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mzmolly

(50,957 posts)
20. Going against CDC recommendations?
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 03:15 PM
Feb 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm#annual-vaccination

Your average healthy person recovers from chicken pox, too. But the argument is that we are to vaccinate to protect others, unless we're 18 > apparently.
Being outraged over a vaccine that is only 23% effective hobbit709 Feb 2015 #1
Thank you. cwydro Feb 2015 #3
Another who is going against official CDC recommendations? mzmolly Feb 2015 #7
It does not protect you against ALL flu. cwydro Feb 2015 #14
So you think the CDC is wrong to strongly mzmolly Feb 2015 #24
I have no opinion about the CDC or their recommendations. cwydro Feb 2015 #34
Gotcha. mzmolly Feb 2015 #38
not hard to figure that one out Skittles Feb 2015 #88
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30% is better then 0% Marrah_G Feb 2015 #58
You sound anti-flu vaccine? mzmolly Feb 2015 #5
this year's vaccine strain is only 23% effective hobbit709 Feb 2015 #10
"All persons aged 6 months > are recommended for annual vaccination, with rare exception." ~ CDC mzmolly Feb 2015 #13
Lots of half-wits predicate their healthcare on post-hoc-ergo-prompter-hoc. LanternWaste Feb 2015 #68
And then there's those that want to throw their 2 cents worth in. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #69
that's about what it is worth Skittles Feb 2015 #89
Sorry, cwydro Feb 2015 #43
The vaccine effectiveness has been almost always higher. Ilsa Feb 2015 #8
Did you mean that flu kills... Or that the flu vaccine kills...? spooky3 Feb 2015 #15
Flu does not kill otherwise healthy individuals. former9thward Feb 2015 #18
But it does spread to the vulnerable, mzmolly Feb 2015 #25
Not if you don't have it. former9thward Feb 2015 #39
Everyone is vulnerable mzmolly Feb 2015 #73
No, everyone is not vulnerable. former9thward Feb 2015 #76
Up to 1 in 5 mzmolly Feb 2015 #77
Yes, I know the CDC uses the "5% to 20%" figure former9thward Feb 2015 #83
A lot of people are healthy but may have Ilsa Feb 2015 #31
Hear hear! mzmolly Feb 2015 #36
I certainly do not criticize anyone for decisions they make about their own health. cwydro Feb 2015 #50
Against the flu? mzmolly Feb 2015 #51
We're going to have to agree to disagree here. cwydro Feb 2015 #52
I also TOTALLY REFUSE to get a flu shot, also onecent Feb 2015 #54
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I don't see the problem. If someone wants to get the shot, then they have nothing to worry about sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #53
It's not 100% effective. Ilsa Feb 2015 #72
Wrong gollygee Feb 2015 #63
And the reason it didn't kill very many over the age of 50 was SheilaT Feb 2015 #71
Probably would be more effective if everyone had a flu shot. . B Calm Feb 2015 #82
And 1//8 effective in the PNW... jen1980 Feb 2015 #90
thank u Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #102
Don't know the answers JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #2
Meh, I never get a flu shot. dissentient Feb 2015 #4
LOL, I was waiting for the first one of these. so silly. nt Logical Feb 2015 #78
We've been over this before, but B2G Feb 2015 #6
Time for a mass re-education mzmolly Feb 2015 #9
Could be, but there are years when they run short B2G Feb 2015 #12
Going against CDC recommendations? mzmolly Feb 2015 #20
Yep. People need to be put into the camps dumbcat Feb 2015 #87
There appears to be plenty of vaccine. Ilsa Feb 2015 #19
There is THIS year B2G Feb 2015 #30
That's why you should check with your dr Ilsa Feb 2015 #37
Also many don't even think about it. I get mine because I see the doctor every 3 months and they jwirr Feb 2015 #27
Anti-vaxxers at DU should be treated the same as chemtrailers...nt SidDithers Feb 2015 #11
You can't lump those who don't get the flu shot B2G Feb 2015 #16
Adults can't spread disease? mzmolly Feb 2015 #28
Are you proposing requiring flu shots B2G Feb 2015 #29
I'm proposing consistency mzmolly Feb 2015 #32
I'm proposing that people not be hypocrites Ilsa Feb 2015 #42
You will never have her immunity against the flu B2G Feb 2015 #57
A good reason to get new flu vax each year. nt Ilsa Feb 2015 #70
Which is why you get one every year, to protect against the strains they think will uppityperson Feb 2015 #85
Why not? Getting vx'd to protect yourself and others is the same. uppityperson Feb 2015 #84
Presumably, you're referring to those who haven't had a flu jab? mzmolly Feb 2015 #21
Which adult immunizations do you need? mzmolly Feb 2015 #41
+1, n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #49
The flu vaccine is generally mandated for health workers and those who care for the elderly LeftishBrit Feb 2015 #17
My point is that the CDC mzmolly Feb 2015 #22
The difference is in the risks/benefits themselves, not in whether one is 'allowed' to weigh them LeftishBrit Feb 2015 #40
Do adults have an 'excuse' mzmolly Feb 2015 #48
One possible excuse is cost; such vaccines should be provided for free LeftishBrit Feb 2015 #91
The measles vaccine mzmolly Feb 2015 #92
As regards Ebola and quarantine.. LeftishBrit Feb 2015 #93
I'm glad we've circled back around to mzmolly Feb 2015 #96
Firstly, if people have medical reasons for not being vaccinated, then of course they should not be LeftishBrit Feb 2015 #97
Most people who spread illness mzmolly Feb 2015 #100
It burns. nt. NCTraveler Feb 2015 #23
Hypocrisy? mzmolly Feb 2015 #26
No, when I pee. Assumptions suck. nt. NCTraveler Feb 2015 #35
+3.14159265359 Glassunion Feb 2015 #62
My husband and I get flu shots every year. My sister did not and got the flu that became pneumonia. appleannie1 Feb 2015 #33
Same here! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #47
Doctor recommended I get the flu shot this year. geomon666 Feb 2015 #45
Thanks for posting this. I got one + for pneumonia. I have a friend that almost RKP5637 Feb 2015 #46
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You have a medical degrees now? ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #61
She knows how to use the Dewey Decimal system, 616 area uppityperson Feb 2015 #86
Protects my other half One_Life_To_Give Feb 2015 #55
Stomach flu HockeyMom Feb 2015 #56
I hope your mzmolly Feb 2015 #74
~facepalm~ Marrah_G Feb 2015 #64
I totally skipped it. Glassunion Feb 2015 #65
Ive never had a flu shot in my life. Travis_0004 Feb 2015 #66
LOL, I love these posts. nt Logical Feb 2015 #80
FWIW - the ones I really pushed to get a flu shot this year are the two adult kids hedgehog Feb 2015 #67
Those of us who believe in protecting ourselves and our loved ones Jamastiene Feb 2015 #75
I respect mzmolly Feb 2015 #79
I would but allergic to eggs and the non egg vaccine has not been on the market long. dilby Feb 2015 #81
Oh great. Nagging people to get a flu shot. Quantess Feb 2015 #94
Got a flu shot for the first time this past fall (nt) bigwillq Feb 2015 #95
More: Senior CDC Scientist and Whistleblower Dr. William W. Thompson on Thimerosal & Pregnant Women proverbialwisdom Feb 2015 #98
Loved the rhetorical question. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #99
. mzmolly Feb 2015 #101
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