Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2245722)

I just got my flu shot today at Walgreens. Some will say it is too early, but I always get it when I can.

Originally Posted by Karmanng (Post 2246214)

Probably as bad as the covid jab which i never got the shot nor did i get covid cornovirus is cold people WAKE up to your lying government they want you all dead asap

Originally Posted by Escape Artist (Post 2246176)

You might want to rethink the RSV vaccine which was rushed through clinical trials and had serious problems with it. Of course, they rolled it out anyway.

Originally Posted by Altavia (Post 2246277)

Really?

I've been in the clinical trial for close to two years, didn't seem rushed to me?

All you obtuse contrarian thinking deniers need to thank those who were vaccinated and are protecting you...

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2245769)

Bill is 100% correct. We got sidetracked with COVID and a new type of vaccine that some considered controversial. But every year 35-70,000 Americans die of the flu. Not during COVID, of course, since it all got coded as COVID for $14,000 extra/patient.

The flu shot is a "traditional" vaccine---and except for some intranasal forms is a dead virus, not a live attenuated one. The most likely "side effect" of a flu shot is a sore arm. Period.

As far as RSV goes, when I was practicing it was a disease of young children, possibly a few immunocompromised folks. I never saw a case in and adult in 30+ years. Now that some company invented a vaccine, we are being told that seniors are at risk and should get the shot. From my perspective, the jury is out on that one.

Bottom line, IF I were to give advice, which I don't do, it would be to unequivocally get your flu shot.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2246307)

We agree on getting the flu shot. I love it when agreement is possible!

Originally Posted by Whitley (Post 2245763)

There are countries that no longer recommend the covid jab. Dr John Campbell has some great videos out on side effects etc.. Regardless of what science comes out, some have invested so much of who they are into supporting it that there will always be a market ready to continue to get the jab (and covid too). It has become another form of divisive politics.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2246313)

I love how when the word "JAB" is used with COVID, it becomes this SUPREME attempt at a linguistic PUTDOWN. If it is a medical immunization that is agreed with, it is a shot. But, if it is an immunization that for SOME reason is considered a "NO - NO", then it is called the universe-destroying........."JAB".

Originally Posted by Pugchief (Post 2245819)

Because I don't believe it was necessarily mainstream doctors pushing repeated vaccines/boosters but the government (CDC, Fauci, etc). In fact, after receiving the first 2 doses, by the time I was "due" for a booster, my internist told me NOT to get get it unless I wanted to, as I was not overweight, diabetic or co-morbid in any other way.

If you look at all the lies we were told...

-you won't get Covid if you take the jab
-you won't spread covid if you take the jab
-etc

...it would make any person with the ability to think critically that maybe other virus vaccines that are heavily pushed may also not live up to their hype. You do know that Flu shots are just a guess at what will be the prevalent strain, right? And if they guess wrong, the shot is essentially worthless.

Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 2245845)

Ye Gods and little fishes.
Hasn't this horse been beaten to death enough already?'
Either get the £$&**% jabs/boosters/shots, whatever, or don't get them..
After 3 years of same old, same old, no one is going to change their opinions now.
Off to get my Lysol booster shot in morning!

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 2245867)

Well aren't you special. Your experience is useful to exactly nobody. Yet here you are suggesting that with your super importance and super immunity you should let us all know how super special your exemption is and that you believe you have never gotten influenza even with no vaccine protection.

That's like all the people telling us how they never wear seat belts and yet still survive. All the people who drive drunk and never had an accident. All the people who play golf in during a thunderstorm and never got struck by lightning.

In other words, you got lucky. For those who want to hope to be as lucky as Asianthree, ignore your doctor's advice if they recommend a flu shot or any other shot or any other measure to reduce your health care risks.

I of course am certain that when Asianthree is caring for those 150 patients a day they are all being informed that the nurse [are you a nurse?] is not vaccinated and given the option of asking for a fully vaccinated nurse. I would want to know that my provider was doing as much as possible to not make me sick. You know, like wash their hands and other infectious disease control measures.

Originally Posted by HospitalCoder (Post 2245981)

Speaking as a hospital coder, I guarantee that Covid coding was not falsified at my hospital in IL and any hospital who did try to cheat would very likely be caught and fined. Hospital coding goes through rigorous audits.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2245927)

Who is the "they" that claimed that? I didn't see that in the Pfizer trials report.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2246366)

Fauci, The POTUS, Maddow on MSNBC, multiple talking heads on CNN, The woman who was running the CDC...

And you're right... NOBODY saw the Pfizer trials report...