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PoindexterOglethorpe

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4. Actually, if you got Influenza A in 2019 you have a very strong immunity

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 31, 2021, 04:53 AM

Jul 2021

to future influenza A that will probably last decades.

The reason most people over the age of 50 in 1918 never got that flu was that about 50 years earlier there was an outbreak of a similar type A flu. Those alive then got it and died, or survived, or were somehow already immune/resistant to the flu.

So go ahead and get a shot if you want, but it's probably not necessary.

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Well, one good thing is that I won't bother to get a feakin' flu shot this year! Actually maybe [View all] brewens Jul 2021 OP

I'm getting my flu shot as usual Deuxcents Jul 2021 #1

Actually, if you got Influenza A in 2019 you have a very strong immunity PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #4

Me too! Thanks. I also plan to continue masking, distancing and sanitizing. I don't remember abqtommy Jul 2021 #5

So, what's the real downside to getting it this year? ret5hd Jul 2021 #2

Right now, the risk of getting COVID going to get the flu shot for one thing. If I go nowhere, brewens Jul 2021 #3

I never get a flu shot. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #6

Silly, people, ignore this post and get your shot!! Nt USALiberal Jul 2021 #10

Are you kidding? I will be getting my in early September. No way do I want to have influenza hlthe2b Jul 2021 #7

I usually wait a little later... Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #12

I am waiting just abit this year bec KarenS Jul 2021 #8

When I go to my Doctor's office in Sept. she will ask, "Have you had your flu shot?" Chainfire Jul 2021 #9

I will. Entirely different virus... Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #11

This makes no sense at all. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #13

As an infection control nurse I gotta tell you I think that's a TERRIBLE idea this year. Maru Kitteh Jul 2021 #14

Any combination of flu, pneumonia, and Covid killed most of those dead Hortensis Jul 2021 #15

The VA clinic gave us our Moderna shots outside. marie999 Jul 2021 #16