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Are you getting a flu shot this fall?

Dancing Fire

Dancing Fire

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I'd probably advise to do it, a larger than normal amount of people including healthy children have died in Australia from the flu this year, the wife of my mother's cousin (who was in her 70s) died from the flu 4 days ago other than that she was a normal healthy person..... so it's a nasty one this year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/world/australia/flu-vaccination-deaths.html
 
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Yes, working in healthcare it seems to be the sensible thing to do.
 
No
 
Yes we already got our flu shot earlier last week. We got the quadrivalent preservative free (thimeresol free), single dose pre-filled syringes of the flu shot. It offers broader (4 components) protection than the standard trivalent (3 components) injection.

But for us, most importantly, I wanted Thimeresol free vaccines. The pharmacist had to do some research because he had 4 different types of flu vaccinations that he offered and wasn't sure which offered what (which I found strange as shouldn't the pharmacist know what he had to offer?). But after a little while he figured it out and we got the flu vaccination that offered protection against 4 flu strains and that contained no Thimeresol.

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There is a higher dose flu vaccination for individuals older than 65. A higher dose of antigen in the vaccine is supposed to give older people a better immune response, and therefore, better protection against flu. However this vaccine is not recommended for anyone who has a bad reaction to the flu vaccine in the past.

Hope this helps and I hope people get the flu vaccination.The more people who get vaccinated, the more people will be protected from flu. This includes older individuals, very young children, pregnant women, and individuals with certain long-term health conditions who are more vulnerable to serious flu complications.

Here is a chart to help you navigate.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/rr/rr6602a1.htm#T1_down
 
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Always!
 
Every October!
 
Got it this past Thursday. Can't get the over 65 yet as I hit that in December :( but I will try it in December.
 
Never and never had flu.
 
yes, I have a dr appt first week in October and I will get it then
 
I work in healthcare and pretty much have to (unless I want to wear a mask for many months) so yes.
 
missy said:
Yes we already got our flu shot earlier last week. We got the quadrivalent preservative free (thimeresol free), single dose pre-filled syringes of the flu shot. It offers broader (4 components) protection than the standard trivalent (3 components) injection.

But for us, most importantly, I wanted Thimeresol free vaccines. The pharmacist had to do some research because he had 4 different types of flu vaccinations that he offered and wasn't sure which offered what (which I found strange as shouldn't the pharmacist know what he had to offer?). But after a little while he figured it out and we got the flu vaccination that offered protection against 4 flu strains and that contained no Thimeresol.
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Geez, you'd think any pharmacist would know that the vaccines in the single dose vials/pre-filled syringes don't have ethylmercury/thimerosal (different than methylmercury). With that kind of dispensing, there's no need for the anti-fungal, anti-bacterial protection conferred by thimerosal that's a minor ingredient of the vaccine in multi-dose vials.

THANKS for the PSA re the the possibility of getting a vaccine that protects against 4 strains of flu, not just 3. At least in my neighborhood, Duane Reade, Walgreens, and CVS aren't charging a co-pay for the 4-strain vaccine.
 
yes
 
Yes
 
As soon as it's available. My entire family has to also get it every year. As mentioned in the vaccine thread, I'm immuno-suppressed due to my requiring chemo drugs for the rest of my life. I've had the flu vaccine every year for 20 years now. Never had the flu once. My youngest daughter is the only one in the family who has ever caught the flu, H1N1 no less, because one year she didn't get the shot.
 
Never had the flu but I do get one every year as I work with children. It's offered free at my school.
 
I got mine last Thursday. I'm used to getting one every year for my line of work. My husband gets his every year for the same reason. Neither of us has ever had a bad reaction. Last year the gastrointestinal flu (which is actually not a flu virus) was prevalent and that's what I got, thanks to my son. He is my testosterclone, so if he gets something I invariably get it too. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Well, maybe I would lol.
 
Yes but only because I'm pregnant. Although 4 people who sit around me and DH all have had flu in the last week so I'm wondering why I don't get it every year!
 
I have to. I'm on immune-suppressants as well. And as my partner works at hospitals, he does too.
 
Yep!
 
Yes-- it's pretty much mandatory in healthcare. It protects our vulnerable NICU and ICU patients.
 
Probably not.
I got one one year, but usually don't.
 
I wish I'd gotten it last month. Currently have a very nasty respiratory virus with body aches that feels very flu-like to me. I've had influenza A and it's not something to mess around with. Once I'm over this bug, I'm definitely getting a flu shot. My husband takes an immune suppressant so it's important for me to protect him, plus I have pretty severe allergies so my immune system is also kinda screwy.
 
I have CFIDS and I never get a flu shot.
 
Absolutely, for some reason I missed last year & paid for it. Not gonna happen this year!
 
Mandatory for me since I had my spleen out last year.
 
I work in healthcare so it's a requirement.
 
Nope. I've never had it and hopefully never will. I'm a total introvert so that probably helps. :lol: I have a serious needle phobia so I avoid them at all costs. Is there a no needle version of the flue shot? I'd consider that. :oops:

My husband's job brings him into constant contact with other people so he does get his shot every year.
 
My company offered it for free so I did.
 
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