I've Got Whooping Cough. Thanks a Lot, Jenny McCarthy.

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6. Shaking my head

in disbelief over something posted by a SIL on Facebook the other day regarding the flu vaccine.

All the usual anti-vaccine shit.

Mr Pipi is also on her friends list, saw the link she posted, and announced that he would NEVER get another flu shot again (even though he's gotten them for a long, long time). Which is scary because he's older, and is at risk because of health issues.

Thank goodness for DU, and the information people post here.

I told him it was anti-vaxxer bullshit and found articles refuting the claims. He read them and now feels better about the flu shot.

So the part that has me shaking my head is how my SIL has connected her yearly UTI's to the flu shots. She hasn't gotten a flu shot this year, and lo and behold, no UTI either!!!

Whether they're connected or not, I have no idea.

But even, by some bizarre chance that they are connected...

a UTI is nothing compared to influenza that could potentially turn deadly and (the two times I've had it anyway) could lay a person up for weeks. Not in bed, but feeling awfully shitty.

ugh.

but anyway, thanks again to DU for often being a place of sanity and reason.

In some respects.