The Influenza pandemic about to sweep the country.....

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SpookyAwol

626 posts

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#115486 27-Mar-2013 09:22

Its going to be another tough winter for sniffles.......

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10873851

I had the Flu jab once and as a result got full blown influenza 3 weeks later. Coincidence? I didnt think so. I never got the shot again as a result and have never had the flu since.

What are peoples thoughts on the flu season and reporting of it? (proper flu - 3 days of hot and cold flushes, liquid from every orifice...Not simple man flu)

Ive read a few opposing views - this being one of them : http://www.beyondconformity.co.nz/BlogRetrieve.aspx?BlogID=1598

It makes for interesting reading (as the internet does :-)
However, you can see the point when most reporters use stats based on 'flu like symptoms' and not actual influenza.

Any article the uses stats normally turns me of immediately.....

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BurningBeard

1030 posts

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#787745 27-Mar-2013 11:31

The vaccine doesn't contain live viruses, so you can't have caught it from the vaccine. Plus it takes a couple of weeks to give full protection. If you caught it towards the end of that, you might still get it (it can take nearly a week for symptoms to become present.)

Your anecdote is not empirical scientific evidence any more than my anecdote, is that since I started getting the vaccine I've not had one flu.

Beyondconformity.co.nz looks a bit dodgy to me.

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BlueShift

1692 posts

Uber Geek

#787959 27-Mar-2013 14:02

I had my (free) flu shot yesterday. Same as every year for the past 10 years. Haven't had a flu in all that time. Had a couple of stonking flus in the 4-5 years before that though - sweats, joint aches, fever, delerium, the works. I don't miss it.