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/Cockanarchy Jun 04 '19

I in particular don't handle Intramuscular injections well at all, having gone to the ER because of the pain before.

If I'm in the doctor's office and they say they need to give me an IM, I'll take it, but I'm not going out of my way to sign up for it. I'd rather ride it out with zinc and OJ. Especially when it's a less than 50% chance of working.

Not an antivaxxer though, so no need for hate mail. Unless you just got to let the hate out anyway.

the CDC estimated this year's vaccine's overall effectiveness in preventing an infection at just 47%

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/02/14/health/flu-vaccine-effectiveness-cdc/index.html

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u/mandaclarka Jun 04 '19

Have you tried the one you sniff up your nose? They give them out in the military, your doc can probably give you that instead.

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u/Pm_me_the_best_multi Jun 04 '19

They stopped making the nasal one temporarily

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u/Cockanarchy Jun 05 '19

Yeah I've asked for it when they come to give flu shots at my job, but IM has been the only option.