First flu shot since 2000

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264killer

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Coughed all last night. nothing would stop it but salt for about an hour . Runny nose, conjested. feel bad . I am 77 years old . So it might not be another 18 years before I get another flu shot.
 

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YOU CANNOT GET THE FLU FROM THE SHOT!!!!!!!
Assuming the "killed" virus is actually killed. ;)

Lotsa folks get sick afterward, either from the shot itself or because it doesn't work on the strain they get.

Or... (as would probably be my luck) they get the flu in the waiting room at clinics where the shots are given.
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I'd been getting the "regular" dose annually for many years with no problems and then in 2017 I got the stronger "senior / old fart" dose and I felt like crap and had flu like symptoms for three days.

I went back to the "regular" dose this year and again experienced no problems whatsoever.....I'll be sticking with the "regular" dose from here on out.
 
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Get one every year. No issue.

I'm like Dennis in that I get one every year with no ill effects either. I do think it can make some people feel like crap for a couple of days and others, it doesn't seem to bother. I figure it beats getting the full blown flu, which can not only make you feel like crap, it can kill you. Especially if you are an old geezer.
 

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