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This thread inspired me to go and get a flu shot - I'd heard there's a nastier strain going around this year.
To be honest I don't recall ever having the flu and have only gotten the vaccine maybe three or four times in my life. I have some weird immune system, in the last seven years I think I've only been sick twice and one of those times was COVID. Probably not a bad idea to get the fly shot anyway...
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^^^ The flu can be nasty and even deadly.
When I had it in the 90's I had a bad fever along with weakness. It would get better for a couple days, and then it would come back worse again. I think I was off work for almost two weeks. It's the only time I've had it. .
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I'm pretty sure that I had the flu once somewhere in the 2008-2011 range. I don't know if I've had it any other time. It sucked and was about a week long. I've probably had the flu shot <5 times. I'll probably get the shot this year. I'm sure that as you get older, the flu is less and less fun (or maybe I'm just less and less inclined to be uncomfortable). I suppose it's more dangerous too, but I'm not that old yet.
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I got mine a month or two ago. No side effects.
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My doc told me not to get the COVID and the flue shot on the same day. He said if you have a negative reaction you can tell which one did it. Well…
This year I was busy, got them both at once, and had a reaction. Boy did I have a reaction. Twelve hours of puking, chills, and diarrhea. I’m not doing that again.
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^^^ When I finished the form on the app today....it came back with a message that I needed the Tetanus shot because it had been 10 years. It said I wouldn't be able to get it today with the flu shot.
I'm not too concerned about that one.
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