Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Not at all too early since it's based on last year's strain!
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Some years it's 80% effective, one year I remember it was only 15% effective and they had to put out an additional vaccine. Since the strains vary, the effectiveness varies. In addition, it is always somewhat of a guess---teams go to Southeast Asia and China and take samples. The three (sometimes 4 or 5) most common strains are put in the vaccine.
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Not quite how it works. Last winter's Asian strains are the ones that hit us this winter. See above post. But to answer the question, it's OK to get a flu shot starting in late August.
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mRNA Flu Vaccine Possibilities | Pfizer Not that they would tell the average person it is in the flu shot. My mom had a very bad reaction to her last one for the first time ever (84 yrs young and double jabbed). Last year she ended up in the hospital because of the flu shot - heart related on a person with zero heart conditions. She saw her "new" cardiologist for a few visits post hospital. Had tests done and now a year later the cardiologist released her from his care, thank goodness. She will not be getting a flu shot anymore. No thank you from one Villager to another. Soylent Green comes to mind. Last edited by GizmoWhiskers; 08-16-2023 at 09:16 PM. |
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Haven't gotten a flu shot since I was 10 YO. Haven't had but one mild case of the flu when I was in college but it also could have been a case of food poisoning. Not planning on giving in now. Strong believer in eating healthy and regular exercise to build a strong immune system. It's worked so far
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No vaccine is is 100% effective but I will take my chances and get the flu vaccine and any other vaccines that I feel will keep me safe and living my best life in my retirement years. I didn’t work all those years to die from the flu when a vaccine may have prevented it. |
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Percentages are interesting ducks. If we were told that we'd have a 95% chance of say winning the lottery, my guess is there'd be way more ticket buying! Even at lower percentages, we'd feel pretty good about the buy, while at the same time acknowledging that chance is always going to be a factor. As I always say when the lottery chance is predicted (e.g. a billion to one)---So! There IS a chance! hee hee. On vaccines I'm sure most people follow the advice of their own docs, and base decisions on their own health conditions and not on this or that article or social media posts, or various percentage reports.
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Nobody was talking about falsified coding---ie: coding a COVID negative patient as if he/she had COVID As a coder, you could only go by the diagnoses on the attestation signed by the physician. If the patient tested positive for COVID, that was listed as a diagnosis. I'm sure, even at your hospital, the coding department encouraged all physicians to list every diagnosis on a given patient, and then your department put them in the most financially beneficial order. Some hospitals changed the primary diagnosis, apparently not yours, but frequently the order of listing is subjective. But thank you for being honest and trying not to rip the taxpayer off. |
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I had the flu half a dozen years ago. The following year, I started getting a yearly flu shot. If the shot does ANY of the following:
prevent me from getting the flu, reduce the risk of me getting it, reduce the symptoms when I do get it - then I'm fine with getting the shot. Sore arm for 24 hours beats sore lungs for a week, hands down. I'm a test subject for the RSV shot, I've had two doses of whatever it was (either placebo or the actual shot). Pretty sure mine was the placebo since I didn't even have a sore arm after getting it. But we are well-informed about the shot, about RSV, and about how our participation helps. This is the GSK shot that I believe is already out and being administered now, unless GSK is working on more than one. My cousin is also a test subject, but because she has certain medical conditions, she's not in the double-blind trial like I am. She knows that she received the actual drug. She's doing fine, and did get the sore arm that night when she got her first (and so far only) dose. She's in a 2-year trial, I'm in a 3-year trial. |
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Spot on.
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It might have something to do with her e-mails. Or maybe a laptop. Possibly the basement of a pizza parlor.
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And everyone should thank you for being a test subject---that action may very well end up saving lives |
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My wife and I have taken the flu shot every year for as long as I can remember, and in that time, neither one of us has gotten the flu. Lucky? Maybe. Then again, during that same time span, neither of us has been bitten by a wolverine. Maybe the shot is good for that, too.
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