# do you believe the flu shot really helps? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 19, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434 "2008-11-19T12:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/1 "2008-11-19T12:26:38Z")
I was reading this and I’ve also been skeptical for a while. > **[Doctor Recommends Avoiding Flu Shot, Taking Vitamin D Instead](http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/18/doctor-recommends-avoiding-flu-shot-vitamin-d-instead/)** > > A cardiac surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington recommends avoiding the flu shot and taking vitamin D instead. Donald Miller, MD, says “Seventy percent of doctors d… cliffs: those who advocate it get $$$. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/2 "2008-11-19T12:27:05Z")
it does nothing… i get sick about a week after I get it then about 3 months after that I get sick as shit… every time i get one like clock work but old people over 70 and young kids under 13 shoudl get it ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/3 "2008-11-19T12:29:11Z")
no but if you get a cold, go get this shit. it will be the best $10 youve ever spent on a cold remedy… ![http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/44322/200.jpg](http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/44322/200.jpg) shit works wonders, i was better in a day and a half EDIT: i just reallized thats a pic of the spray. i used the q-tip esque swabs and they are the shit! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/4 "2008-11-19T12:30:39Z")
I’ve never had a flu shot and am pretty healthy fwiw. The super old should probably get one but other than that… ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/5 "2008-11-19T12:32:04Z")
I never get sick and never have recieved a flu shot. everyone that gets sick has one thing in common – flu shot. ---
**Author:** ![98SS10](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/98ss10/32/7288_2.png) [@98SS10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98SS10)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/6 "2008-11-19T14:16:15Z")
yes, it helps u get then flu. win. ---
**Author:** ![Trkbossls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Trkbossls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Trkbossls)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/7 "2008-11-19T14:35:56Z")
hope it works just got one because they where giving them out at work… ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/8 "2008-11-19T14:38:15Z")
i got a flu shot monday and I felt like crap yesterday and today. ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/9 "2008-11-19T14:52:19Z")
I’ve never had one. ---
**Author:** ![sickboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sickboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sickboy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/10 "2008-11-19T15:30:14Z")
When it comes to flu knowledge and recommendations, CDC \>\> cardiac surgeon Donald Miller, MD I’d tend to trust a group of doctors/researchers that make it a career to work with this stuff rather than a single doctor who recommends vitamin D. Where he says, 70% of doctors don’t get a flu-shot, well maybe they should poll infectious disease specialists and see how many of them get it. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/11 "2008-11-19T16:09:26Z")
The flu shot works by injecting you with an inactive version of the flu. That “getting sick” after the shot is your body creating the antibodies it needs to defend against the virus. That little sniffles/cough you have **is not the flu**. Most people toss the word “flu” around far to casually for any type of common cold. Flu is actually far more serious and is linked to over 30k deaths per year in the US alone. If you’re a health young person like the majority on NYSpeed you probably don’t need the flu shot though. Your chances of getting it are slim unless you work in a medical field and your chances of being seriously hurt by it are even less. If you get it will knock you on your ass more than any cold you ever caught though. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/12 "2008-11-19T16:14:03Z")
I’ve only had the flu once in my life. It sucks. People most certainly toss the term around like it’s nothing. As far as the flu shot working, I really have no idea. But I am selling anti-elephant necklaces. So unless you want elephants crashing into your living room and stomping your shit, PM me. ---
**Author:** ![AfXtc777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@AfXtc777](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AfXtc777)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/13 "2008-11-19T17:02:56Z")
I have the flu right now, I take two shots of goose and a cup of dayquil and I feel fine for a few hours. repeat 3 times for two days and it’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/14 "2008-11-19T17:09:07Z")
I don’t trust that junk ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/15 "2008-11-19T18:07:30Z")
Yes. I’ve been getting them for the longest time because I had terrible asthma as a kid,the only time I got the flu was when there was a shortage a few years back and I didn’t get one. It was definitely the flu,I had a 104 fever,mild hallucination/vivid dreams and the feeling of being on deaths door. ---
**Author:** ![9c1ny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1ny/32/5050_2.png) [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/16 "2008-11-19T18:17:51Z")
I strongly believe one killed my 85yr old grandmother last fall, she had the flu shot and within less than 1 hour she was having stroke like symptoms (never any TIA history before the shot), she ended up in the hospital and steadily went down hill and a month later she was gone I will personally never get one, we do have immune systems for a reason ---
**Author:** ![AfXtc777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@AfXtc777](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AfXtc777)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/17 "2008-11-19T18:21:35Z")
> [@9c1ny](#): > > I strongly believe one killed my 85yr old grandmother last fall, she had the flu shot and within less than 1 hour she was having stroke like symptoms (never any TIA history before the shot), she ended up in the hospital and steadily went down hill and a month later she was gone > > I will personally never get one, we do have immune systems for a reason You have an immune system to HELP fight viruses not pretend they don’t exist. I’m sure you’ve never been precribed a simple rx such as amoxicillin to treat anything. ---
**Author:** ![9c1ny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1ny/32/5050_2.png) [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/18 "2008-11-19T18:45:52Z")
> [@AfXtc777](#): > > You have an immune system to HELP fight viruses not pretend they don’t exist. > > I’m sure you’ve never been precribed a simple rx such as amoxicillin to treat anything. dude I work in the health field ,I have a degree in science/biology and my wife is an RN Believe me I am exposed to all sorts of shit , I dont get any shots nor do I take any sort of meds and I get sick maybe once a year if that The flu shot isnt proven, it usually dosent cover the strain that hits for the season and is generally unnecessary I rarely ever take antibiotics , only in instances such as an ear infection, strep throat, loving an unclean woman ect ect I do believe in preventative shots for certain things (ie I have gotten hepatitis vaccinations for work) the only people who really benefit from flu shots are the very young, the very old or people who are ill or have immuodeficiancies Theres no reason for healthly 20 something people to get the flu shot Look up universal precautions and you will find they keep you from getting sick more than any shot ever will (you dont go to those degrees in the general public obviously but things like basic handwashing go a long way) Unless a pandemic hits like the flu of 1918 I reserve the right to say fuck the flu shot ps I am 31 and have never had the flu ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/19 "2008-11-19T18:49:16Z")
i never get them, i MAYBE get a cold once a year. i havent had a cold in a very very long time… ---
**Author:** ![AfXtc777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@AfXtc777](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AfXtc777)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434/20 "2008-11-19T19:01:03Z")
> [@9c1ny](#): > > shutup > [@9c1ny](#): > > my wife is an RN > > … > > loving an unclean woman ect ect > > … I hardly believe you are 31 and have never had the flu, I had this exact conversation with my brother last Christmas. I forgot to mention he is a medical adviser at Yale. The flu shot is a minuscule version of the influenza virus, that essentially works with your bodies immune system to build up a defense against the flu. It is proven that it will work, or they WOULD NOT use it. I’m sorry to hear about your grandmother, however I highly doubt it had anything to do with a flu shot. It could have been a variety of things anywhere from an infection at the site of injection all the way to pure coincidence. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-you-believe-the-flu-shot-really-helps/58434.md?page=2)