Please get a flu vaccine

[old goat]

The life you save may be someone else's
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/u...=top-news&_r=0
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.f743440b61f9
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/...ea-reports-16/

Or your own.

Yes--the vaccine is not close to 100% effective but it reduces the severity and even if it only protects 30% that significantly reduces the flu burden in the community and the number of people who are exposed to the virus.

Fortunately, the federal government is appropriating a huge amount of money to develop a universal, life-long vaccine. (Just kidding about that.)

[cmcrawfo]

One thing is for sure ... This thread will be more virulent than influenza b

[Vt-Freeheel]

I don't like needles.

[Rideski]

Word on the street around here is that it's only 10% effective this year.
Nooo thanks.

[goldenboy]

I'm normally all about the flu shot, but they missed the mark badly this year. It's been over 4 weeks since I got the flu (and I got the shot), and I'm still not back to 100%.

[Peruvian]

Fuck that. The government's not gonna chip me while under the guise of a 'flu shot'.

[XXX-er]

I don't like needles.

To put the health professional at ease who is giving me the needle I always look them in the eye and say " don't worry this won't hurt a bit " and it seems to work

Right now there is a CBC feature on a shingles vaccine

[S_jenks]

Wasn't going to put in the effort originally, but my workplace offered them on-site and at no cost so I couldn't really argue against it.

I don't like needles.

Same here, gets me every time I sit down for a shot. But every time I leave there thinking "man that was easy, what was I worried about?"

Word on the street around here is that it's only 10% effective this year.
Nooo thanks.

Source?

[jackstraw]

Darwin

[goldenboy]

^^ When my doc said "sorry, you've got the flu even though you got the shot" he also said that early reports were that this year's shot were only 10-30% effective.

[PNWbrit]

I don't like needles.

What kind of dentist doesn't like needles?

[Vt-Freeheel]

Nitrous

[Skidog]

fuck flu shots....

[bagtagley]

Ain’t no shots for the fuck flu.

[Meadow Skipper]

I got the vaccine and I haven't gotten the flu.

Moar anecdotes please.

[iceman]

Flu vaccine 100% effective for icemeng and meadow skipperz.

[muted]

Flu wiped out my family all last week. 3 got shots months ago, but I didn't.

[Tye 1on]

I got the vaccine and I haven't gotten the flu.

Moar anecdotes please.

I didn't get the vaccine and I haven't gotten the flu. So with n=2 the vaccine either works or it doesn't.

[Dantheman]

Source?

https://qz.com/1143420/the-2017-2018...ve-than-usual/

[NW_SKIER]

Source?

The streets, yo.

[Pegleg]

I wonder how many of the folks saying they won't get a flu shot because it's only 10-30% effective (estimates vary this year), also use an avalanche beacon and/or airbag every time they go into the BC? Those devices also have low effectiveness rates, but the reasoning is that if they might save your bacon then you use them even though they're not guaranteed effective. Same logic with the flu shot, but even more so - it's cheap or free and has minimal side effects so the marginal cost of it is very low, making it worthwhile even if it has a low effectiveness rate (not to mention that even if it's not effective in preventing your flu, it may make it milder or shorten the duration).

Seems like a pretty simple risk-reward analysis to me. If I can pay very little, with very little risk of negative effects, in order to have a 10-30% better chance of avoiding the flu, I'll take it.

[liv2ski]

Stay away from people, don't shake hands and wash your hands a lot. Seems to work for me. Love working from home.

[Dantheman]

Seems like a pretty simple risk-reward analysis to me. If I can pay very little, with very little risk of negative effects, in order to have a 10-30% better chance of avoiding the flu, I'll take it.

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[skaredshtles]

Came for the title... stayed for the comments.

[TahoeJ]

So what if it's not as effective this year? If there's even some chance of it helping then what's the harm?

I was lazy and didn't get around to it yet... long story short, I just lost 7 pounds in 4-5 days. One of the worst flu strains I've ever had. I should feel nice and light on my skis later this week, though, so I have that going for me I guess.