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ailsagirl

(24,287 posts) Tue Oct 20, 2015, 03:42 PM Oct 2015

Has anyone gotten the flu even if he/she was inoculated (at least) three weeks prior? [View all]

Happened to me. I haven't had flu since I was a kid!

Just curious.

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Has anyone gotten the flu even if he/she was inoculated (at least) three weeks prior? [View all] ailsagirl Oct 2015 OP

If you get exposed to a different flu virus than the shot, it happens a lot. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #1

So I've been reading... ailsagirl Oct 2015 #2

My wife used to get a flu shot every year. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #3

That's a bummer ailsagirl Oct 2015 #7

Supposedly, getting the shot every year does reduce the severity MH1 Oct 2015 #8

Agreed! ailsagirl Oct 2015 #14

Yes. You can fail immunization. Laffy Kat Oct 2015 #4

Nope, not ever. Not even a cold. trof Oct 2015 #5

Keep at it! ailsagirl Oct 2015 #6

My husband had a horrible case of flu several years ago about 2 weeks after getting his shot. mnhtnbb Oct 2015 #9

That's terrible ailsagirl Oct 2015 #12

The last time I got the flu I was afraid I was going to die Major Nikon Oct 2015 #23

Can't help but laugh...but I know what you mean! mnhtnbb Oct 2015 #24

There are several brands (strains) of flu. I try to catch the less expensive one. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #10

Not me and I've been LiberalElite Oct 2015 #11

Good for you! ailsagirl Oct 2015 #13

The needle never fazed me - LiberalElite Oct 2015 #34

No, but I have patients coming in all the time complaining of having the flu, Aristus Oct 2015 #15

Preach it The Second Stone Oct 2015 #16

That's very tragic ailsagirl Oct 2015 #28

We have a friend who almost died from h1n1. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2015 #44

It's the chills that tipped me off ailsagirl Oct 2015 #25

Never EVER get a flu shot. nt clarice Oct 2015 #17

Yeah, please don't go around telling people that. Aristus Oct 2015 #18

I'll say what I like...when I like thank you. nt clarice Oct 2015 #19

Just like others are free to say how piss poor that advice is Major Nikon Oct 2015 #20

This isn't a free speech issue. Aristus Oct 2015 #22

That's right!! nt ailsagirl Oct 2015 #27

Aristus, I DID get my flu shot... ailsagirl Oct 2015 #26

I'm glad. Aristus Oct 2015 #30

I knew what you meant ailsagirl Oct 2015 #31

Of course. Aristus Oct 2015 #32

to all..... clarice Oct 2015 #37

I'm sorry, clarice. You're going to have to do better than a couple of links to anti-vaxxer sites. Aristus Oct 2015 #38

Typical....always attack the source.nt clarice Oct 2015 #39

Yes. The source is wrong. Aristus Oct 2015 #40

IYHO perhaps....anyway, be well. Peace. nt clarice Oct 2015 #41

My opinion and scientific fact, in this case, coincide. Aristus Oct 2015 #42

Getting bronchitis made me a believer. roody Oct 2015 #29

whatever you say, Jenny Skittles Oct 2015 #33

The flu shot doesn't guarantee you won't get the flu Major Nikon Oct 2015 #21

YES! Jokerman Oct 2015 #35

I got some kind of flu years ago, in college, during one of the epidemics. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2015 #36

I did last year NewJeffCT Oct 2015 #43