John Baird
Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States
>>>>2011 Flu shot update. Of the people I know for certain who have received their flu shots.
>>>>1 was sick for 3 days
>>>>1 had their arm go numb for a week
>>>>1 has broken out in these nasty pustules all over their hands & feet
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>>>Let me add to your data set. My husband and I each had a 2011 flu shot, and each had a little soreness at the injection site and no other side effects.
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>>>Tamar
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>>7 years ago I received a flu shot and I ended up getting the flu. The 6 years since then I haven't gotten a flu shot and have not gotten the flu, ergo, flu shots cause the flu. Case closed.
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>Same with me... the one time my wife and I got flu shots we both got the flu. We don't normally get the flu.
The flu shot vaccinates against a specific influenza out of 6-8 possibilities. They make their best guess and then produce the vaccine. The atenuated virus that they inject will give you a small reduced case of the flu while the antibodies are being built against it.
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