Flu Vaccination

[grommet]

I couldn’t get the flu vaccine as a young kid because I was allergic to eggs and one of the ingredients in the flu vaccine is eggs. I once got the flu from a flu vaccine (if I recall) but that was only because I was a young kid/may have been in contact with others that are sick

I think you did not get the flu from the vaccine as they do not contain any live viruses. I think you may have gotten the flu close to the same time. The vaccines include a form of the virus that your immune system can react to and build antibodies for so if the live virus comes it can fight it.

 

[mysterionz]

I think you may have gotten the flu close to the same time.

That sounds more like a possible cause than what my memory thinks. Much more reasonable to me.

 

[mysterionz]

If I had arrived one hour later at the hospital it would probably not have gone well.

Would u consider this a near death experience since u got told that if you had shown up an hour later you would’ve passed away?

 

[mysterionz]

I'm pretty sure satan himself invented that sickness.

I once passed out in a toilet stall due to a possible stomach bug. I drank only strawberry milk on my lunch break at work and then collapsed to my knees. I had the worst diarrhea for the whole night and called out of work the next day since I would’ve been in and out of the bathroom.

 

[mysterionz]

I once passed out in a toilet stall due to a possible stomach bug. I drank only strawberry milk on my lunch break at work and then collapsed to my knees. I had the worst diarrhea for the whole night and called out of work the next day since I would’ve been in and out of the bathroom.

Idk if it was a reaction to having a product with lactose or just a stomach bug

 

[grommet]

That sounds more like a possible cause than what my memory thinks. Much more reasonable to me.

A long time ago at optical store I went to for a new pair of binoculars I met a man in his 70s and he was nice to me. We talked a lot and became good friends. He taught me about critical thinking. I had never heard of it before. He gave me copies of The Skeptical Inquirer. I started learning to look at things more objectively I think. There was a line, “Don’t believe everything you think.”
I started learning about connections and patterns we think we see.

Sometimes we are absolutely right but other times we tricked ourlselves because our brains (as I was taught, I do not know this is true) are designed for pattern recognition so they can react more quickly but also with less energy. So sometimes it makes mistakes.

They give the example of the tiger in the grass. Sometimes it is just some branches or shadows but we were sure we saw a tiger so we jumped or ran. The people whose brains thought like that more, survived much better when we lived in grasses and there were predators. They ran as soon as they felt a threat.

People who took time to reconsider what may have been in the grass were killed by tigers as everyone else ran.

But it goes the other way too. The group may quickly believe something cures sickness because they made a mistake in connecting two things. That thing it turns out made everyone sicker. For example a spring of water that was supposed to cure you but contained a pathogen. The more skeptical thinkers held back from drinking the water and by the time so many were sick people realized to avoid it those skeptical thinkers had never tried the water and survived.

The examples go on and on and the point over and over is that it is not always better to always be believing or skeptical. If you are in a building and someone screams “Fire!” but you insist on never being fooled or believing in anything you do not confirm yourself, you could die while everyone else got out.

Critical thinking is about using facts to determine what is most likely true. We can not be sure but we can do pretty well if we do not identify with the truth, we only want to know what it is.

 

[GrownupGirl]

I just looove the many myths and misconceptions people still have to this day about flu shots to this day in general. Just like I would love getting the flu itself.

I've been getting the flu shot for several years now. The only real side effects I've gotten from them was a sore or itchy red spot on my arm from the injection which soon went away. I wish it had been it had been that way when I got the second and third covid shots, but they say that's a sure sign your body will become immune. I barely even feel the shots now and it's hard to believe they actually gave it to me. Severe allergic reactions are actually very rare, but they usually want you to hang around the store or wherever else you got the shot for about half an hour, just to be safe.

Getting the flu shot will not give you the flu. The virus in the vaccine is dead. But it will take about two weeks for your body to create enough antibodies to give you protection. Also it will not protect you from the common cold, which is caused by very different viruses even though influenza might seem like the "extreme" version of a cold. Also you can still get the flu but the symptoms are not as likely to be severe. And it will definitely NOT cause autism.

 

[AndyFBlues]

I hope it works out well for you. People are so different. Years ago I got the two-part shingles vaccination. For 24 hours each time it was the sickest I have ever been in my life. It was awful but over quickly and now I have protection so that I may not get shingles or if I do it will be much less severe.

I mention it because my doctor said other people have taken the same vaccine and had no bad reaction. I thought bodies were all the same, it seems to me they should be but we can react so differently.

I received the first of two shingles vaccinations. Need to get the second one soon. I didn't have any problem at all with the first shot. I guess I must be lucky.

 

[autism-and-autotune]

I’m getting my flu shot on Thursday on my lunch break at the grocery store I work at. What should I expect?

Part of me wants to jest and say that 'my autism got upgraded by the vaccine' but

Anyway. I got recently both my COVID and flu shot. Yes the injections hurt, but this was the only time where I didn't feel like I got hit by twelve trucks a few hours. I didn't really have many side effects...achy and a bit cold, and a bit of brain fog--but nothing compared to like last time(s).

 

[NDR2]

So do all Americans get a flu shot and they often get it at work? I'm just a little surprised, I have never gotten a flu shot in my life. Most people don't get that here I think. And it just sounds unusual that people get it at work. I would have to go to a doctor to get that.

It’s optional. I didn’t bother until about 2020 (before the pandemic) when I got the flu. Now I get it regularly.

 

[Forest Cat]

Would u consider this a near death experience since u got told that if you had shown up an hour later you would’ve passed away?

I had a 108°F fever and didn't really know where I was or what was happening for a while. It was a near something experience, I would call it near evil. It felt evil. But yeah it was pretty close.

 

[Judge]

Growing up in a military family and living overseas they inoculated us for everything. And usually by a Navy Corpsman no less. When gentle wasn't part of their job even for officers' dependents.

Yet even as a little kid I can't recall having any such adverse effects right up to my Covid-19 shots. But on occasion I know others may have some adverse effects with inoculations, but they don't usually last long.

 

[AndyFBlues]

I received the first of two shingles vaccinations. Need to get the second one soon. I didn't have any problem at all with the first shot. I guess I must be lucky.

Update: I got my second shot yesterday. My arm was a bit sore, but it's almost gone. I woke up last night with muscle aches and chills. They're all gone now as well. Despite the minor side effects, I'd do it again in a heartbeat. It's better than getting shingles. Just my 2¢