20-dollar flu shots

[fatlazyless]

The registered nurse there at the Meredith Hannaford's pharmacy who administered the flu shot seemed very qualified, and it cost twenty dollars, cash, if you are uninsured .... which seemed to me like a low price! Supposedly, this years incoming influenza is supposed to be nasty .... or something! There was just two old ladies there in line, ahead of me, so it took all of maybe ten minutes, start to finish, which was nice....fast in ... fast out .... budda-bing ... influenza .... away!

If I remember correct....and I do....it cost 25-dollars at Wal-Mart, Plymouth, back in October, 2011, and that registered nurse seemed very qualified too.
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Starting next year, in October, 2014, if you are uninsured and want to get innoculated against the influenza virus, the IRS will place a $20,000 tax lien on your house if you are uninsured! Source: Rush Limbaugh!

[BroadHopper]

I would prefer that you refrain from using the term 'old ladies' and 'old men'.

We are really 'recycled teenagers'.

[ITD]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

The registered nurse there at the Meredith Hannaford's pharmacy who administered the flu shot seemed very qualified, and it cost twenty dollars, cash, if you are uninsured .... which seemed to me like a low price! Supposedly, this years incoming influenza is supposed to be nasty .... or something! There was just two old ladies there in line, ahead of me, so it took all of maybe ten minutes, start to finish, which was nice....fast in ... fast out .... budda-bing ... influenza .... away!

If I remember correct....and I do....it cost 25-dollars at Wal-Mart, Plymouth, back in October, 2011, and that registered nurse seemed very qualified too.
.....

Starting next year, in October, 2014, if you are uninsured and want to get innoculated against the influenza virus, the IRS will place a $20,000 tax lien on your house if you are uninsured! Source: Rush Limbaugh!

If there were only a way to return the flu shot when you were done with it at the end of flu season.....

[HellRaZoR004]

^ ROFL (Rolling On the Floor Laughing)

[dpg]

Free where I work.....

[songkrai]

If any are a military veteran - the flu shot is free at any VA facility.

On another note.

I still run across mature adults that think that all is a conspiracy by the government.

Then there are those who state that they got "sick" one time 25 years ago.

Yes, some are allergic to eggs and cannot take most flu shots. But even some of those have never been actually checked if they are in fact allergic to eggs.

[Irish mist]

There's a new high dose flu shot for those over 65 that is 4x the strength of the regular shot. This new shot offers 25% more protection. Get it

[dpg]

I won't go there with my F.I.L. about the shots. He won't get one because 10 years ago or so he swears he got sick from it. Then again here's a guy who literally takes one baby aspirin for something that's sore. I tell him one isn't enough to even make it through your system. Whatever...Some things never change.

[SIKSUKR]

All a flu shot does is expose your body to that flu strain and it builds antibodies against it. I've always been a big proponent of exposing myself to everything and let my body do its job.

[mcdude]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I've always been a big proponent of exposing myself to everything

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[ITD]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

All a flu shot does is expose your body to that flu strain and it builds antibodies against it. I've always been a big proponent of exposing myself to everything and let my body do its job.

To each his own, but I got the flu when I was in my late 20's and was never so sick in my life, it lasted 3 weeks and took another 2 to before I really felt better. My doctor suggested that I get the flu shot annually and I have never looked back. The problem with the flu is that if you catch it you only have immunity to that particular strain, the flu constantly mutates so you never really have immunity to it naturally.

[Chaselady]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

All a flu shot does is expose your body to that flu strain and it builds antibodies against it. I've always been a big proponent of exposing myself to everything and let my body do its job.

Please don't expect your body to do miracles. I worked many years as a MICU nurse and saw people with previously healthy immune systems unable to fight off the flu. They went from healthy to death on a ventilator in a matter of a short time. It's not worth the gamble.

[SIKSUKR]

My only point is, and of course I'm exaggerating, is if you are pretty healthy I don't believe you should live in a sterile world.

Truckload of bacteria
The human body carries more than 100 trillion bacteria - up to five pounds of the tiny single-celled organisms. The mouth alone has several hundred species of bacteria. Each tooth is its own ecosystem.

Together, all of the bacteria in the body would be the size of a large liver, and in many ways, scientists say, the microbiome behaves as another organ in the human body.
Certainly bacteria are different than viruses but ones body should be exposed to all if healthy enough. The flu shot is is doing exactly this for that strain.

FWIW

[Chaselady]

You want your body to learn to develop immunities by being exposed to small doses of the disease...that's what the flu vaccine does. That is safer than the Russian roulette of full exposure to a disease outbreak that could overcome your body systems before you have a chance to fight it off.
I hope you change your mind. We receive many vaccines in our lifetimes. Smallpox, measles, hepatitis, mumps, etc.

[upthesaukee]

You can not get the flu from a flu shot. The flu shot does not contain a live virus.

The flu shot vaccine is manufactured according to the "experts" best judgement as to what flu or flus will occur during the flu season. Sometimes they hit it right, and sometimes not so good.

When not so good happens, more people get the flu, even those who got the shot, and therefore they believe "they got the flu from the flu shot".

[SIKSUKR]

Totally agree that vaccines are needed for all those serious illnesses.There is no vaccines per say for the flue as it morphs perpetually.Except for children and the elderly,for the most part the flu is nothing more than a miserable week that will pass and your body will be stronger and more resistant for it.I've had the flu once in my life and am exposed to infected people every year.I dunno.To each his own.

[Pineedles]

I am of the same mind as SIKSUKR, for those that need the shot, go with it. I've never had the flu or the shot, nor do I get colds. Just the big stuff like cancer for me, but I licked that. If they come up with an anti-cancer shot, I'd be first in line. I owe my good health most likely to eating a lot of dirt, and drinking Winnipesaukee water as a kid.

[AB_Monterey]

Same here. Haven't had a shot in years. Don't intend on getting one.

[mcdude]

Had my flu shot yesterday. Ever since I was severely ill with H1N1 (swine flu?) several years ago I get the shot b/c I never want to go through that again. I could barely get out of bed for almost a week. Also, working in a school, I come into contact with lots of germs.

My doctor's office charged BC/BS a heck of a lot more than $20. It was like $20 to administer the shot and $80 for the shot itself.

So $20 if uninsured and $100 with insurance? what a deal!

[crowsnest]

Originally Posted by songkrai

If any are a military veteran - the flu shot is free at any VA facility.

On another note.

I still run across mature adults that think that all is a conspiracy by the government.

Then there are those who state that they got "sick" one time 25 years ago.

Yes, some are allergic to eggs and cannot take most flu shots. But even some of those have never been actually checked if they are in fact allergic to eggs.

JUST NOT THIS WEEK , "SHUT DOWN"