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@Jan '13 c 169 comments V 384 votes

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SgtNFury voted

v No
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May 17
DrSilicon voted

v Yes
May 16
Bill2E endorsed Thegrif

v No
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May 16

earl

v Yes

I got it in the fall and have not had so much as a sniffle.

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May 16
Smoothbeartoo voted

v No
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May 16
Gatnos endorsed Thegrif

v No
May 15
LEC endorsed sittinduck

v Yes
May 14

N0rthman

v Yes

The best insurance and cheaper than my deductible.

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May 12
SlimElmo91 endorsed sittinduck

v Yes
May 12
PaulUK2901 voted

v No
May 12
warwil630 voted

v Yes
May 12
Fyi1957 endorsed Thegrif

v No
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May 12
gherlone voted

v Yes
May 11
looncraz endorsed dsilenius

v No
May 10

whatheheck

v No

Last time the wife and I ever had the flu was when we were getting the shots. Started taking a few vitamins and other supplements and haven't been ill since. The shots are a farce.

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May 9
LilliB voted

v No
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May 9
kimmie99 voted

v No
May 9
oldtimer2 endorsed sittinduck

v Yes
May 9
DanielZ endorsed sittinduck

v Yes
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May 8
Avoicenmany voted

v No
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May 8
LibertyWolf voted

v No
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May 8
captbigtime endorsed sittinduck

v Yes
May 7

PJS1973

v Yes

The flu shot has the endorsement of the medical establishment, it's backed with hard science and has years of proven utility. To me, it's silly not to.

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May 7
tarakitten endorsed stepped_in_it

v No
May 7
ZombieMedic voted

v No
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gitrdone8383 voted

v No
May 6
jeffreyknee voted

v No
May 6
Johnnytj voted

v No
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May 5

URBS

v Yes

Already had mine.

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May 5

AntiPorcheria

v No

No. Never. Flu shots are another example of the FDA and our government en toto being in the pocket of big business...in this case Big Pharma. Every year another panic about another strain of flu and reported "deaths". The truth is that most of the deaths attributed to ANY flu are to the frail who were about to die of something. No report anywhere has ever demonstrated that "flu shots" save lives. They simply give you a low dose of the flu to build antibodies. Your body will do that on it's own.

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May 4
gravygrabber voted

v No
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RepomanGP endorsed Thegrif

v No
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oldman75 endorsed sittinduck

v Yes
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May 2
Big_jeff endorsed Thegrif

v No
May 1
JTHEM voted

v Yes
May 1
GuitarGuy19 voted

v No
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Fitz voted

v No
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Apr 30

digitalshaman

v No

Call me a hypocrite, I'm relatively young and healthy, I don't take them; but I highly reccomend it for the elderly. It could have saved my father's life. Simple flu turned into pneumonia and he was gone in less than a week.

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Apr 30
PaulBartomioli voted

v No
Apr 30
loganrollo endorsed dsilenius

v No
Apr 29
darkmoonman endorsed sittinduck

v Yes
Apr 29
Keystroke voted

v Maybe
Apr 28
Politic-n voted

v No
Apr 28
zachsquatch endorsed Thegrif

v No
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Apr 28
kstepp voted

v No
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Apr 28
tdogz voted

v No
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Apr 28
buckilaked voted

v Yes
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Apr 28
nedmad628 voted

v No
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Apr 27
sicilianlady endorsed sittinduck

v Yes
Apr 27

Concerned_Cit

v No

Heck no. They're mostly for people with weakened immune systems or people in or working around hospitals and the like. Had the flu before, wasn't as bad as drinking Mexican or Jamaican tap water.

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May 16

earl

v Yes

I got it in the fall and have not had so much as a sniffle.

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May 14

N0rthman

v Yes

The best insurance and cheaper than my deductible.

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May 10

whatheheck

v No

Last time the wife and I ever had the flu was when we were getting the shots. Started taking a few vitamins and other supplements and haven't been ill since. The shots are a farce.

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May 7

PJS1973

v Yes

The flu shot has the endorsement of the medical establishment, it's backed with hard science and has years of proven utility. To me, it's silly not to.

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May 5

URBS

v Yes

Already had mine.

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May 5

AntiPorcheria

v No

No. Never. Flu shots are another example of the FDA and our government en toto being in the pocket of big business...in this case Big Pharma. Every year another panic about another strain of flu and reported "deaths". The truth is that most of the deaths attributed to ANY flu are to the frail who were about to die of something. No report anywhere has ever demonstrated that "flu shots" save lives. They simply give you a low dose of the flu to build antibodies. Your body will do that on it's own.

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Apr 30

digitalshaman

v No

Call me a hypocrite, I'm relatively young and healthy, I don't take them; but I highly reccomend it for the elderly. It could have saved my father's life. Simple flu turned into pneumonia and he was gone in less than a week.

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Apr 27

Concerned_Cit

v No

Heck no. They're mostly for people with weakened immune systems or people in or working around hospitals and the like. Had the flu before, wasn't as bad as drinking Mexican or Jamaican tap water.

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Apr 27

Ddawg

v No

never had one, never will

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Apr 25

Laity1

v No

I like my body's own defenses. If I catch the flu, I'll deal with it.

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Feb '13

Poizen

v No

I never get anything more serious than a cold so I am not worried about it.

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Feb '13

MSBDallas

v No

Never again.

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Jan '13

DrCaneJr

v No

The flu shot is a weakened/dead version of the flu virus. Injecting your self with the vaccine does produce anti-bodies, however, it takes up to two week before you actually get any type of resistance to the flu. The vaccine itself isn't against "the flu", the flu virus is vast and has many different antigens depending on the strain of flu. What the vaccine actually is, 3 strains that a CDC desk jockey gets to play the guessing game on.

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Jan '13

Wrot-N-Gngrich

v Yes

Got mine early. Not sick yet ;)

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citizenjane

v Yes

I normally get one every year (and have my 4 children inoculated too). The only difference this year is that my employer required it. Many people die every year from the flu and it can be prevented with a simple vaccination (please don't try to say that you have gotten the flu from the flu shot - nope - providing you receive it within the parameters -it is a dead virus. Yes it is possible to feel unwell afterwards because it does give your immune system a jolt, but still nothing like getting the full-blown flu. Sorry, I will step down from my soap box now...stay healthy

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Jan '13

mrspat

v No

I got a flu shot one year and stayed sick the hole winter and part of the summer. So I won't do that again.

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Jan '13

Jackson1961

v No

Who needs to be poisoned by their government? Not I.

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Jan '13

Penn1699

v No

One more way to decrease the Medicare rolls.... We shall see.

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Jan '13

WV_American

v No

NO WAY!! I won't let anyone put that poison in my body!!!

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Jan '13

USailCapital

v No

It's more fun to spread it around the office and see colleagues sick and miserable

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Thegrif

v No

Maybe its just me, but sure seems like the surest way to get the flu is to get that damn flu shot.

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sittinduck

v Yes

Already had mine just like I do every year.

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Jan '13

dsilenius

v No

No, thanks--I can do without a megadose of mercury and other exciting chemicals!

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Emerald1

v No

They say you can't get the flu from the shot. No, you probably can't get the actual "flu"...just enough side effects to make you feel like death warmed over...but it technically is not the "flu"..just the symptoms. Either way...take the shot and get sick, don't and you may still get sick..but by taking proper precautions you may not. But, wow...the media is making it sound like the Bubonic Plague is back. Watch for a federal state of emergency to be announced soon.

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Jan '13

NormalFlora

v Yes

There's no selection for "got one months ago."

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Jan '13

Keyjo

v Yes

I got mine in November. That was a little late, they usually recommend getting the shots in September or October. It's a bit late, now. I've been getting them since I was 10, I really hate being ill.

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Jan '13

Russell797

v Yes

I got the shot at my doctors office several months ago. It won't protect you from every strain of the flu, just the ones expected to be the most virulent, and it won't prevent you from getting a very bad cold. If you don't want to contract the worst flu out there, get the shot.

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Jan '13

MadAmerican

v No

Already had the flu and from what I understand from our great social media is that this strain that is hitting America is not the strain targeted. Besides I don't like foreign bodies in my system unless positively needed, because I do not trust drug companies nor the FDA!

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Jan '13

Thunderchicken

v No

I haven't had the flu in years. I'm looking forward to catching it and taking some time off. ;-)

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Chromalord

v No

IF the flu shot was so effective, and millions or people are getting them, then how could we possibly still have a flu-epidemic? I dont trust the FDA with their determination of what they deem safe to inject in our bodies. Lots of controversy around childhood vaccines, the medical community is big-businesse's bitch so they push flu shots, but who the hell knows what's really in them?

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