Flu shot

[yellowperil]

Just got mine. It was a double double (4 times the strength) as last years. Mostly never a line up for shots, but this year there was, different I guess.

[Sooner or later]

Good for you. I am scheduled to get mine next week.

[Chocaholic]

Never have and not planning on it. With minimal travel, masks and a sea of hand sanitizer everywhere you look...

[GH85Carrera]

We (wife an I) will get ours soon. We had the first of two shingles shots a few weeks ago, and we will do the flu shot first, then it will be time for the second of the singles shots.

[vash]

4x the strength? was that special? or is all the doses this year like that?

i got mine about 2 weeks ago..got the tiniest scratchy throat for a day and a mild headache..gone after the nights sleep. the sypmtoms sucked..made me think i got Covid for about an hour. i was taking my temp like a fool for half the day

[URY914]

Got mine last week. It's required for work. Good idea for anyone these days.

[yellowperil]

Originally Posted by vash

4x the strength? was that special? or is all the doses this year like that?

i got mine about 2 weeks ago..got the tiniest scratchy throat for a day and a mild headache..gone after the nights sleep. the sypmtoms sucked..made me think i got Covid for about an hour. i was taking my temp like a fool for half the day

The stronger dose is now recommended for age 65 and over, not compulsory but recommended. BTW no after effects. I have a sneaky feeling some may think this
shot might help avoid covid 19, even though it's not a flu. My wife highly recommends these shots i.e., shingles, flu, etc

[vash]

ahh..gotcha.

[Mike Andrew]

Done a week ago. Hi dose since I am over 65. No aftereffects at all and that is fine with me. I certainly hope that it provides the immunity as advertised.
Have been getting flu shots for 20 years; since I came home from Jackson Hole ready to die with the flu. Cost me ski time. At my age, I cannot afford to miss a minute of slope time. Sore arm vs missing ski days? Easy choice for me.

[Cajundaddy]

Originally Posted by yellowperil

The stronger dose is now recommended for age 65 and over, not compulsory but recommended. BTW no after effects. I have a sneaky feeling some may think this
shot might help avoid covid 19, even though it's not a flu. My wife highly recommends these shots i.e., shingles, flu, etc

My wife is also a healthcare worker and highly recommends these vaccines for us old-as-dirt types. While it won't prevent covid it might prevent having covid and the flu concurrently... which would seriously suck.

[Zeke]

A doc told me something yesterday that I wasn't aware of. A flu shot is good for 3 months. She said wait a bit so the effectiveness extends well into January. (She did not mention that this changes with age and seniors are the most vulnerable to a shortened period of immunization.)

I did look into this a bit and the consensus was the shot should be given between Halloween and Thanksgiving. I knew nothing of any of this. I get a flu shot when it's convenient or when the spirit moves me. No planning.

So my question is, does anyone know of a doc or researcher that recommends a 2nd shot down the road?

[tcar]

Originally Posted by Zeke

A doc told me something yesterday that I wasn't aware of. A flu shot is good for 3 months. She said wait a bit so the effectiveness extends well into January. (She did not mention that this changes with age and seniors are the most vulnerable to a shortened period of immunization.)

I did look into this a bit and the consensus was the shot should be given between Halloween and Thanksgiving. I knew nothing of any of this. I get a flu shot when it's convenient or when the spirit moves me. No planning.

So my question is, does anyone know of a doc or researcher that recommends a 2nd shot down the road?

My Doc said 5 months.... wait until October to get coverage into March.
And the effectiveness gradually decreases, not just drop off..

Maybe I'll wait longer (NOV) this year as long as the seasonal flu doesn't appear around here by then.

I guess it's not effective for 2 weeks after the shot.

[Sooner or later]

Tcar, that is my understanding.

[red-beard]

I have to wait two more weeks, because of the Covid- Vaccine.

[speeder]

Will get one for sure, I have to every year on doctor's orders because I don't have a spleen and over 60 now. I got one last year and still got extremely sick in December, wound up in ER w coughing and fever. Now of course, I wonder whether that was Covid but I did not lose my sense of taste or smell.

[flatbutt]

I haven't gotten one in years. The last one made me very ill. I'm not an anti-vaxxer. I got the two part shingles shots earlier this year. I just have had a bad experience with the flu shot.

[Ziggythecat]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

We (wife an I) will get ours soon. We had the first of two shingles shots a few weeks ago, and we will do the flu shot first, then it will be time for the second of the singles shots.

The advice from docs is not to rush that 2 nd shingles shot
Longer wait is best.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Got mu flu jab yesterday, refused a pneumonia jab but with COVID about I've since changed my mind and will get that on Monday

COVID on it's own could be bad but combined with flu or pneumonia it could be really bad

[Sunroof]

Got mine. I had the Senior dose.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Got mu flu jab yesterday, refused a pneumonia jab but with COVID about I've since changed my mind and will get that on Monday

Flu shot for me today.

Asked the nurse who is stopping by the shop if I will get a pneumonia shot also and she said I don't need one given I had one last year. Looks like it's a second dose after five years and then I am done. (She is hot and only 15 years younger than me and I fix her car cheap.)

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/pneumo/hcp/who-when-to-vaccinate.html