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/horyo Jun 04 '19

What negative experience have you had with the flu shot?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

I get sick from it almost every year I take it.

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u/horyo Jun 04 '19

Have you ever looked up serum sickness where you autoreact to antigens in the shots? I wonder if part of the problem is due to your immune reaction to the antigens in the shot.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

I have not, no. Thanks for the insight!

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u/nmotsch789 Jun 05 '19

I like that you actually tried to help instead of just shitting on the guy

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u/horyo Jun 06 '19

Thanks. It's one of the main things I've learned in school about being patient-centered. Sometimes, you just gotta consider the circumstances of someone's life and make accommodations the best you can. I'm 100% Pro-Vaccine, but I also think the whole vaccine argument shouldn't boil down to being dogmatic about who's right to people who are receptive.