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There’s research to suggest that the flu vaccine efficacy is cumulative as well, so those who are vaccinated every year have significantly higher immunity than those who don’t. Plus, if you get achy and sick feeling post-shot, that’s not the flu (the vaccines are not live, and cannot infect you) - it’s your immune response building the antibodies needed for immunity. So the stronger your response, the better chance you have of immunity.
@StephanieLynn, lets stay with flu as MMR is a childhood vaccine and not in the same category.
You have to consider the dosage involved here. A typical adult gets one vaccine per year, flu shot. one flu vaccine per year contains up to 1500 micrograms of polysorbate. That's miniscule.
Any packaged food in the supermarket has a lot more. Ice cream can contain up to half percent polysorbate by volume. Based on available animal studies, a person would need to consume pounds of it in a short period of time to be harmful. People are misinformed and refuse vaccination for bad reasons.
I do not know if this is true. I do not read much scientific literature, but I hope that you do it and are, therefore, correct! Because it would be nice for me.
The year before last I started getting a higher dose vaccine for adults over 65 and I had a reaction, albeit a very mild one, to the vaccine for the first time ever. This year I again had the stronger vaccine (although I did not have any reaction to it). So I am hoping that having the stronger vaccine...and having had a reaction to it...meanst hat I have built more immunity to 'flu. (But if I have...why didn't I have a reaction this year?)
AGBF
There’s research to suggest that the flu vaccine efficacy is cumulative as well, so those who are vaccinated every year have significantly higher immunity than those who don’t. Plus, if you get achy and sick feeling post-shot, that’s not the flu (the vaccines are not live, and cannot infect you) - it’s your immune response building the antibodies needed for immunity. So the stronger your response, the better chance you have of immunity. It sucks. I get a giant red welt and aches every year. But I haven’t had the flu in 14 years while my stubbornly unvaccinated husband has had the flu multiple times in that timeframe (and has done his best to infect me along with him if were being honest).
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002024.htm
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/flu/in-depth/flu-shots/art-20048000?pg=2
The sad thing is that those who need it the most (children, the elderly, those with autoimmune disorders or weakened immune systems) often won’t have a sufficient immune response, even with vaccination. It’s why herd immunity (relying on everyone to be vaccinated) is so crucial.
I’m also not sure why anyone would accuse doctors of wanting to make more money by advocating that people get vaccinated. Doctors don’t earn anything from either the prescriptions they write or the vaccinations they recommend. Nothing. It’s against the code of ethics. That’s why pharmacies exist.
My Dr. offered me a flu shot and I said no. I said...give mine to your other patient who needed to catch a flu.... I like my winning streak of 35 yrs o/w catching a flu...
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Just got back from the walk in clinic. I have Influenza B. I had the flu shot this year.
Yes I'd catch a cold now and then,runny nose, cough, but no fever or aching bones it usually takes me about 4-5 days to get over it. I don't lay in bed I just go do my usual stuff everyday.Out of sheer curiosity, have you seriously not been ill at all in 35 years?? If you have been ill, were you tested for flu each time? I'm willing to bet you've had flu and didn't know it, maybe thinking it was a stomach bug, upper respiratory infection, allergies, or even exhaustion. I don't wish the flu on anyone, but if you truly haven't had it in that long, then you're very lucky. Unvaccinated, the odds aren't on your side.
Yes I'd catch a cold now and then,runny nose, cough, but no fever or aching bones it usually takes me about 4-5 days to get over it. I don't lay in bed I just go do my usual stuff everyday.
Whatever it is I don't need to lay in bed I just go about doing my everyday routines. Haven't had a fever nor aching bones in 35 yrs...4-5 DAYS??? That sounds like flu. LOL![]()