Flu shots!

[asterroc]

I'm curious whether people are planning to get the flu shot this year.

[Poll #1449243]

Comments

[freakylynx.livejournal.com]

I stopped getting flu shots a few years ago. Everytime I got one, I ended up getting sick. I've had better luck staying healthy from taking a lot of vitamin C than with getting a flu shot :P

[spazzy444.livejournal.com]

I put "Other" in the do these apply to you, and thought I would specify my other.

I have a new baby at home who isn't old enough to get a flu shot. By me getting a shot I am also protecting him to some degree.

My job also pays for my flu shots. But even if they didn't I would get one anyways - I had a very severe case 2 years in a row when I was a child and do not want to go through that again.

[jennekirby.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming that coming into contact with lots of students makes me part of a population that's supposed to get flu shots.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I have very, very, did I mention very? mild asthma. It only kicks in after aerobic exercise, but not every time I exercise.

I had to get a flu shot every year while I was in the Air Force. It made my arm ache for a week, every time.

I had the flu once as a child, and never since. I know I'm not immune, by any means, but I've never caught it as an adult, which - combined with the hatred of the pain of the shot - means I am highly unlikely to get a shot for normal seasonal flu.

The H1N1 makes me more nervous, what with it hitting healthy younger adults much harder than regular seasonal flu, so if/when that becomes available, yes I will have some of that vaccine, thank you.

[sildra.livejournal.com]

My risk-benefit analysis is: There is a tiny likelihood that I'll get the flu and be sick for 2-3 days (plus an extra recovery day), and not nearly a 100% chance that whatever unlikely thing makes me sick will be the flu I would have otherwise been vaccinated for. It's guaranteed that the flu shot will hurt for several minutes when I get it, with the possiblity of hurting a lot, and also the possibility of being sore for days thereafter. Therefore, it doesn't make any sense to get vaccinated.

[meig.livejournal.com]

Since my TENs a few years ago, I worry about anything that can possibly cause an immune system overload, and the flu shot has GBS as a known risk.

I am also cautious with my kids for the same reason, because there is evidence that kids who have parents or siblings that have gotten TENs are more prone to getting it as well.

[rosefox]

[x] Other: I would, but my doctor won't give me one because I fainted after getting it last year.

[l0stmyrel1g10n.livejournal.com]

I didn't know there was a specific H1N1 vaccine. How widely-available is it?

I get normal flu shots every year, and haven't gotten the flu since I've been getting them, since 2001.

[kelsin.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten a flu shot in a LONG time and have been generally fine every season.