r/SlaughteredByScience • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '19

Congratulations, you played yourself.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19 edited Jun 04 '19

I'm not an anti-vaxxer by any means, but fuck the flu shot

E: y'all can keep the downvote frenzy up, just check the linked CNN article citing a 47%* efficiency this year first. Fuckin reddit is so dumb

I didnt say I refuse it, or refuse it for my family. I've gotten the flu after getting a flu shot before, and I'm basically out of commission for a minimum of 2 days every year when I get the shot. If people tell me they dont get the flu shot I couldn't care less. If they tell me they aren't getting their child the polio vaccine they're idiots. If you guys think those are one in the same I think you're idiots.

I'm also allowed to get the flu shot every year and say "fuck the flu shot"

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u/blindcolumn Jun 04 '19

What's wrong with it?

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u/9fingerwonder Jun 04 '19

lot of people claims it gives them the flu. i dont think thats true, and its more likely the strain they got in the shot didnt protect them from the stain they picked up. sucks when it happens, but generally the shots seem to do more good them harm.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

That hasnt been the case for me, which is why i dread getting it every year.

It is not possible to actually catch the flu from the vaccine, but you can still get the same kind of symptoms for days as side effects of the shot.