what say ye?

11/1/2007 10:32:46 AM

yea


I've gotten one the last 4 or 5 years now

11/1/2007 10:33:28 AM

thou art a gay

11/1/2007 10:33:53 AM

naw

11/1/2007 10:33:59 AM

thinking about it

i got the flu last year and that shit sucked

11/1/2007 10:34:52 AM

neh

11/1/2007 10:39:46 AM

the method they go about of choosing the flu vaccine creeps me out, so i say Nay.

11/1/2007 10:39:50 AM

i am never getting a flu shot ever in my life

11/1/2007 10:40:02 AM

talked with the guy the other day. somehow, the subject of flue shots came up.

he then went on a 7 minute rant about how he refuses to get a flu shot because he doesn't trust the government to stick him with any needles, blah blah blah

11/1/2007 10:40:19 AM

awnaw, hell naw man

11/1/2007 10:40:22 AM

yea

although i am tired of flu shots

i've given like 500 of them

11/1/2007 10:40:22 AM

flu shots are overrated, only pussies get the flu.

11/1/2007 10:53:56 AM

what are the negative aspects of the flu shot?

11/1/2007 10:54:38 AM

im not getting one.

you just gotta be careful.


the flu shot has a lot of random chemicals in it. that i dont want.

ill fight the flu naturally

11/1/2007 11:04:25 AM

^yup

Quote :

"i am never getting a flu shot ever in my life"

11/1/2007 11:06:00 AM

nay

11/1/2007 11:09:31 AM

so does your food

11/1/2007 11:09:56 AM

i know, thats why i eat a lot of organic stuff...

or at least i try to eat foods that i know where it came from, or whats in it.

11/1/2007 11:11:24 AM

just take a lot of vitamins and maybe an Airborn when you have to be around sick people

11/1/2007 11:13:01 AM

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 11:14 AM. Reason : ]

11/1/2007 11:14:22 AM

Quote :

"what are the negative aspects of the flu shot?"

While a flu shot cannot give you the flu, it can trigger a pretty severe immune response in some people which can put you in bed for a day or two. For example, if I get a Tetanus shot, I'll be running a fever within 8 hours. After I got my shots before I came to college, I was in bed the whole next day with a 100 degree fever. I've had this type of reaction to certain vaccinations my while life. However, this kind of reaction is rather rare. Most people are just paranoid.

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 11:35 AM. Reason : spelling FTL]

11/1/2007 11:34:47 AM

Quote :

"the flu shot has a lot of random chemicals in it. that i dont want. ill fight the flu naturally"

*carl face*

i'm all about organic food (i only eat it myself)

but this is MEDICINE... chemicals are a part of EVERYTHING...

i don't understand why you wouldn't want to take MEDICINE

11/1/2007 11:47:29 AM

Got one yesterday. CVS Pharmacy has a real good MinuteClinic.

Takes about 10 minutes and it is free with BCBS.

Though don't forget these.

November 1
Noon-8pm
Talley Student Center Ballroom
BCBSNC free
all others $25

November 6
10am-3pm
Student Health Services
BCBSNC free
all others $30

November 8
8am-3pm
Student Health Services
This clinic is ONLY for NC State Student Medical Insurance Plan members (Hill, Chesson & Woody) and is their only free opportunity to receive flu shot.

November 15
9am-3pm
Student Health Services
BCBSNC free
all others $30

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 11:50 AM. Reason : BCBS]

11/1/2007 11:49:52 AM

need more information, are you regularly in contact witht people who are sick? do you have any chronic disease?

11/1/2007 11:50:56 AM

ALSO NOTE THAT WE HAVE A FREE FLU CLINIC AT CARY EMS

EVERY YEAR

WE JUST HAD ONE LAST WEEKEND

FREE

I.E. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY

(as an added bonus, mention you're from tdub if you come and i'll make SURE i'm the one that gives you your shot. )

11/1/2007 11:51:53 AM

^^^BCBSNC paid for the flu shot at CVS clinic? I thought they don't pay for flu shot at clinics.
^when is this? I might go.

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 11:52 AM. Reason : .]

11/1/2007 11:52:07 AM

there is some flu and health clinic that's going to be on centennial on the 7th

11/1/2007 11:52:22 AM

we have them every year

almost always near the last week in october - i'll make a thread about it a week or so before

ours for this year was last weekend - but come next year, k?

11/1/2007 11:54:03 AM

I just showed my BCBS card and she asked if I was the employee on the card. No copay, deductible, or other paperwork that I know of.

11/1/2007 11:56:27 AM

With the flu shot you get a cold for 365 days a year. You can't get the flu because you constantly have a cold.

11/1/2007 11:58:13 AM

The one time I got a flu shot was the one time I got the flu, and otherwise I had avoided getting any communicable diseases that year.

11/1/2007 12:00:53 PM

Sure, wouldn't hurt.

11/1/2007 12:02:25 PM

I don't see any reason not to, unless you're one of the small minority that is allergic, or unless you're just a big pussy and don't like needles.

I got mine, didn't even feel it, and I think it's worth it even if it only might prevent you from getting the flu, because I don't have time for that shit.

11/1/2007 12:20:07 PM

You're too young - your immune system needs to fight off things like the flu at this age so when you're finally old enough to warrant getting the shot your immune system won't be so weak that you are constantly getting sick.

11/1/2007 12:31:23 PM

dag I haven't seen Robusto post in like thirty years.

11/1/2007 12:33:00 PM

so tired of these shits:



i probably drew up a couple hundred

11/1/2007 12:40:07 PM

i have a pdf at home on the negatives of flu shot. possibly leads to number of disorders.

i know a lot of things have chemicals. i tend to keep my body clean, at least i try to. i know its impossible to.

ill try to find the pdf file. its just an informative thing.

i know there could be more + things than -.

http://www.optimalhealthsystems.com/MailImages/Download/120.pdf

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"but this is MEDICINE... chemicals are a part of EVERYTHING... i don't understand why you wouldn't want to take MEDICINE"

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 12:56 PM. Reason : ]

11/1/2007 12:48:07 PM

Quote :

"im not getting one. you just gotta be careful. the flu shot has a lot of random chemicals in it. that i dont want. ill fight the flu naturally"

Also, I always *get* the flu (or something that feels like it) the day after I get the shot WTF is that about?

11/1/2007 12:59:11 PM

maybe someone can elaborate more on this...

but usually vaccines tend to have small amounts of whatever they are fighting, in them, so you can build tolerance.

you dont get the flu from a flu shot, but you get some symptoms. some could be allergic reactions.

[Edited on November 1, 2007 at 1:12 PM. Reason : seems like it would be the case with the flu. ]

11/1/2007 1:08:06 PM

flu shots have completely killed versions of the flu virus, so i would think any reactions are probably allergic rather than 'flu-like' if the virus is dead and cannot be passed to anyone else.

Something to think about for people who fear needles, the nasal spray version of the flu virus is actually weakened live virus and can, rarely, be passed to others just from getting teh vaccine.

11/1/2007 1:32:05 PM

^^, ^^^

Quote :

"While a flu shot cannot give you the flu, it can trigger a pretty severe immune response in some people which can put you in bed for a day or two. For example, if I get a Tetanus shot, I'll be running a fever within 8 hours. After I got my shots before I came to college, I was in bed the whole next day with a 100 degree fever. I've had this type of reaction to certain vaccinations my while life. However, this kind of reaction is rather rare. Most people are just paranoid."

11/1/2007 2:03:40 PM