Time for your flu shot, everyone.

[MineralMan]

Some cases of the flu are being reported in major metro areas, like Minneapolis St. Paul, MN. It's not widespread, but it's out there. I stopped in today to get my vaccination. I'm an old fart, so I got the high-dose shot with an adjuvant that reinforces the body's reaction. That's recommended for everyone over 65.

The flu shot is covered by all insurance coverages, including Medicare, another benefit of the ACA, which mandates coverage for most preventive immunizations.

As a side note, the nurse practitioner at the Minute Clinic I went to asked if I also wanted a "cootie shot." I said, "Sure." So, "Circle, circle, dot, dot. Now I have my cootie shot."

[still_one]

1. I got mine a mouth ago MM, but don't be surprised if you have pushback from some who align with

the anti-vaxer segment

[MineralMan]

2. They're welcome to bring it...

[Demsrule86]

45. I am getting my flu shot today. Anti-vax people are risking their lives. Flu kills thousands

each year.

[Drahthaardogs]

53. DU should delete anti-vax posts as conspiracy theories

Which violate Terms of Service

[Major Nikon]

59. Most of the anti-vaxxers either left or finally decided to STFU

You don't hear nearly as much from them of late.

Meanwhile the US elected a dipshit anti-vaxxer for chief executive.

[SunSeeker]

3. And it will be free. Thank you ACA! Thanks Obama!

Getting mine this weekend with my son at the local Walgreen's.

[Demsrule86]

46. My flu shot is still not free.

I have an 8000 deductible...a self insured plan employer plan...so we never did get the free flu shots...still worth it.

[SunSeeker]

47. ACA requires all plans to provide free preventative care. What state do you live in? nt

[Demsrule86]

56. Ohio but hubs retired from GM...granfathered in stuff for example kids can

not stay on our insurance past 24 and they must be in school the entire time, no free flu shots either. We do get the preventive care thankfully. 8000 deductible...6000 before they pay a dime...and then 20% until we reach 8000 out of pocket. New job so we can suspend this insurance and take job insurance...cost us thousands the last couple of years.

[TexasBushwhacker]

70. Check into your county public health clinics

Our Harris County clinics here in Houston will give a flu shot to anyone who asks for one. If you have some kind of insurance they will ask for it, but you can get the shot for free even if you don't have insurance.

[Weekend Warrior]

4. +1 K&R nt.

[Iggo]

5. I'm gonna ask for the Cootie Shot, too.

[MineralMan]

7. Just remember, you can only get the shot from someone of

the opposite sex.

[yewberry]

6. Too late for me.

My office has someone scheduled to come in with flu vaccine next week.

I've been out sick for two days now. Yes, folks, break out the hand sanitizer and get the shot. 'Tis the season.

[meow2u3]

8. I already got my flu shot a couple of weeks ago

I make sure I get my annual flu shot because I'm diabetic and the flu can kill me.

[MineralMan]

10. Good. I usually do it the first week of October.

But, they've been available for a couple of months already. I don't yet know how good a match this year's batch is for what will be circulating. I hope it's a close match. Looks like I'll be flying to California again a couple of times soon. Holiday travel seems to be what spreads the damned flu nationwide every year.

[Turin_C3PO]

9. Yep.

Please everyone get one. People like me, with cystic fibrosis, as well as the young, elderly, etc. depend on it.

[MineralMan]

12. Yes. Herd immunity is crucial.

[LuckyCharms]

11. Thanks for the reminder...

Getting one next week.

[csziggy]

13. Thanks for the reminder!

I have to ask my cardiothoracic surgeon if getting a vaccination is advisable right before major surgery. Mine will be coming up in a matter of a couple of weeks. Tomorrow I get the last test to find out. Next week hopefully they will schedule it. I'll ask tomorrow about the flu shot for me and for my husband.

[MineralMan]

17. Good idea to ask.

[ismnotwasm]

14. Already got mine

They give them at work—flu season is always sad for me, because I know deaths are coming from it.

[HipChick]

15. Not for me...

[USALiberal]

37. Can't wait to hear the reason for this. nt

[Va Lefty]

16. Got mine Tuesday

[Coventina]

18. Got mine yesterday....

Hoping it's the right "mix".

[MineralMan]

19. Yes. It's always a crapshoot about the strains included.

With luck, they got an excellent match.

[ChazInAz]

20. Yowza

Got mine Tuesday while picking up prescriptions at Costco. Being sixty-seven, I got the Olephart Shot, too. Arm's still a little sore. Didn't think to get my Cootie Immunization, though.

[MineralMan]

22. I think my NP at the Minute Clinic was flirting with me a little.

"Olephart Shot"

[Orrex]

21. I never get the flu shot

Instead, I have myself hermetically sealed from October until March. Works a treat!

[MineralMan]

23. That should work, too.

[Gothmog]

24. I got my shot back in August

[ProudLib72]

25. I got mine on Tuesday

At least, I think it was a flu shot. A woman gave it to me, so it could have just been a cootie shot. Hurt like a flu shot, though.

[LeftyMom]

26. I had mine weeks ago.

My dad had an organ transplant and is on really high doses of immune suppressants right now to protect his secondhand liver, so it's vital that everyone around him gets one for his protection.

[gopiscrap]

27. I'm in Canada right now

so I am not sure the flu shot would work...

[Jersey Devil]

28. Got mine today (nt)

x

[CountAllVotes]

29. Don't do vaccines

Seen what they did to my late brother. Dead @ 44 and oh how he suffered!

[obamanut2012]

35. Vaccines save lives

[Major Nikon]

60. Not only that the risk of not getting the flu vaccine far exceeds any associated risk

Most anecdotal accounts of flu vaccine adverse effects aren't evidence based. The highest prevalence is soreness at the injection site (duh) and allergic reactions to egg proteins which some vaccines are based.

[USALiberal]

38. The flu shot killed your brother? Please explain. nt

[CountAllVotes]

39. He is dead & vaccines ruined his life

What else to you care to know?

[pnwmom]

41. Which vaccine? How did it ruin his life? n/t

[ileus]

49. Dead is pretty much totally ruined I suppose.

[pnwmom]

57. He didn't really say that a vaccine killed him. n/t

[USALiberal]

61. How did a vaccine cause his death? n/t

[MineralMan]

62. You may not get an answer.

Be prepared.

[USALiberal]

63. I agree! Thanks for your OP!! nt

[Codeine]

66. Cool story, bro. nt

[lunamagica]

31. I had mine on Monday

[GreenEyedLefty]

32. I had mine on Tuesday.

I never had a flu shot until last year. But I have had the flu several times ... I'll just take the shot from here on out.

[VOX]

33. I hold off until mid-November; whenever I got the shot any earlier...

I'd invariably come down with the flu in January-February. And I don't catch anything in November. Just my own half-baked method.

[obamanut2012]

34. Got mine Tuesday!

Free at work.

[Major Nikon]

36. Got mine a couple of weeks ago along with the first of two Hep A

I'm also currently taking the oral typhoid vaccine.

[WinkyDink]

40. Typhoid?! Where ARE you?

[Major Nikon]

58. Later this month I will be in Peru

[WinkyDink]

67. Ah.

[ileus]

48. We're mandated to get the shot.

I'm waiting for the cart to come around to my desk. Right now we go to Education, but I want them to come to me. LOL...

[MineralMan]

50. I always have a little pain in the arm around the injection site,

for a day or two. It bothered me when I was stirring stuff while making dinner yesterday. That's it. I've never had any real side-effects from any vaccination. The injection itself was completely painless, as usual.

Since I'm officially an Olde Farte (Alte Kaker, in Yiddish), I get the Super Strength Flu Shot with a high dosage and and adjuvant to irritate the system and boost the immune response. Scary, huh?

[doc03]

51. Got mine last Thursday and felt like crap Friday, thought I was

coming down with something. Saturday I felt fine.

[MineralMan]

52. Yeah, some people get that side-effect.

It's your body's immune response to the vaccine. It varies in severity, from just a sore arm to feeling crappy for a day.

That response is actually a good sign that the vaccination was successful in stimulating the desired response.

[doc03]

54. I had a slight headache and just felt tired all day nt

[ck4829]

55. Preventive medicine is a crazy idea though

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9330465

[NutmegYankee]

64. Got mine today at work.

[smirkymonkey]

65. Will get mine next week at work.

We have an on-site health center and you can usually just walk in with no appointment. It takes 2 minutes and you're done. I get them every year and have had mild bouts but nothing serious in years and years.

[tavernier]

68. I will crawl on my knees to get my flu shot!

i would get the flu every year and suffer for months until I finally started the shots. Some years good, some so/so... but never deathly ill like I used to get.

[bdamomma]

69. I get mine through work too

It doesn't bother me to get a shot, it just takes the edge off if you do manage to get the flu.

[Hortensis]

71. Better a shot now than 8 people with the flu at Thanksgiving,

possibly 10, out of the 14 family and friends who came from 3 states and various cities to a gathering in Florida; some went home sick and/or well?, so never got a full count. But most arrived a day or two before, someone was presumably infectious even though not feeling kick yet, it incubated, actually mercifully skipped Thanksgiving Day, and hit the group big that night and the day after.

Incubation period, btw, is 1-4 days, average 2.