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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:28 PM Original message |
Poll question: What is the best way to ensure people get the recommended flu shots this year? |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. i've never had a flu shot in my life. i'm sure i don't want one. why would you wish this on others? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I've been getting flu shots for me and my family for 20 years. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. so have you ever had the flu? in these 20 years? i haven't. what's the point? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I had the flu 28 years ago and it took me months to recover. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. ok. i'm not trying to be a dick. maybe i had the flu once and now i'm immune. maybe i never had it. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Hey, I absolutely hate any injection; they give me the creeps. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. "six squirmy kids?" hell. i'd ask the doctor for a shot on that premise... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. What can I say? They were all so cute I went for an even half dozen. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Just for your education, the FLU is a VIRUS that changes |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. not a good idea |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. Actually that's not how flu shots are supposed to work. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. agree |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I have not either. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I would seriously urge you NOT to get a flu shot this year, either.... |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. No urging required. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
41. You're welcome to mine |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Welcome to mine too. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Same here |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. I'm 57 and never had a flu shot either, including the 1976 swine flu fiasco. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Genetically engineer a virus that takes over host cells to produce the H1N1 antibodies |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Yer a naughty one, ain't ya! n/t |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Yes....Look at this------------------- |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Refuse beer sales to anyone not showing proof of vaccination |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
50. I haven't quaffed a beer this year. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Make sure the supply is there |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It's a sample of my skewed sense of humor. As you note, there are |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I know, I remember having no problems, but that is because the USN |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Be sure to remind us all of this thread next winter if people start complaining about |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I have no clue where exactly they get it from, but it is not the direct |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Now you've done it - you just started a thousand conspiracy |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. So sorry... |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
44. I wouldnt trust any vaccines after all the Gulf War vets got sick from the shots. nt |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Depends on your definition of "best" |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. It was a joke. Just talk to any school nurse and ask how effective |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. Are you talking about the Swine Flu vaccination? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Let's just hope that there will be enough vaccine for the people |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. house to house with truncheons & cattle prods. oops. sorry. i mean "tasers". |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Tasers? Tasers? We don't need no stinking tasers: |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. what in the heck is that? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Shhhh......it's secret! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. mum's the word. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Now that is a good way to do it |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
31. I've got it! This is a win -win! Anyone who doesn't want a |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. have you told obama yet? he wants our ideas. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
35. (d) Join the Army... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. or work in health care. no vaccination, no job. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
37. The 2 times I got a flu shot were a wasted effort |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. If the vaccine worked, you WOULDN'T get sick, now would you? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. 2 flu shots out of 38 years. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
48. Dunno, but thinking giving Phram Co.immunity from civil suits for the stuff won't help |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
49. Ensure? Then mandate. If indeed ensure is what you really want to accomplish. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Public health officials are taking their best guess at what happened the last time around |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. How about this... |
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