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In reply to the discussion: GET YOUR FLU SHOTS NOW!!! [View all]ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)8. Yeah, they are making so much money!
I paid exactly $0.00 for mine. That's Kaiser Permanente. I know the grocery stores and places like Rite Aid and Walgreens give them for $10 or $15. How is anyone making money off that?
You know, it wasn't that long ago that I got tested for Chickenpox antibodies and discovered that I had never contracted the disease. I was in my late 30s or early 40s at the time. I got that vaccine ASAP because I had a grandmother who got shingles, and I that scared the hell out of me!
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Working at the blood center one day a woman donor came in and her daughter threw up. She tells us
brewens
Oct 2018
#4
You're lucky she made it to the garbage can, one year a student threw up all over
BigmanPigman
Oct 2018
#12
I know. I was more responding to keeping sick kids home, whatever the disease. n/t
brewens
Oct 2018
#21
IMO, People who usually complain about "a slight case" after a shot were usually already infected.
haele
Oct 2018
#14
I know. I only started getting sick when the little ambulatory pietri dishes came to live with us.
haele
Oct 2018
#22
My conservative relatives think it's a scam and won't get normal vaccines as adults.
procon
Oct 2018
#3
That's where I got mine this year (Capitol Hill KP, in Washington DC).
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2018
#19
When I got my shingles shot I told the pharmacist about the latest one I heard. Somehow
brewens
Oct 2018
#10
👎 No one promote that antivax line, not even in jest, it's a terrible thing to inflict any
procon
Oct 2018
#38
I didn't hear that from a health care professional. I was telling my pharmacist about the antivaxer
brewens
Oct 2018
#40
AND, if you are sick STAY HOME from work! I always caught co-workers colds cause
Kajun Gal
Oct 2018
#15
If you have fever you are contagious. I do realize though that not all have paid sick leave.
Kajun Gal
Oct 2018
#34
Unlike last year, early results indicate the vaccine is a good match this season
Johonny
Oct 2018
#20
Got mine on Monday, plus the second pneumonia shot so I'm done with that one.
Frustratedlady
Oct 2018
#32
It's not about you. It's about the people you could pass it to by not having the
Aristus
Oct 2018
#77
always do...haven't had the flu in decades - can't even remember the last time. Great advice!
NRaleighLiberal
Oct 2018
#58