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April 26, 2009, 3:57 am

As I'm not in a high-risk category I've never considered a flu shot really necessary, however it's just dawned on me that getting the flu as a solo parent would be really bad. Choice says the vaccine...

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April 26, 2009, 4:21 am

I get the flu shot each year, and have not had the flu (though one or two bad colds and flu-like viruses, never the full-blown flu). This year I"m also getting it for DS. Especially given today's news...

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April 26, 2009, 4:26 am

When I worked in a 'high-risk' environment I still chose not to have the vaccine. As fas as I'm aware it varies in effectiveness from year to year or as strains of flu develop because it only protects...

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April 26, 2009, 9:02 am

I've only ever had the vaccine once - the year I was working full-time and studying part-time with my Honours degree. I figured I didn't have time to get the flu. I didn't get it, but I haven't got it...

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April 26, 2009, 9:52 am

"Especially given today's news about potential pandemic stemming from Mexico right now" The current flu shots would not make you immune to that. Oh Nat, already said that! A colleague the other day...

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April 26, 2009, 2:19 pm

Hmm some of what I've reading and hearing is saying that while it will protect you from flu, the vaccine can weaken your immune system and make you susceptible to sickness in other ways. This doesn't...

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April 27, 2009, 2:50 am

I know the flu shot won't protect against that flu, but my reasoning is that getting any other flu type would make your defences to anything new, even lower than usual. And getting any flu is bad...

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April 27, 2009, 3:10 am

"getting any other flu type would make your defences to anything new, even lower than usual." I believe illnesses like the flu train your immune system to be better prepared against future attacks....

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April 27, 2009, 5:17 am

If I never got the flu how would I take any time off work to sit around and watch dvd's????

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April 27, 2009, 7:48 am

"I believe illnesses like the flu train your immune system to be better prepared against future attacks." I thought so, too. Isn't that how the vaccine works in the first place? By introducing part of...

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April 27, 2009, 11:17 am

"I believe illnesses like the flu train your immune system to be better prepared against future attacks." But surely not when you've got it, and your body is busy fighting it, or recovering from...

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April 28, 2009, 1:04 am

I just think the odds of getting infected by 2 different flu viruses at the same time don't justify getting the shots. Especiallly as flu is such a highly changeable virus, so the vaccine can never...

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April 28, 2009, 12:11 pm

This year will be my 8th flu shot. Prior to that I suffered every winter with colds etc... I swear by it and would recommend it to anyone. I just dont have time to feel like crap (even more than...

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April 28, 2009, 11:08 pm

I once got quite sick with a tummy virus when DS was about 2. It only lasted 24 hours, but for a lot of that time I was lying on the floor, unable to move, crying. I remember somehow picking up DS and...

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April 29, 2009, 1:36 am

"DSs immune system seems pretty good - maybe there's a lot to be said for my relaxed approach to cleaning!" Haha! I was only just thinking that the other day too. I've seen Ella go through all the...

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