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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I didn't have a flu jab, and got flu, but a lot of people I know who did get the jab also got the flu, what was the point

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By *hubaysiWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"I didn't have a flu jab, and got flu, but a lot of people I know who did get the jab also got the flu, what was the point

Same thing happened to me last year, pointless!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

According to the craic - this years flu jab was targeting the wrong strain of flu ...

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

I had mine 1st November and fit as rain regarding the flu bug, not even a cold (touches wood)

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

I’m under two blankets and a duvet thinking I should have got it. Whatever this strain is it’s a weird one. One minute feel semi normal the next I’m terrible.

Never been convinced by the jab myself.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A lot of people think they have flu when they actually have a heavy cold. So some will moan they got it when it wasn’t flu at all.

The flu jab does work for one strain but not for the other one that’s prevaient now. So it’s not pointless.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This year’s vaccine completely missed the strain they needed to vaccinate against. Had mine done, and was still wiped out over Christmas. The aches were really bad, especially my shoulders and knees. Never had it this bad. Hope that’s my lot of germs this winter!!

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By *hubaysiWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"A lot of people think they have flu when they actually have a heavy cold. So some will moan they got it when it wasn’t flu at all.

The flu jab does work for one strain but not for the other one that’s prevaient now. So it’s not pointless. "

I had flu jab at end of 2016. March 2017 I got flu and it put me in bed for a whole week, I was totally unable to even walk down the stairs! It took 8 weeks to completely get rid of the germ, so I didn’t have the jab last year. Pointless!

Maybe others have been fine but my experience wasn’t.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had flu for the first time in Feb/March last year, off work a month, in bed for 3 of those weeks. Had the flu jab in November, now got a cold which I hardly ever get, but touch wood not got flu.

Some nasty bugs going round!

Perhaps they need those public health announcements on tv again like they did in the olden days!

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By *elma and ShaggyCouple
over a year ago

Bedworth

I had the flu jab this year for the first time, never again!

I had a bad reaction to it and ended up calling 111 who sent paramedics. Fortunately, after some treatment from them, I was fine but I’ll never risk having it again

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By *lmostthereMan
over a year ago

Southampton

Influenza kills people. I get offered my jab at work each year. I take up that offer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I havnt had my flu jab and I havnt had the flu . Yet

*touches all the wood

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The last time I had the flu jab 2013/4? I was ill for almost 6 months afterwards!

NEVER will I have another one, and always decline when surgery call and ask if i would like one.

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By *hips n FursMan
over a year ago

Huddersfield

Never had a flu jab,know plenty of people who have...most of them always end up ill.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Flu epidemics used to kill millions

Thankfully we have protection but different strains come and go

The latest one is the aussie flu very similar to swine flu

Drink lots

Take medication

Rest and keep under your duvet

NHS Worker x

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

The jab is not a guarantee that you will not get something. It's more like an insurance against you getting the most likely strains, as predicted by global evidence and experts.

Put simply, for €9, you can get a much greater chance of staying free of flu, if you need to pay for it.

As the levels of the population who have had the jab increases, herd immunity also starts to help protect others. It's feasible that the infection could not be transmitted very far, if almost everyone had the jab.

People may die from it, so I'd rather not be the person who could have passed it on.

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

"Flu epidemics used to kill millions

Thankfully we have protection but different strains come and go

The latest one is the aussie flu very similar to swine flu

Drink lots

Take medication

Rest and keep under your duvet

NHS Worker x"
thank you

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By *he-Hosiery-GentMan
over a year ago

Older Hot Bearded Guy

"A lot of people think they have flu when they actually have a heavy cold. So some will moan they got it when it wasn’t flu at all.

The flu jab does work for one strain but not for the other one that’s prevaient now. So it’s not pointless. "

Yes, my mother was a nurse and I always remembered her saying, if you have flu, you literally cannot lift your head off the pillow.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't think I've ever had the flu, my Doctor told me that lots of people go through their whole life without getting actual Flu so I think it's often mistaken for a heavy cold.

But the vaccination can only protect against the strains it was designed for so it's not foolproof.

I always think it's funny when you see on social media complaining of flu and migraines, I'd say that's proof to say you don't have either.

Ginger

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have to have one because of a medical condition and, touch wood, not even a sniffle this season yet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"According to the craic - this years flu jab was targeting the wrong strain of flu ... "

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By *rishman75Man
over a year ago

Chessington/epsom

I never get the flu jab and I never get sick

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