most horrible sickness I've EVER had.
I'm not familiar with the type of work that state health department employees do. Do you have regular contact with people in healthcare settings (blind post)? All healthcare workers have to be immunized, and I agree with that. I would say the same for anyone who is in a similar position.What do you guys think about this? Does the health department have the right to force its employees to be immunized against the flu (or any other disease that it deems is a risk - we have to be immunized against several things)?
Where do you draw the line between respecting an individual's privacy and protecting the health of the community?
Making a flu shot a condition of a certain profession is a bit different than forcing any citizen who becomes pregnant to carry to term.Strange.
I thought that your government believed a woman has right of control over her own body. That's what they always say when excusing abortion...
Or in other words no they do not have the right to force this upon you, and it is a deeply creepy move.
Sounds awful. That still falls under my category of I haven't gotten it though.
You have my sympathy though. That's worse than I've ever been sick.
Were you diagnosed via a lab test with the flu? I'm not saying you didn't have it, but I'm curious, cause while the flu can be really miserable, if you were literally crying and wanted to die, that doesn't sound like the flu lol.
Or are you just kind of wimpy when it comes to being sick? I'm not trying to be mean, honest, but I know some people just cannot handle being sick and turn into big balls of mush lol. I was sick every other week as a kid, so being in bed and feeling awful is sort of par for the course for me. But like, my husband, who is normally healthy as an ox, when he gets sick, you'd think he was literally dying the way he moans and lays around like a corpse lol.
Granted, I *AM* wimpy when I'm sick (honestly, what man is not?), but this was bad. Really bad. And it was the flu, verified by a flu test. Influenza B. I had the worst body aches, 102 fevers, chills, sweats, sore throat, stuffy nose, headaches - you name it.
That's definitely more than I ever had. Typically my illnesses are minor. The worst one, though, was an episode of bronchitis. I was largely okay until the antibiotics they gave me left me in bed for 3 days.
I know, 3 days compared to your 2 weeks, but I keep myself moving as much as I can even when I am sick. I don't want to inconvenience people (and that's a personal thing. I don't fault anyone who needs help).
I had to be waited on hand and foot. My poor partner. That guy deserves a medal. lol
Granted, I *AM* wimpy when I'm sick (honestly, what man is not?), but this was bad. Really bad. And it was the flu, verified by a flu test. Influenza B. I had the worst body aches, 102 fevers, chills, sweats, sore throat, stuffy nose, headaches - you name it.
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