Flu & Pneumonia Shots, are you getting one?

[Patty Smyth]

Thanks spammies!

[samualblack]

As per the theory of Dr. Donald W. Miller Jr. M.D.Vitamin D has a huge effect on our immunity. Vitamin D helps to prevent the flu. A lack of Vitamin D affects the overall body. to avoid the flu virus Vitamin D is essential .
So instead of getting Flu Shots increase intake of Vita-D in your food.

[i_forget]

No flu shots and still no flu here.
it has been very bad in my area this year, and if there is something going around I am usually the first to get it.
I thought we were getting it a few weeks ago because we felt a little sluggish and warm and sick to our stomachs at the same time, but it passed within hours so I am pretty sure we have had the strain that is making its rounds and fought it off naturally.

[Shwa Girl]

No flu shots and still no flu here.
it has been very bad in my area this year, and if there is something going around I am usually the first to get it.
I thought we were getting it a few weeks ago because we felt a little sluggish and warm and sick to our stomachs at the same time, but it passed within hours so I am pretty sure we have had the strain that is making its rounds and fought it off naturally.

Three things are circulating in Ontario right now
1. seasonal influenza
2. norovirus -- stomach virus
3. respiratory virus
Here is the latest update
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/p...lichealth/flu/
Yes, it is a very difficult year. 'Flu shots still available

[Natalka]

Same in SK, pretty much - just hoping we avoid noro; my son and I had that a few years ago, it was absolutely horrid!
It's the sickiest season for way more people than I ever remember! Plus, they are re-circulating.

[Shwa Girl]

Same in SK, pretty much - just hoping we avoid noro; my son and I had that a few years ago, it was absolutely horrid!
It's the sickiest season for way more people than I ever remember! Plus, they are re-circulating.

Yes. Recirculating with Christmas/holiday get-to-gethers. Students are back to school. Just great places for the the viruses to incubate and grow and have a "party"

Ontario hospitals still turning away mild ill people, because they are swamped

US states -some declaring an epidemic for influenza

[amark1986]

Suffering from Flu is the worst experience in my life. But thanks to my sister she helped me to overcome on it. She found something helpful from a website called flu.ca. Thanks to them. They are doing such a great job of aware people from Flu and its Symptoms.

[GNGiveaways]

No. I do not get vaccines, period. I don't believe in them. It's just the flu. For me, the cons of the vaccine far out way the actual sickness. If you have a healthy diet you should be fine. There are tons of natural ways to prevent and get rid of the flu. Having the flu is also actually good for you. It builds your immune system and means you're less liking to get sick again. Nothing wrong with a few days off work even if you are throwing up :p

[GNGiveaways]

Flu shots are necessary to prevent from flu but If the viruses in the vaccine and the influenza viruses circulating in the community are closely matched, vaccine effectiveness is higher.

More information related flu shot :
http://robbinhanks.tumblr.com/post/3...sonal-flu-shot

But why do we need to prevent the flu? It's just the flu.

[amark1986]

It's not just the flu. Because as per medical science and news updates many people dead because of The Flu. That's why taking Flu Shot is necessary foe every one.

[GNGiveaways]

It's not just the flu. Because as per medical science and news updates many people dead because of The Flu. That's why taking Flu Shot is necessary foe every one.

Eating healthy is necessary, not the flu shot.

[amark1986]

Eating healthy is necessary, not the flu shot.

Totally agreed with you but flu spreads through viruses it is nothing but a viral infection. So i think that flu shot is necessary even to keep yourself healthy.

[blueeyetea]

Eating healthy is necessary, not the flu shot.

But if you already have a compromised immune system, eating well isn't enough.

[Crochetlady]

I have a compomised immune system so have had the pnuemovax shot twice and a yearly flu shot. DH on the other hand had a flu shot one year and was sick more that year so he refuses to get it anymore.

[sjw80]

I've worked in a hospital for more than 10 years and I've only gotten the flu shot once (because I was living with my sister and her new baby and she made me get the shot). Only people with compromised (elderly or sick) or under-developed (infants/young children) immune systems should get the shot (or those who are closely around them) as these are the groups of people who can die if they get the flu. I've never gotten the flu ever and I'm exposed to it almost every day. And, the vaccine doesn't always work! They guess what the active viruses will be.

The companies that make the flu vaccines tell us all about what it'll protect us from but they don't tell you what else is in it. One ingredient is formaldehyde. This is a nasty compound and it actually has a special disposal method in research labs. it also has to be used in a special fume hood to ensure one doesn't inhale the fumes.... Very toxic. Who would actually choose to put this in their body on a regular basis?

Other bad ingredients are mercury and several antibiotics. We get too much mercury in our bodies already, who wants more? And antibiotics? They actually wipe out the beneficial bacteria in our body and lower our immune system. Ironic, eh?

There are also several ugly stuff in them that have been linked to reproductive side effects and carcinogenic (ie, cause cancer) and mutagenic (cause genetic mutations) events in animals. While we are different from a lot of animals, we have a lot of similarilities, including in the backbone of our DNA.

I, for one, do not want to chance it. It's said that it only takes 2 cellular events for cancer to occur. For instance, a family history of disease plus exposure to a carcinogen. We are exposed to so many other carcinogenic agents in our day to day life, why add another one when it can be avoided.

Just my 2 cents....