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To: goldworldnet who wrote (98052)	9/23/2017 12:09:02 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Respond to of 110581

My elderly parents stopped getting them, because they would get sick after each one. I've never had one.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (98052)	9/23/2017 12:10:59 PM
From: Breccia	5 Recommendations Recommended By fastcats goldworldnet lrb RMP Ron Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110581

Flu vaccination? First of all you should probably wait till October to get it. It is supposedly only good for about six months and flu season usually starts late October through till May. Normally what you are allergic to is the carrier fluids, they often ask you are you allergic to eggs, in the vaccine. I've been getting it for over 20 years apart from the occasional sore arm for a few days never had a reaction. I've also only had the flu once in those 20 years probably because they guessed the wrong variety for vaccination that year. Where I live we also get a pneumonia vaccination at 65 years old and five years later an additional pneumonia vaccination, so if you're in that age group remember it's often pneumonia that kills you. There are the occasional people who have negative reactions to the flu vaccine, but they are rare, and one episode from one person should not deter others from the benefits of those vaccination.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (98052)	9/23/2017 12:30:37 PM
From: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Respond to of 110581

I use to get bad reactions like flu like symptoms from a flu shot they are temporary and will go away. Its not uncommon.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (98052)	9/23/2017 2:25:04 PM
From: Stan	1 Recommendation Recommended By SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110581

As I understand it, the flu vaccine contains weakened viruses or deactivated virus proteins, which cannot multiply destructively as live ones do; but the body can initiate the flu symptoms, fever, chills, aches, etc. nonetheless in some people from them. You're feeling sick just like from a real infection, but you have no active infection from the vaccine.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (98052)	9/24/2017 11:08:21 AM
From: SteveinTX	3 Recommendations Recommended By dave rose goldworldnet shadowman Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110581

I've never drunk the Koolaid (taken a flu shot). Drives my doctor nuts. This is the basis of my rebuttal: "The influenza virus has yet to hit the Northern Hemisphere, but flu vaccine season is already in full swing, with banners outside pharmacies urging: "Get Your Flu Shot Now." What's not advertised, however, is just how lackluster the vaccine is. The most commonly used flu shots protect no more than 60% of people who receive them; some years, effectiveness plunges to as low as 10%. Given that a bad flu season can kill 50,000 people in the United States alone, "10% to 60% protection is better than nothing," says Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. "But it's a terribly inadequate vaccine for a serious public health threat." Now, researchers are striving to understand why it fails so often—and how to make a markedly better one. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/why-flu-vaccines-so-often-fail

To: goldworldnet who wrote (98052)	9/24/2017 11:18:06 AM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110581

Be careful about doing firmware updates on your SSDs. I updated to latest firmware on an Intel SSD and my computer would restart after I select sleep, which is very, very annoying. I downgraded to the previous version, same problem. Then I tried the version previous to that and it was fixed. Some products don't even let you downgrade the firmware, so you would really be hosed then...