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111. I worked in public school into my 60s

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 02:00 PM

Feb 2015

Head Start with 4 year olds. Up close and personal. As a para I held them, took them to bathroom/changed them, cleaned up after them, including their vomit. I was not exactly a Spring Chicken. I might even have been one of the oldest staff members there. I didn't get sick, and neither did the other para who was a woman in her late 50s.

The teacher was in her 30s. She got her flu shot every year, but one time so many kids were getting sick she actually wore a mask into class. lol Kids thought she was funny.

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While we're on the subject, how many pro-vaccers didn't get their flu shot? [View all] Ilsa Feb 2015 OP

I got the flu shot - LiberalElite Feb 2015 #1

Because less than half of the population gets the flu vaccine. Ilsa Feb 2015 #26

I got the flu vaccine Dorian Gray Feb 2015 #72

got mine Marrah_G Feb 2015 #2

This made me laugh. bravenak Feb 2015 #3

Pro-vaccine means I get a flu shot every year REP Feb 2015 #4

Pro-vaccer here, didn't get the shot. I usually don't, but the kids do. Brickbat Feb 2015 #5

Don't apologize. peace13 Feb 2015 #30

I know for a fact that not everyone can participate Ilsa Feb 2015 #36

Oh, I was apologizing because I broke the string of vaxxers who got the flu shot, giving the OP Brickbat Feb 2015 #82

I get the flu vaccine every year. As LiberalElite said, why do you ass-ume we are hypocrites? emulatorloo Feb 2015 #6

Because not enough people get the flu vax. Ilsa Feb 2015 #21

Supplies aren't infinite. Maybe they want to save it for more vulnerable populations? eridani Feb 2015 #78

CDC seems to think there's enough. Ilsa Feb 2015 #98

I get my flu shot regularly and my Mom made sure we got every vaccine Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #7

Pro vaccine here. I did however not get the flu vaccine. Glassunion Feb 2015 #8

I would NEVER go a flu season without the vaccine. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #9

Yeah Dorian Gray Feb 2015 #73

pro-vaxxer here, got the flu shot, and I'm currently sick.. frylock Feb 2015 #10

I get one, as does my immunosuppressed wife nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #11

I got mine. LuvNewcastle Feb 2015 #12

Got mine n/t shanti Feb 2015 #13

It's not irrelevant sharp_stick Feb 2015 #14

You bet I got the flu shot distantearlywarning Feb 2015 #15

I always get one Skittles Feb 2015 #16

YOU WANT I SHOULD GIVE YOU PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD SKITTLES NuclearDem Feb 2015 #18

I very rarely get sick but when I do it slams me HARD Skittles Feb 2015 #19

I tripped an old lady so I'd get mine first. rug Feb 2015 #48

I still got mine that year because my wife is at risk. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #56

I got the flu shot. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #17

I get my flu shots. hunter Feb 2015 #20

I have HIV. My doctor would have a fit if I didn't get a flu vaccine every year. - nt Liberal Veteran Feb 2015 #22

Every year. [n/t] Maedhros Feb 2015 #23

How many anti-vaxxers will own up to the fact CAG Feb 2015 #24

Yep. All of the above. Ilsa Feb 2015 #35

I got mine and still got sick (twice). n/t Mugu Feb 2015 #25

I spread the flu, I'm a giving kind of person. kwassa Feb 2015 #27

And I haven't had the measles since I was a baby. Ilsa Feb 2015 #32

Once you get the measles you are immune. LisaL Feb 2015 #43

And yet titers are still checked in pregnant women Ilsa Feb 2015 #57

I'm pro vaccinations, but I don't get a flu shot. I haven't had the flu since I had it shraby Feb 2015 #28

I haven't had the measles since I was a baby. Ilsa Feb 2015 #33

Vaccine that is only 23% effective doesn't sound too tempting. LisaL Feb 2015 #40

The CDC didn't know that in September. Ilsa Feb 2015 #50

I am not going to get something that I consider pretty much useless (23 % effective, really) LisaL Feb 2015 #70

I used to rationalize my self-absorbed actions too... LanternWaste Feb 2015 #96

LOL. It's not for me. nt Ilsa Feb 2015 #103

The vaccine is more effective than that against the targets for which it was made... HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #80

I've been "lucky" for over 50 years then. I'm 72 now. shraby Feb 2015 #67

And other people could say the same thing about vaccinations they or their children don't get. pnwmom Feb 2015 #114

I got mine. Aristus Feb 2015 #29

I can't afford to be sick and take a week of downtime. Ilsa Feb 2015 #34

I got mine! City Lights Feb 2015 #31

I get one every year n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2015 #37

If the flu vax was 99+% effective, then you would actually have a point. madinmaryland Feb 2015 #38

Even the MMR isn't 99% effective. Ilsa Feb 2015 #39

Two doses, not multiple. LisaL Feb 2015 #41

Yes, and a booster later, at least in my state. Ilsa Feb 2015 #45

Current flu vax leaves you with almost 80% chance of not being protected. LisaL Feb 2015 #49

Yes, this is an outlier year. Even so, Ilsa Feb 2015 #51

Yet measles had been eliminated by 2000, and then people got complacent madinmaryland Feb 2015 #42

Yes. Failure to vaccinate. Ilsa Feb 2015 #55

To the anti-vax mind, it's either 1 or 0. trotsky Feb 2015 #81

Flu mist for me! cyberswede Feb 2015 #44

Busted. I usually do, but this was such a busy year... bhikkhu Feb 2015 #46

I wish you luck in getting it done, even then, and in Ilsa Feb 2015 #47

I got it workinclasszero Feb 2015 #52

Got mine. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #53

I always get my flu shot. Tanuki Feb 2015 #54

Got mine. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #58

There were a lot of Ilsa Feb 2015 #59

I think you have created a strawman. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #60

Bingo Dorian Gray Feb 2015 #74

I get every year. 840high Feb 2015 #61

Got mine. So did my kids. n/t Butterbean Feb 2015 #62

I don't get a flu shot, and I do get weary of being told here on DU SheilaT Feb 2015 #63

Same here HockeyMom Feb 2015 #76

My story is remarkably similar to yours. SheilaT Feb 2015 #101

Living in close quarters among millions of people HockeyMom Feb 2015 #105

Yep. Among the reasons the 1918 flu epidemic was so terrible SheilaT Feb 2015 #108

No, you're not immune. jeff47 Feb 2015 #104

I worked in public school into my 60s HockeyMom Feb 2015 #111

Older as in >10. Not older as in 60-ish. jeff47 Feb 2015 #113

I get it every year taught_me_patience Feb 2015 #64

I'll own up to it GummyBearz Feb 2015 #65

I don't consider myself part of the DU pro-vax contingent. Crunchy Frog Feb 2015 #66

That was the point of a couple of threads HockeyMom Feb 2015 #116

I'll get one tomorrow if this thread fizzles out olddots Feb 2015 #68

I'd like to see all of the rabid vax threads fizzle out. nt Ilsa Feb 2015 #75

I get it every year without fail. Nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #69

My entire family Dorian Gray Feb 2015 #71

I get my shot every year. xmas74 Feb 2015 #77

We got ours! B Calm Feb 2015 #79

I was diagnosed.. sendero Feb 2015 #83

Yep....Vaxx & Flu Every year fredamae Feb 2015 #84

No flu shot, ever. And you're obviously sooooo much better than me. tridim Feb 2015 #85

You can be a carrier for the virus and end up sickening others. Way to go. randome Feb 2015 #89

And you're double-plus extra better than me!1 nt tridim Feb 2015 #91

It takes a village to raise a child. It takes one narcissist to make that child sick. randome Feb 2015 #97

Only if you hammer anti-vaxers on DU. :-) nt Ilsa Feb 2015 #99

So, not getting a flu shot every year is the same as not getting a few rounds of vacs as kids. Threedifferentones Feb 2015 #86

I get mine every year. Always. MineralMan Feb 2015 #87

Does anyone get the shingles shot? benz380 Feb 2015 #88

Got the shingles vaccine as soon as I turned 65 GoneOffShore Feb 2015 #90

Why is it irrelevant? Augustus Feb 2015 #92

They are both communicable diseases Ilsa Feb 2015 #100

You cannot catch shingles from somebody else HockeyMom Feb 2015 #115

Shingles? I think you are in the wrong Reply. Ilsa Feb 2015 #118

Not MY opinion HockeyMom Feb 2015 #120

Clearly, LannyDeVaney Feb 2015 #93

I get my flu shot every year, and I am furious about the 23% mess-up. librechik Feb 2015 #94

Don't like needles pipi_k Feb 2015 #95

I don't like them either. Ilsa Feb 2015 #102

I did. With 11 great grand children bringing everything home the school has to offer I need it. jwirr Feb 2015 #106

Like me, it sounds like you can't afford Ilsa Feb 2015 #107

I didn't due to egg allergies. dilby Feb 2015 #109

I get mine every year, including this one. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #110

Never had a flu shot and never had the flu. RebelOne Feb 2015 #112

I live in a bubble so it's not necessary. progressoid Feb 2015 #117

I got mine loyalsister Feb 2015 #119