By Silbax1 - 27/10/2014 15:40 - United States - Cincinnati

Today, I overheard my co-workers talking about how they don't need flu shots because everyone else gets them. These people are in the medical industry. FML
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tony1891 22

thats Cause the flu shot is an actual virus.

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Ashd09 30

I hope these people don't give advice to patients. They need to rethink their job descisions

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SMHsohard 22

I have a mild egg allergy, and since I had a severe anaphylactic reaction years ago to something I didn't even know I was allergic to, I've always been leery of the flu vaccine. I keep myself healthy, and my immune system must be pretty strong since I've had one minor cold in the last 5 years. Been an RN for 35 years, all of them in direct patient care.

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genYnot 19

You can get the vaccine broken into smaller bits for an anaphylactic level egg allergy if the vaccine uses egg. One of my friends had to do that when her daughter was getting vaccinated because of that level of egg allergy.

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SMHsohard 22

True, but when I had the anaphylactic reaction it was to a med I wasn't even taking and had never taken in the past-I inhaled a small amount of the powder prior to reconstituting it. Ten minutes later I couldn't breathe, and wound up intubated. So, you understand my caution regarding the flu vaccine.

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platinum9 16

They have taken off the warning for egg allergy in the past couple of years. You can get the flu shot with an egg allergy.

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bigdog57_fml 9

Vaccinations cause autism.

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fancy_98 19

No they don't, and parents with autistic children would like people saying that sort of stuff because: 1. It is not true, vaccinations do not cause autism. 2. It's causing a negative attitude towards autism. Yes, people with autism require heaps of help, however, they should not be alienated from society because people are scared of getting autism from a vaccine.

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Zebediabolical 39

That research has been refuted. Please do some research before you spout things that are very dangerous and potentially harmful to the population

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cjwayy 22

It's all coincidental evidence, and even then there's not enough solidity to it to raise any suspicions. It's all an urban myth made up by über-crunchy moms.

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Zebediabolical 39

Actually it's from a single fraudelent paper in a medical journal that got picked up as 'fact' by the media.

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Vanshikap 24

Damn. Time for a career change for them, maybe?

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Abdulis2cool 9

the fact that shots are given to avoid the little inconvenience of being sick for a week is horrible. people don't understand that sooner or later the virus will keep mutating into something that can't be fixed with a shot. I'm not saying it's not good to get all your immunizations, but the flu shot in particular is doing more harm than good.

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mneill 6

"...to avoid the little inconvenience of being sick for a week..." The flu /kills people/. Several thousand of them a year. It's not a little inconvenience, or a cold or hay fever. "...sooner or later the virus will keep mutating into something that can't be fixed..." There is no evidence seen by epidemiologists that flu shots are changing the way in which the flu virus mutates /every year/. The virus mutates, every year, from places that aren't getting widespread vaccines. "...the flu shot in particular is doing more harm than good..." Actual scientific evidence says otherwise.

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LisaDay 14

It keeps mutating, which renders the flu shot useless. The only reason flu shots are so popular is because of the fear that it is more deadly than it is. Eventually, there will be no cure for the flu thanks to all these new vaccinations for it.

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MrsRonald 3

That is....just not true. And for immune compromised people like myself, the flu is not just a "mild inconvenience". It can cause hospitalizations and death. The flu kills more people every year than shark attacks. In 2004, 48,000 people DIED.

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orangepanda1234 4

you do realize that one way to prevent the flu is literally to be around people who have been vaccinated, please read a book for once.

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vikky538 28

the irony... I know how it feels like..I am I n medical industry too..

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PresidentNorth 16

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you aren't. But hey, I've been wrong before.

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vikky538 28

that's fine.. but it's true that just because ppl are in medical industry that does not exclude them from being stupid...

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cjwayy 22

They're putting too much trust in herd immunity.

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erhmahler 15

They're not wrong. I work in the medical field.

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ImTheAlpha 30

Technically they're not wrong. HOWEVER, herd immunity is supposed to be for those allergic to vaccines, too young to get vaccines, or that have some sort of immune disorder. If those who can get the vaccine don't, herd immunity is compromised because monkey see, monkey do! If one person who's healthy enough to get it doesn't, their friends might decide not to, and then their friends, and so on, killing herd immunity.

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ashkickerr 9

well scientifically speaking if enough people around you are getting it then the virus becomes weaker and you have a less likely chance to get it

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ashkickerr 9

aaaand i see that everyone else has already said the same thing. should probably read the comments before posting lol

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