The Swine Flu Shot a Waste of Time!

[badger]

He might should get a pneumonia shot.

yeah, he'll get one soon. He didn't want to get 3 shots (seasonal, H1N1, AND pneumonia). Good thing he didn't as he did have a fever after the 2 shots, who knows what the 3rd shot would've done.

A co-worker of mine got 2 shots in one day also and she also didn't do very well. Ended up taking 2 days off as she had a slight fever and was achey all over.

[Dogmama]

" Oh it's OK. It's just allergies..."

Grrrr

I'm one of those who cannot get a flu shot. I have lupus & my rheumatologist has forbidden it. Alive, killed or barely breathing - no flu shot. So I really get p.o'ed with people who show up places sick. I want to say, "Why do you think you're so important that you MUST be here??"

So, I'm just really careful. I carry hand sanitizer, I watch that I don't touch my face in public, wash my hands a lot, blah blah. I don't want to be one of those OCD people on Intervention though

[ny biker]

" Oh it's OK. It's just allergies..."

Grrrr

I'm one of those who cannot get a flu shot. I have lupus & my rheumatologist has forbidden it. Alive, killed or barely breathing - no flu shot. So I really get p.o'ed with people who show up places sick. I want to say, "Why do you think you're so important that you MUST be here??"

So, I'm just really careful. I carry hand sanitizer, I watch that I don't touch my face in public, wash my hands a lot, blah blah. I don't want to be one of those OCD people on Intervention though

I know what you mean. Someone I work with was home two days last week taking care of her sick children. Despite the fact that she can work from home whenever it's necessary, she came in to the office on Friday. And she hacked and coughed and sniffled the whole day. I had work to do with her but I stayed away instead. There was absolutely no reason why she couldn't have stayed home with her germs.

I'm at the point where I use hand sanitizer every time I go into the office kitchen. Lord only knows whose germs are on the refrigerator handle, microwave and drawer handles.

[Eden]

" Oh it's OK. It's just allergies..."

I do have fall/spring allergies and I cannot stay at home because of them... (or I'd be home throughout the month of Nov and Feb - April at the very least) I take 3 kinds of allergy medications and still cannot keep the symptoms completely at bay. I do however know the difference between being actually sick and my allergy symptoms and will stay away from people if I have viral symptoms. I will also have the regular flu shot and H1N1 as soon as it becomes available (I work in health care, with kids, so I'm on the 2nd tier of priority). I don't like to make people worry, but again, I can't stay quarantined for weeks at a time because of allergy symptoms... (sneezing, coughing, clear runny nose, itchy eyes, no fever)

[Becky]

+1 to Eden. My allergies are virtually year-round.

[Dogmama]

+1 to Eden. My allergies are virtually year-round.

I just developed allergies this year, at the ripe old age of 55. I'm really careful to make sure that my symptoms are allergies - as Eden said - no fever, clear fluids, no aches, etc.

But, when I worked in an office it was amazing how many people popped up with "it's just allergies" and their "allergies" seem to infect the rest of us. Must be a special strain of allergies..."office allergies" eh?

[Becky]

I just developed allergies this year, at the ripe old age of 55. I'm really careful to make sure that my symptoms are allergies - as Eden said - no fever, clear fluids, no aches, etc.

But, when I worked in an office it was amazing how many people popped up with "it's just allergies" and their "allergies" seem to infect the rest of us. Must be a special strain of allergies..."office allergies" eh?

Oh believe me, I work with a whole "just allergies that aren't really allergies" crew *grumbles* I completely understand.

[OakLeaf]

Interesting tidbit: Ohio State infectious disease specialists are finding that fever doesn't always accompany H1N1 flu.

I guess the lesson is that if you're sick enough to have the flu, but don't have a fever, don't assume it isn't the flu...

[shootingstar]

Ok, I'm in a black humour mood. Please if you view this video, focus on the parody of some famous international singers, instead of just the disease.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CBCtv#p/a

(Do keep in mind, that some of my family members are direct health care workers, vacinnated for H1N1, so i realize about its seriousness.)

Note: 22 Minutes is a long-playing, popular comedy show on current issues, politics,etc.