I Saw on TV Last Evening…..

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…….that there is a low dose COVID vaccine. Is this new? It states that this new low dose vaccine for Seniors is FDA approved.
 

I ran into a horse friend I hadn’t seen in a long time in the grocery store. She and her husband are in their 50s. She was loading up on electrolytes and things to break a fever because her husband got the flu shot and it made him deathly ill.

She said he gets the flu shot every year and has never gotten sick from it. I believe, in my opinion, there’s a bad batch of vaccines floating around out there.
 
Until now, I didn't know they had low (or standard) dose and high dose on vaccines. People already have trouble deciding whether to vaccinate, and which vaccines to take - now they have to decide on the strength of the dose.
 
That Lady in PA said:
so no aspirin, tylenol, mylanta, pepto bismol, etc. ?
I am impressed a senior doesn't need any of that!
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I try to watch what I eat, which negates the necessity of taking mylanta, pepto bismol etc. Tylenol is (IMO) little more than a placebo, I think a sugar tablet would work better. I avoid NSAIDs like the Bubonic Plague, as they increase risk of heart attack and stroke, plus they make the skin wounding on my arms much worse.
 
I was supposed to get the RSV injection today, but last Friday I got the flu shot and now I have the flu, which is probably coincidental. The pharmacist would not give me the injection today. She said to wait at least 2 weeks until my cold and sore throat are completely gone. I don’t have a fever, but she still said “no.” She did give me a complimentary pack of flu and cold pills. It only has 8 pills in it, but I feel fine.
I think the gal at Walgreens likes me. She gives me complimentary items almost each time I get my scripts filled.
 
I remember a conversation between two of my colleagues in the office one day (before I retired!) and they were discussing whether to have the flu jab or not. One of them said that if you don't have the flu jab then you have a 50:50 chance of catching it. However, if you do have the flu shot then you will have the flu.

This was around 10 years ago, long before any controversy about flu shots (or any other shots for that matter) and at that time I'd never even considered having a flu jab. I thought about it for a while, and decided that as the last time I'd had the flu (Oct 2009), and I'd developed PMR (PolyMyalgiaRheumatica) from that, I didn't want to poke the hornet's nest, so to speak, by having a flu jab.

When Covid came along I'd been retired for 2 years, and I decided that discretion was the better part of valour, and stayed home instead. I did eventually catch Covid in Oct 2021, and the next two weeks weren't entirely pleasant, but I didn't find it life threatening, and since then I've always thought that offering me a Covid shot is a bit like trying to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted. Also, Covid itself seems to have mutated into something that's pretty much like a normal cold, so I'm not that worried by it anyway.

I'm certainly not an anti-vaxxer, as I've had all my childhood shots, polio, etc, although I didn't have the TB shot because it turned out I'm immune. But, I did get worried about all the hype around the Covid pandemic, and the fact that the authorities wouldn't even consider any possible attempts at treating the disease other than by having an untried vaccine. To me that smacked of coercion rather than encouragement, and the stats on side and after effects seem to be bearing that out.
 
Been There said:
I got the high dose flu shot on Friday and now I have the flu. Funny how that works. I heard about this happening to other people, but it’s the first time it happened to me.
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It takes approximately two weeks after you get the shot for it to become effective. That's the time your body needs to build the antibodies that getting the shot promotes. That's why it's important to get the shot as early as possible before flu season kicks in.
 
Been There said:
I got the high dose flu shot on Friday and now I have the flu. Funny how that works. I heard about this happening to other people, but it’s the first time it happened to me.
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I rarely get the flu shot because every time I do, I get the flu. I've had doctors and nurses say that it doesn't give you the flu. Well...If it doesn't, it sure gives me flu like symptoms.
 
TeePee said:
I rarely get the flu shot because every time I do, I get the flu. I've had doctors and nurses say that it doesn't give you the flu. Well...If it doesn't, it sure gives me flu like symptoms.
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Another poster here that I pm with sent me a pm telling me the same thing happened to him. I asked the pharmacist about this and she told me that it’s not a live vaccine, but it’s possible that the body’s immune system reacts in a negative way that anyone may get the symptoms.

I don’t understand medicine so I had to accept his answer, but I think there’s more to it.
 
BJintheUK said:
I remember a conversation between two of my colleagues in the office one day (before I retired!) and they were discussing whether to have the flu jab or not. One of them said that if you don't have the flu jab then you have a 50:50 chance of catching it. However, if you do have the flu shot then you will have the flu.

This was around 10 years ago, long before any controversy about flu shots (or any other shots for that matter) and at that time I'd never even considered having a flu jab. I thought about it for a while, and decided that as the last time I'd had the flu (Oct 2009), and I'd developed PMR (PolyMyalgiaRheumatica) from that, I didn't want to poke the hornet's nest, so to speak, by having a flu jab.

When Covid came along I'd been retired for 2 years, and I decided that discretion was the better part of valour, and stayed home instead. I did eventually catch Covid in Oct 2021, and the next two weeks weren't entirely pleasant, but I didn't find it life threatening, and since then I've always thought that offering me a Covid shot is a bit like trying to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted. Also, Covid itself seems to have mutated into something that's pretty much like a normal cold, so I'm not that worried by it anyway.

I'm certainly not an anti-vaxxer, as I've had all my childhood shots, polio, etc, although I didn't have the TB shot because it turned out I'm immune. But, I did get worried about all the hype around the Covid pandemic, and the fact that the authorities wouldn't even consider any possible attempts at treating the disease other than by having an untried vaccine. To me that smacked of coercion rather than encouragement, and the stats on side and after effects seem to be bearing that out.
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Different people different reactions to Covid. I caught it in the beginning before the vaccine was readily available. I was sick but so sick my brain didn't recognize what was going on. So sick that after 2 weeks I thought I should go to the ER. Except I was too sick to drive and I wouldn't call an ambulance.

I wore a mask and used sanitizer when I had to go out and still caught it. I got the first booster after that. Contracted Covid again. Said no more, the vaccine doesn't work.

Except that it did. I contracted Covid again a year ago September. I lost the whole month being down. So now, I'm getting the booster because at least I don't get as sick when I do get it again.
 
robin416 said:
Different people different reactions to Covid. I caught it in the beginning before the vaccine was readily available. I was sick but so sick my brain didn't recognize what was going on. So sick that after 2 weeks I thought I should go to the ER. Except I was too sick to drive and I wouldn't call an ambulance.

I wore a mask and used sanitizer when I had to go out and still caught it. I got the first booster after that. Contracted Covid again. Said no more, the vaccine doesn't work.

Except that it did. I contracted Covid again a year ago September. I lost the whole month being down. So now, I'm getting the booster because at least I don't get as sick when I do get it again.
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I was lethargic and weak for two weeks after testing positive for Covid. I probably caught it from work. (I worked at a nursing home at the time). I gave it to my husband. This was pre vaccine. After the vaccine came out, we both got the first shot then the booster. I got Covid one other time after having the vaccine but wasn't severe like the first time. I had two brothers that were militantly anti vaxxers. They both died one month apart in 2021 from complications of Covid. Would they have survived had they had the shot? We'll never know.
 
The Covid vaccine doesn't prevent us from getting the disease. For most people, the way it works is to weaken the virus so that it makes us a lot less ill. For older people, that disease is a devastating threat. Thousands in this country died of the disease, mostly before the vaccine came along.

I got the vaccine as soon as it was available. Months later, I had what felt like a mild case of flu. Coughing and fatigue for a couple of days. I tested positive for two weeks, and later learned that the test tends to say "positive" long after you are over the illness. I didn't mind; I was stuck in the house with my delightful granddaughter, and we watched a lot of Netflix. We both felt fine after those first few days, but had to stay home until the test finally said negative. I think they've fixed that since then.

Anyway, I always get a booster as soon as it's available. The side effects are minimal.
 

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