Swine flu shot people

noisy_penguin

But you can't get it FROM the shot. It's actually impossible.

PDXPhotoGrl

Oh Moo.

FallinAgain

The vaccine CANNOT give you the illiness. So you either have it already and don't know it, in which case the vaccine is useless but still harmless, or you may get it after the vaccine's protection wears off.  Correlation does not equal causation.

.rosenjoe

I already explained this for you people:  Magical powers of flu virus resurrection. 

salimoo

I realize that. I think it sounds ridiculous too. All I know is there is a correlation between when I got the shot and when I didn't. So I stopped getting the flu shot. Obviously others, like Rose, have had the same thing happen. It's not like I'm trying to convince others not to or joining Jenny McCarthy's League of Crazy.

mashedpotato

I don't know if it's true or not but I heard the vaccine can take up to 10 days to build up immunity in your system so you aren't truly protected for about 10 days after you get the vaccine.

salimoo

Guys, I realize how ridiculous it sounds. I do. If I do become a nurse, I'm not going to stand outside flu clinics and be like "DON'T GET THE SHOT, IT'S POISON!" For me, personally, though, I know that somehow when I get the shot I turn in to Virus Jesus and resurrect it. Perhaps I should look in to canonization among the virus population?

wingedbride

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_swine-flu-shot-people?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:17Discussion:a471e3d9-551a-48a4-ac57-8faa017e1918Post:afded0c1-0602-4427-a9aa-d0e187918126">Re: Swine flu shot people</a>:
[QUOTE]To clarify: The flu I got after the flu shots was milder/more predictable than just catching it on the street. So, if I were going to be home anyway, I was fine risking a milder/more predictable case of swine flu (if there is such a thing) because I had the time to deal with it. Now that I'll be working, I'm back to almost sure to get it vs. maybe I will, maybe I won't.
Posted by salimoo[/QUOTE]

I cannot even wrap my head around this. It makes no sense. You are creating logic based on the opposite of facts to justify getting the H1N1?

noisy_penguin

Also, the flu vaccine isn't effective against all the strains of flu; they predict which strain is going to be most prevalent and make a vaccine based on that strain. So you can get the vaccine and still get another strain of the flu that you're not vaccinated against. But you can't get the flu FROM the actual shot. It's literally unpossible.

FallinAgain

Yes, not to mention that there are maaaaaaaany strains of the flu and the shot doesn't cover them all.  Get a shot, don't get a shot, but not getting a shot because it gives you the flu is just asinine.

salimoo

Winged, I was saying that when I had the time to deal with it if I got the flu after getting the swine flu vaccine, I was more willing to take the risk based on my own personal anecdotal evidence. Now that I have a job to go to, the game has changed.

I'm perfectly willing to be asinine about this. It's worked for me for the past 10 years.

.rosenjoe

CaliopeSpidrman

I didn't realize the vaccine is made of a dead virus.  I think I had always been  under the impression it was of a mostly dead virus (the chocolate coating makes it go down easier).  Not that I'd really given much thought to it since I don't get regular flu shots anyway.  This has been very edumicational for me.  I will no go forth and dispense my new knowledge as though I knew it all along.

PDXPhotoGrl

It's not all your fault, Moo. Humans are predisposed pattern seekers.

wingedbride

Yes, but if you truly believe the flu shot causes flu, even milder cases, why would you risk it at all when the reason you were getting the shot was the fear of your possible complications. It is arguing in circles.

FallinAgain

I don't have HPV.  It must be because I never got the vaccine.  I am one less.

salimoo

Rose, we can be co-Virus Jesus. There are a lot more viruses than people so I think we'll need two of us anyway.

mashedpotato

Cali, stay away from the flu mist (and fecal mist for that matter) IT'S ALIVE!

salimoo

You guys are gonna be so jealous when People Jesus sends Rose and I Jesus Orientation Weekend invites.

shanollee

[QUOTE] I'm perfectly willing to be asinine about this. It's worked for me for the past 10 years.
Posted by salimoo[/QUOTE]

wait, what?

salimoo

From when I was 10 to when I was 17 I got the flu shot and the flu. From when I was 18 to now I have not gotten the flu shot or the flu. So maybe it's less than 10 years. I rounded up. I'm Virus Jesus, I can do that.

mashedpotato

congrats on the job, moo. is it long term, anything interesting?

EmilyJo

congrats on the job moofry!

i have never gotten the flu so i have never gotten the shot and i dont think i ever will. i also dont have HPV and i was a hooch. my body rejects everything!

salimoo

It's through the holidays, so it's good for awhile. It's assembling gift baskets, which isn't too exciting, but it beats fry cook at Mc Donalds! And then in January I can reassume my seat on the W2 Hotline throne if I want so if nothing else pops before then, I'll be good to go for the first half of 2010.

wingedbride

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_swine-flu-shot-people?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:17Discussion:a471e3d9-551a-48a4-ac57-8faa017e1918Post:e5046f91-aa90-49f1-bc40-c8d03546f3ff">Re: Swine flu shot people</a>:
[QUOTE]It's through the holidays, so it's good for awhile. It's assembling gift baskets, which isn't too exciting, but it beats fry cook at Mc Donalds! And then in January I can reassume my seat on the W2 Hotline throne if I want so if nothing else pops before then, I'll be good to go for the first half of 2010.
Posted by salimoo[/QUOTE]

Didn't you do W2 stuff before and hate it? Is this the same company?

CaliopeSpidrman

You have to go back to the W2 hotline so that you can get more unsolvable "math" puzzles for us.

salimoo

I did, and it's for the same company, which is why I'm trying like hell to find anything else. But I'd be JillianAshley to give up a sure thing and remain unemployed when I could be making decent money.

Plus, my mom (who also works there and does a lot of the pre-W2 hotline work) told me all the changes they made to make this year a lot smoother and cut down on the psycho phone calls.

wingedbride

I agree working is the best for you right now.

salimoo

Word, playa. I am not kidding when I say I would do just about anything right now. I was actually kind of bummed when I got turned down at Target and Stop & Shop for being overqualified or some shiit. So assembling gift baskets for the holidays? SURE! I'll take it!

wingedbride

The best job I had was assembling cigarettepromotional displays. Granted, I was 17 and did it with my BFF and we laughed a lot, but still.