If you've ever had the flu, even your hair hurts, even if you don't have any. I got the Fluzone (4x) shot last week and suffered no side effects*
*I don' think the bleeding from my eyes is related.
You could easily apply that same logic to every pharmaceutical produced, including over the counter. And most food products as well.
I mentioned this in my first post, but I can't stress it enough. I think a lot of people think they've had "the flu" until they really get it - I know I did. It is debilitating in a way unlike anything else I have ever experienced. I think most people who say the shot "gave them the flu" don't know what the real flu truly is. I do feel like crap for days after the shot because the immune system is activated by it, but that is a LONG way from the real flu.
You are inappropriately conflating probabilities here. 100% ineffective does not mean one gets the flu. The chance somebody gets the flu is equal to the chance they are exposed to it times the chance their immune system can't fight it off. That chance is improved by the presence of effective antibodies, from vaccination or previous exposure. The 60% stat is the chance that any strain you might be exposed to was NOT in the cocktail of the shot you took; it's the chance the shot itself will do nothing for you.
Sure, the 40% chance the shot will do something can be valuable, but only if the chance of exposure is high enough. If the chance of exposure is low, that multiplication of probabilities means your overall chance of getting the disease is still low - shot or no shot.
No shot for me. I don't trust. I'll pass
4 years no flu shot and no flu for years before that.
30 years no visit to the dentist and in 30 years no cavities go figure.
The best thing is no dental records for me.
To Flu Shot Or Not ???
I'm normally not one to get the annual flu shot. I don't remember that last time I had the flu?
I have had the shot a couple random times in recent years due to specific concerns (scares.) I did this not necessarily for myself but moreover as a concern for carrying a contagion to my grandchildren.
One of the FNC TV doctors over the weekend suggested the flu shot this year to avoid flu symptoms that might mimic ebola. What say INGOers on this mentality?
No , Flu Shot , no way . Never had a Flu shot , and it,s about your immune system being strong ,like bull . Get a good Probiotic , like Natren Healthy Trinity , take it every day ,and the odds will be strongly in your favor . I am 64, been taking Healthy Trinity for 12 years never had so much as a cold . Better then filling your guts with the crap in those shots .
Tell me again how a probiotic will prevent a viral infection...?
I got one and I'm just not a snappy dresser anymore !!!
Tell me again how a probiotic will prevent a viral infection...?
This.
I just don't get it. Although I have been getting a flu shot for 10-15 years and have never felt any different afterward, I would rather have a few days of feeling like crap than the ten days of coughing, fever, delerium, and pain so bad I wanted to die that happened before I started getting the shots.