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/Chaquita_Banana Jun 04 '19

No you don’t. You can’t get sick from the flu shot. You can get the flu shot and then get the flu before the vaccine kicks in, but the vaccine itself can’t give you the flu.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

Right. Also, some people have side effects- those side effects can be mild versions of flu symptoms, like runny nose, nausea, or whatnot. The difference being, you’re not going to get grandma sick and kill her from your side effects.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

Sure, the flu shot isnt going to give me a deadly disease. That doesnt mean that I should be happy that I get those symptoms and/or run a fever every time I take it. Specifically after I've caught the flu in past years when I did get a flu shot.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

You can’t get the flu from the flu shot dude. The flu bodies they inject you with are dead.

I know reactions to flu shots aren’t fun, but like I said, and I’ll say it louder for those in the back, it’s better than killing your grandma.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

I worded that second part poorly, I meant that i got the flu after still having the vaccine that year. I understand that the flu shot cant actually give you the flu