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<blockquote data-quote="cleonard" data-source="post: 155376" data-attributes="member: 21"><p>Vaccine's are just like about anything else. There are good sides and down sides. The good side is obvious, it provides protection. It's never 100%. I think the flu vaccine is about 80% to 85% effective. The down sides are much rarer and are mainly bad reactions to any of the components of the vaccine. The immune response to the shot can be large. That is the source of many of the "I got sick after getting the shot" type of reports. In unusual cases the bad reaction can do major damage. I do not buy into the whole autism thing at all. I believe the studies and they do show a small downside.</p><p></p><p>Don't forget that the flu is no joke. It kills a lot of people every year. It does at least some long term damage when you get it. Few get the flu every year even if they report something different. If I remember correctly the estimate is that on average a person will get the flu every 8 years or so. That about correct for me. </p><p></p><p>It's all about probabilities. In general for most people you are statically better off to get the shot. </p><p></p><p>I think that I lost the flu lottery this year. Got the shot, but I think I get the flu. It was not a severe as a normal bout of the flu though. For the first couple of days I just thought that I had a cold. It wasn't until day three that I was really sick. Worked for my wife though since she didn't get it.</p><p></p><p>I'll keep getting them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cleonard, post: 155376, member: 21"] Vaccine's are just like about anything else. There are good sides and down sides. The good side is obvious, it provides protection. It's never 100%. I think the flu vaccine is about 80% to 85% effective. The down sides are much rarer and are mainly bad reactions to any of the components of the vaccine. The immune response to the shot can be large. That is the source of many of the "I got sick after getting the shot" type of reports. In unusual cases the bad reaction can do major damage. I do not buy into the whole autism thing at all. I believe the studies and they do show a small downside. Don't forget that the flu is no joke. It kills a lot of people every year. It does at least some long term damage when you get it. Few get the flu every year even if they report something different. If I remember correctly the estimate is that on average a person will get the flu every 8 years or so. That about correct for me. It's all about probabilities. In general for most people you are statically better off to get the shot. I think that I lost the flu lottery this year. Got the shot, but I think I get the flu. It was not a severe as a normal bout of the flu though. For the first couple of days I just thought that I had a cold. It wasn't until day three that I was really sick. Worked for my wife though since she didn't get it. I'll keep getting them. [/QUOTE]
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