Comments on: Flu Shots Will Save Money in the Longrun

By: tell never

tell never — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:34:27 +0000

What are you trying to say.

Look at this parallel opinion:

You probably wont know which kind you have. Very few people will get the specialized testing to tell. That doesnt matter – treatments the same for both.

By: minny

minny — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:47:45 +0000

In the UK high street chemists and many supermarkets give ‘flu jabs for $15 –

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:18:40 +0000

I won’t be getting any flu shots.

I became frightened of immunizations when I had to be immunized for typhoid and paratyphoid and I came down with typhoid! The reaction was so bad that my doctor broke the rules and only gave me a half dose of the paratyphoid (to start) and the same thing happened with that. He then tried a quarter dose of the paratyphoid and… you guessed it!

I tend to stay pretty healthy most of the time and do wash my hands regularly. Rather take my chances with the “real” thing.

By: Annie Jones

Annie Jones — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:31:25 +0000

I have already had my regular flu shot for this year. I plan to get the H1N1 shot, too, if it’s available, although talk now is that a lot less of it will be available than planned.

I have taken a flu shot for each of the past 6 years and have been sick less often than in the years when I didn’t take it.

I am a stay-at-home wife and grandma, so this is less about lost wages than it is about staying well. If I’m ill, our household practically quits functioning.

By: carla

carla — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:38:32 +0000

actually, the flu shot covers more than one strain … I am told by my daughters Infectious disease specialist that the CDC studies the different strains that were present from the past season and make the vaccine. I suppose it is all a guessing game but for the most part it seems to work well for us. Our entire family receives it to protect my youngest daughter.

By: whitestripe

whitestripe — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:51:26 +0000

I had heard that each years flu shot is only for the flu’s that went around the previous year. If you get a flu shot it doesn’t neccesarily mean you will NOT get the flu.

By: Monkey Mama

Monkey Mama — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:27:47 +0000

No, I don’t get flu shots. I am not elderly, young, or sick. Though more and more, flu shots are targeted to healthy adults, there is also more and more discussion about flu shots don’t really help.

I used to take the flu shot when I worked with children, but I can’t say I Was any less sick. Do people really think one flu shot (usually targeting one strain of flu) will keep them healthy all year? I have kids. They expose us to hundreds of viruses every year.

Being sick does suck, but I get paid sick days, and being sick for a week wouldn’t particularly cost my family anything. But even if it was costly, I can’t say anyone in my family would get a flu shot. Simply because we don’t believe the flu shot is worth it. I have gotten sick from the flu shots in the past. There is certainly downside. But not a lot of upside, in my opinion.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:39:37 +0000

Yes, I’ll be getting the swine flu shot. There’s no downside to this. Everything I’ve read pounds home the importance of washing your hands frequently. I carry a small bottle of alcohol gel im my car as well.

By: persephone

persephone — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:40:43 +0000

I get a shot every year and I make my kids get them, too. I try to get my husband to get a shot as well, but he always refuses. I think it is a bit selfish on his part but he does not see it that way.

By: spicoli

spicoli — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:39:34 +0000

This year, I’ll be getting two flu shots. I already got a shot for the regular flu and I’ll get an H1NI shot (or mist, or whatever) as soon as they become available.