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43. K&R

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Tue Oct 2, 2018, 06:13 PM

Oct 2018

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GET YOUR FLU SHOTS NOW!!! [View all] ProudLib72 Oct 2018 OP

Also, if your kids get sick...KEEP THEM HOME! BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #1

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

OMG! That is just terrible! ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #17

I used them all up since I was sick all the time. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #33

I had pneumonia when I was doing a semester abroad in Dublin ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #59

I learned very quickly that schools are a business with a bottom line. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #72

Vomiting is not a symptom of influenza. Aristus Oct 2018 #16

I know. I was more responding to keeping sick kids home, whatever the disease. n/t brewens Oct 2018 #21

Okay. Aristus Oct 2018 #23

I know that too. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #25

Speaking of flu symptoms, a handful of years ago, friends Hortensis Oct 2018 #36

I did it a week ago. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 #2

My arm is always sore for at least a week afterwards ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #6

Yes, I got a really bad case of the flu last year too. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 #11

IMO, People who usually complain about "a slight case" after a shot were usually already infected. haele Oct 2018 #14

Could be. I hate to equate coincidence with correlation, but it's mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 #18

I know. I only started getting sick when the little ambulatory pietri dishes came to live with us. haele Oct 2018 #22

I ride the Metrorail to work. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 #24

I used to get sick all the time when I rode the Metro MiniMe Oct 2018 #60

Sorry. not buying that. Brainstormy Oct 2018 #29

More likely the vaccine targeted a different form of flu than was circulating Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #73

At Work DownriverDem Oct 2018 #46

My conservative relatives think it's a scam and won't get normal vaccines as adults. procon Oct 2018 #3

Yeah, they are making so much money! ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #8

That's where I got mine this year (Capitol Hill KP, in Washington DC). mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 #19

We have Kaiser, too. Very satisfied 😌 with their service. nt procon Oct 2018 #37

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

That is not jest, it is reality. Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #74

Chicken pox nearly killed me at 17. JenniferJuniper Oct 2018 #67

It is exactly the opposite. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #79

Yeah. Soooooooooooo much money. Aristus Oct 2018 #28

I bet they DownriverDem Oct 2018 #47

The Rump should not have a flu shot ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #61

I have a great mercuryblues Oct 2018 #5

Last year's flu shot was not that effective. murielm99 Oct 2018 #7

That's what I wrote up above ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #13

Excellent. Aristus Oct 2018 #30

Got mine on Monday, thanks Jersey Devil Oct 2018 #9

AND, if you are sick STAY HOME from work! I always caught co-workers colds cause Kajun Gal Oct 2018 #15

That's ridiculous. Stay home for what? A week? Two weeks? Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2018 #27

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

Oops, sorry kind of repeated on some of yours. magicarpet Oct 2018 #31

Last year the strains they included in the shot were not a ... magicarpet Oct 2018 #26

I don't get those shots even if they are free... TomVilmer Oct 2018 #49

You should do it as a civic duty Blues Heron Oct 2018 #53

LOL, someone always posts this crap...... USALiberal Oct 2018 #65

Disgusting? TomVilmer Oct 2018 #68

More incorrect information from you..... USALiberal Oct 2018 #71

More "crap" for you. CanSocDem Oct 2018 #78

Still crap. Nt USALiberal Oct 2018 #80

"We will get it anyway and survive" - ??? Aristus Oct 2018 #76

Got mine on Monday, plus the second pneumonia shot so I'm done with that one. Frustratedlady Oct 2018 #32

Heck, I went mountain biking afterwards ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #63

Cool way to get one! Frustratedlady Oct 2018 #70

K & R...did it last week... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #35

I got my flu shot last week Gothmog Oct 2018 #39

I became a convert last year DFW Oct 2018 #41

I get one every year. nt Quixote1818 Oct 2018 #42

K&R bdamomma Oct 2018 #43

Post this to all your social media accounts- Get your shot & vote!! RainCaster Oct 2018 #44

My doctor insists on giving it to me every autumn. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2018 #45

Done two weeks ago. tavernier Oct 2018 #48

Got mine yesterday! SunSeeker Oct 2018 #50

Woohoo Tiredofwaitingforssd Oct 2018 #51

There have already been confirmed flu deaths this week wishstar Oct 2018 #52

I have only had a flu shot once. Doreen Oct 2018 #54

If you don't get one this year it will turn you into a republican! ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #64

Wow, that is some brilliant logic...... USALiberal Oct 2018 #66

It's not about you. It's about the people you could pass it to by not having the Aristus Oct 2018 #77

I already got my flu shot last week meow2u3 Oct 2018 #55

My father is diabetic, and I don't think he has gotten his shot yet ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #81

Getting mine Monday Freddie Oct 2018 #56

my doc says get a shot around Thanksgiving - it needs to be potent in February DrDan Oct 2018 #57

always do...haven't had the flu in decades - can't even remember the last time. Great advice! NRaleighLiberal Oct 2018 #58

Got mine a few weeks ago. MiniMe Oct 2018 #62

They are going to do them next Thursday at work. alphafemale Oct 2018 #69

K&R. You've got to be healthy to fight for a healthcare system that cares about health ck4829 Oct 2018 #75

Got mine today! kairos12 Oct 2018 #82