Rogar….it may not have caused the flu but did not prevent it either. Some years the effectiveness is very low…I remember 29%. Not thrilled to keep injecting all these “medicines”. Will bite the bullet this year though.
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Rogar….it may not have caused the flu but did not prevent it either. Some years the effectiveness is very low…I remember 29%. Not thrilled to keep injecting all these “medicines”. Will bite the bullet this year though.
I've never been impressed with the effectiveness of flu shots, and have never had one. I'm becoming equally unimpressed with the efficacy of the COVID vaccines. Everything considered, social distancing works for me. :)
I had a bad case of the flu about 30 years ago and ever since I've had the annual flu shot and never had the flu again and never a reaction to the shot. So there you go.
My once a year or so common colds dropped off significantly when I quit work, so there's something to be said for that.
My doctor recommended getting the flu shot early this year.
Starting to see more scary news articles about new Covid variants that escape immunity. Who knows what is so anymore? Makes my stomach turn to think we might go through this once again. More shots...
I may have had the flu in '94, but I think that was just a heavy cold. I don't remember having had a cold since. I believe I caught the flu once or twice in my salad days, but I don't remember it being life-changing. Yes--retirement is an affective inoculation against most ills, I've found.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogar
My sister forwarded me an article a week ago about one of the high schools in San Diego where almost half the students are out with the flu.
Two of my acquaintances think they have had it recently. Both fell under the description of "sicker than a dog" and thought they might have Covid, but tested negative a few times including one PCR test at the doctors. One called in sick for about a week but bounced back pretty well. The other has fibromyalgia and says he was pretty much laid out flat for a week and felt poorly for another week or more and still isn't up to speed. I'm not sure whether they had the flu shot or not, but it probably was too early for a lot of people to think about it.
I was wondering... are the COVID tests that I got "free" through the mail able to test for the newest variants?
The home covid tests do work with the new variants but because they aren't as sensitive as the PCR tests one has to go to a healthcare provider for the home tests give false negatives some of the time. The NY Times had an article a few weeks ago about this and what is believed to be happening is that people who are fully vaxxed/boosted tend to generate a quick immune response so the viral load when they do become infected is not as high. My SIL had a moderate case around that time and never tested positive, even with PCR tests but the symptoms were classic covid, including loss of taste/smell. One of the nurses administering the PCR test to her said the same happened to her and then on day 8 of feeling awful she finally tested positive.
Thanks, jp. Good info.