anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

ezbtr

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Geez i hear so many different stories - amazing how many folks refused to get either and they were free!
 

gonefishie

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

Not me!
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

i've had both, no problems at all.
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

I have never had a flu shot and the people I know that do get one they usually get sick a couple of weeks later:eek:
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

The whole family get them here...annually...(and the h1n1 as soon as it was released).
The only side effect we have ever had in over 20 yrs is......no one ever gets the flu.

Cheers
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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

Thanks guys!!!! I just dont think NOT getting preventative measures makes sense on a whole - although, my son who is 11 - dont think he needs it, he's so healthy and maybe gets the sniffles 1-2 times a year. Thoughts on kids getting shots would be appreciated.
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

kids are not known for keeping their hands clean. even at 11 they wipe the snot off their nose, and touch other things. i recommend it for kids.
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

Geez i hear so many different stories - amazing how many folks refused to get either and they were free!

It's not typical but some people have reactions to injections. Don't know where you get them for free but the vaccines definately aren't free around here. It's $30 + $65 for the cost of the doctors office visit. If you want it for free, you have to go through an interview with the county health department to explain how you're at risk or can't afford to get the shots on your own.
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

Don't know where you get them for free but the vaccines definately aren't free around here.

The seasonal flu shot may not be free but the H1N1 is free and if you paid for it you got took....hook, line, and sinker :eek:
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

I have heard of some employers paying for the H1N1 shot and some insurance companies allowing it, but that's not the norm here. Like I stated above, it is free from the county if you fill out the paperwork to show you can't afford to pay for it yourself. Might be different for you in Wyoming - I was just saying how it is here.
 

ezbtr

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

was free for all of us - both shots. nurse showed up right at the port terminal :)
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

Nope. Had the H1N1. No problems.

Not heard of anyone with any problems, and with all the hysteria surrounding it, surely if there were any problems we'd heard about it by now
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

Had the H1N1 vaccine without any problems. Young people seem to be having the majority of the complications secondary to catching the H1N1 virus so it be especially beneficial for them to be vaccinated.
 

ezbtr

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

I was really tired this a.m., but it could have been from the 70-80 hr weeks Ive been doing the last few months and me working until about 10:30 last night. Feel fine today.
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

I never get flu shots. I tried them a few times and got sick every time I did. While I realize my experince is not the norm, it was a consistenet event for me, so I'll take my chances without them.



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ezbtr

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

i had that same experience about 15 yrs ago, I remember I was on the couch for like 3 days - yuk...but my SIL who is a nurse says these days they prepare it differently, not sure how.
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

Had the H1N1 vaccine without any problems. Young people seem to be having the majority of the complications secondary to catching the H1N1 virus so it be especially beneficial for them to be vaccinated.

Last I heard it was for kids 10 and younger, 20 somethings, people like nurses and the elderly or those with low immunities
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

There is me and the wife, the kid, 1 full timer, 4 casual adults, and 4-9 teenage school kids (weekend) workers here at the moment.

I am sick to death of people rocking up to work with the flu, so I say to them, every year, get the vaccine....I will book you in to my doctor and pay for it.
Do you think anyone takes me up on the offer.....1 bloke only....and he said not to worry, he does it himself anyway.

I have to have a full food safety program (HACCP) under my quality assurance, and now the auditors are starting to get tough on me, and we have had to add a 'critical point' concerning personal hygiene regarding coughing, nostrel mucus etc.
(I think it is good, as now I can use it as an excuse to force my views)

So I have laid the law down....you get as much as a sniffle, tell me immediately as i don't want you at work and no pay till you are 100% better.
And these 2 blxxdy women...chuckle chuckle...excuse excuse....and you will hear them complain from your place when it happens.
I can't do much with the kids...explained things to them....they all listen intently...told them to tell their parents my rules and it is up to their parents to decide.

The problem with flu, it ravages work places, seems a never ending problem for months, slows production...and the wife and I have to pick up the slack.

I just think people should be more responsible and considerate.
Sorry if i sound irate........

Cheers
Phillip
 

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Re: anyone have bad side affects from h1n1 or latest seasonal flu shot?

i had that same experience about 15 yrs ago, I remember I was on the couch for like 3 days - yuk...but my SIL who is a nurse says these days they prepare it differently, not sure how.

The seasonal is a dead virus, you can not get sick from it. The H1N1 shot is a dead virus. The H1N1 nasal spray is weakened virus so you can be sluggish.
 
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