How many "shots" are enough?
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ArnoldC
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Whatever it takes for me to stay ahead of whatever is worse than side effects from a stick.
Had Covid 3 and ready for Covid 4. Had pneumonia 3. Whatever my doc recommends.
Back 1994 got twenty shots in a row pre-deployment to Saudi. Then had to board an O/S flight sitting on the pin cushion that was my arse. Single stick is no big deal after that.
Really, though, it is a personal decision. Whatever you feel comfortable with. Check with your doctor. See polio is rearing its ugly head again. Thought we axed that in the '50s. Remember getting the oral vaccine. It was a big deal.
Good luck. Cheers and Regards. Arnold
Had Covid 3 and ready for Covid 4. Had pneumonia 3. Whatever my doc recommends.
Back 1994 got twenty shots in a row pre-deployment to Saudi. Then had to board an O/S flight sitting on the pin cushion that was my arse. Single stick is no big deal after that.
Really, though, it is a personal decision. Whatever you feel comfortable with. Check with your doctor. See polio is rearing its ugly head again. Thought we axed that in the '50s. Remember getting the oral vaccine. It was a big deal.
Good luck. Cheers and Regards. Arnold
hollydolly
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I had 2 emails yesterday from the NHS..reminding me that I need to get a Flu shot, and a Covid Booster shot as the winter draws near...
I have never had a Flu shot in my life... but I will go and get the Covid Booster shot, I've booked that.... but that will be my final shot as far as I'm concerned.. 3 is a deal.. that's enough now...
I have never had a Flu shot in my life... but I will go and get the Covid Booster shot, I've booked that.... but that will be my final shot as far as I'm concerned.. 3 is a deal.. that's enough now...
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A flight?
Geezerette
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I had a terrible 2 week flu in the late 1980s. I’ve gotten a flu shot every year since, and never got the flu again.
For me personally, I really feel that practice has boosted my immunity overall, because I almost never get ordinary head cold etc, even when closely exposed. I might get the shot next week or first week in Oct.
For me personally, I really feel that practice has boosted my immunity overall, because I almost never get ordinary head cold etc, even when closely exposed. I might get the shot next week or first week in Oct.
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Depends on many things - location, how prevalent the disease and your own vulnerability.Recently saw a TV ad...for getting "the shot" to prevent whooping cough.
Hmm...how many...what next!
what about the pneumonia shot...to prevent?
Do you?
Australia is not called the Lucky Country for nothing in that we are free of many infections that have plagued other continents. When travelling overseas in 2000 we were advised to get vaccinations that we would normally not even countenance. For example, when we visited Kenya we were inoculated against yellow fever, took tablets to prevent malaria and decided to be vaccinated for meningitis and hepatitis A.
Whooping cough is now more prevalent in Australia than it once was. Babies are given the triple antigen vaccine from the age of 6 months but until then they are vulnerable. Adults can give it to newborns so Hubby and I were vaccinated four years ago while our granddaughter was pregnant.
Now that Hubby and I are 80 we are considered vulnerable to lung diseases. I was inoculated against TB as a child because my grandfather had it at the time and now we both receive annual flu shots and pneumonia every 5 years. I requested vaccination for shingles a few years ago because lots of elderly people who had chicken pox as children were suffering from shingles. No way I want to go through that kind of pain.
We have now had 4 Covid shots and will continue to get boosters according to our GP's advice.
Geezerette
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Yes, Pepper. When one of my grandsons and his wife had their first baby, a daughter, no one was allowed to come visit her unless they had proof of recent whooping cough vac. Mama ws a nursing student. So we all went and got a new one. I had no side effects at all
I had to chuckle when I saw the post title - "How Many Shots Are Enough?" As many as they want to sell.
I've never had a Covid, Pneumonia, Shingles, or flu shot.
I either never had Covid, or had it & mistook it for a cold (like most Covid cases). I was tested for Covid while in the ER last year. 2 tests negative.
Never had Pneumonia.
I had Shingles 40 years ago. Never since.
I did have the flu once - 41 years ago & never since. I must have become immune, since I've cared for several friends when they had the flu - all had flu shots, by the way.
I've never had a Covid, Pneumonia, Shingles, or flu shot.
I either never had Covid, or had it & mistook it for a cold (like most Covid cases). I was tested for Covid while in the ER last year. 2 tests negative.
Never had Pneumonia.
I had Shingles 40 years ago. Never since.
I did have the flu once - 41 years ago & never since. I must have become immune, since I've cared for several friends when they had the flu - all had flu shots, by the way.
No shots for me either. If something changes and I decide to, I will let everyone know, but as it stands healthy diet and lifestyle have been working for me. Also I don't think they know what they are doing as it relates to covid. I believe participants, people who take the vaccines, ARE the research experiment.
Warrigal
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I don't mind volunteering as a lab rat if it will help. 
Teacher Terry
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I never get the flu shot. I had 3 Covid vaccines with the last being a year ago. I had Covid in June. I believe that is sufficient. I have had 2 pneumonia shots in the past 20 years as I had pneumonia at 45 and was never so sick in my life.
hollydolly
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I have had pneumonia twice in my life.. and I've never been offered a Pneumonia shot.. in fact I've never even heard of it until now on this thread.. I'm going to ask my doctor about it.. . Like you Terry, last time I had pneumonia I was very poorly indeed.. I'd never want to go through that again..
hollydolly
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Chic I'm sure most of us here have healthy Diets and lifestyles where possible.. I know I do... but it didn't stop me getting Covid 2 years ago.. and my husband too.. . That's the only reason I get the Vaccinations.. but for a lot of people getting Covid is the last thing that happens to them, and they never get the chance to get a vaccination.. . I'm lucky that I got over it.. and was able to go on and have the vaccinations in the hope it never gets me again
So you survived covid without the vaccine? You would have natural antibodies now. Most people don't eat healthy in America because it costs so much and our economy is in the dumpster. I have a 40+ year head start from getting into healthy eating very young. Many are not so lucky so I mention diet and lifestyle as much as possible because it does help the body combat invasion from viruses whereas we have no clue what harm the vaccine might do in a year, or five or ten.
hollydolly
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wrong..I got Covid in February 2020, Chic.... but I didn't get vaccinated until a year later..So you survived covid without the vaccine? You would have natural antibodies now. Most people don't eat healthy in America because it costs so much and our economy is in the dumpster. I have a 40+ year head start from getting into healthy eating very young. Many are not so lucky so I mention diet and lifestyle as much as possible because it does help the body combat invasion from viruses whereas we have no clue what harm the vaccine might do in a year, or five or ten.
Like most of us here, I'm in the 'high risk' group - I'm 77. I also work full-time at Walmart, a discount department store for anyone who doesn't know. Over the course of this so-called pandemic I have undoubtedly been exposed to Covid multiple times. Also, no doubt I have had it multiple times with or without noticing. Over the past 2 1/2 years I have had nothing more serious than seasonal colds/flu during my usual spring and fall bouts. 99% of those who died 'from' and/or 'with' Covid had other so-called 'co-morbidities'. These mostly were CVD, diabetes and obesity and their related chronic conditions. As just noted by @chic eating an unhealthy diet for years/decades causes these and other metabolic issues.
Although it is not being admitted yet by CDC nor reported by the mainstream media, the evidence and data clearly show that the so-called mRNA vaccines are causing and in the long run likely to cause more harm than the disease - both deaths and permanent injuries. Don't take my word for it - do your own homework. The info is out there and easily found. Since the vaxxing began we have had a pandemic of the vaxxed - not the unvaxxed. The more injections you get the more likely you are to contract the disease, be seriously affected, require hospitalization and die. If you've been injected already just stop and hope for the best.
Although it is not being admitted yet by CDC nor reported by the mainstream media, the evidence and data clearly show that the so-called mRNA vaccines are causing and in the long run likely to cause more harm than the disease - both deaths and permanent injuries. Don't take my word for it - do your own homework. The info is out there and easily found. Since the vaxxing began we have had a pandemic of the vaxxed - not the unvaxxed. The more injections you get the more likely you are to contract the disease, be seriously affected, require hospitalization and die. If you've been injected already just stop and hope for the best.
hollydolly
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oooh you're very late to the table on this forum... we've all been doing our own research for the last almost 3 years... and we've all taken steps to look after our own bodies...
Alligatorob
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If you want a long healthy life vaccines help make that possible. Not guaranteed, but more likely.
We live in a far more crowded disease ridden environment than humans evolved in. Without modern medicine we would live much shorter, sicker lives. This is of course on the average, different people are different.
If most people get vaccinated it will reduce the number of disease carriers protecting those who don't get vaccinated indirectly.
We live in a far more crowded disease ridden environment than humans evolved in. Without modern medicine we would live much shorter, sicker lives. This is of course on the average, different people are different.
If most people get vaccinated it will reduce the number of disease carriers protecting those who don't get vaccinated indirectly.
hollydolly
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coukdn't be more true IMO.. those who are not vaccinated who crow about not needing to be vaccinated.. ( talking about members of my own family , not anyone here ).. are probably protected from getting covid due to the majority of us who have protected ourselves with a vaccination, and ergo them by default... I think it would be a whole different ball game if only a minority had chosen to take the vaccination route., as we discovered very quickly in the early stages of the pandemic.. with the many deaths
I think what most of you have done - based on what I've read on this forum so far (there are exceptions) - is buy into a phoney narrative believing and wanting to believe that your governments, your public health institutions and your public media would not lie to you about something as serious as COVID has been portrayed. You don't want to believe that your governments and public health institutions have funded and participated in research to create chimera viruses with enhanced ability to attack human lung tissue and one of them escaped. The mRNA so-called vaccines don't prevent you getting infected and don't prevent you infecting others if you get infected. They ameliorate the disease symptoms for some, make them worse for others and cause permanent metabolic and organ injury to many. It's a big - and very dangerous - assumption to lump the mRNA so-called vaccines with the real vaccines of the past which have, in fact, been beneficial. If you roll up your sleeve for injection after injection you can only hope that you don't end up as just another statistic. But again, don't believe me - do your own homework. The evidence and data are easily found.
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The last vaccine I had was for tetanus, which is a tried and true remedy, when I busted my knuckle on a rusty flagpole last year. Before that was probably over 30 years ago when I had to have mandatory vaccinations for hepatitis and typhoid because of work-related regulations. I've never has shots for COVID, flu or pneumonia.
ElCastor
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If a vaccination is available, I get it and so does my wife. Both of us just got the latest flu vaccine and are scheduled for the new Covid shot. Why not? Why do some ridicule the very thought of a vaccine? Just a theory, but I suspect that for some a fear of the needle is the basis of that ridicule. Ever see someone faint at the sight of the approaching needle? I have, and I have a relative who does it routinely.