Romeo Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Working in health care I get offered and take the flu jag every year. I hear some amount of unfounded shite about the flu jag, but what to the P&B doctors think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 11 minutes ago, Romeo said: Working in health care I get offered and take the flu jag every year. I hear some amount of unfounded shite about the flu jag, but what to the P&B doctors think? I hadn't realised there was a tinfoil hat element to the non-believers. I used to get it and would then be properly level 10 manflu knocked-out ill for about 6 weeks. The rest of the time I'm like Captain Scarlett, such is my resistance to bugs etc. I don't bother getting it any more and have not had the colds/bugs. The doctors and nurses get pissed off when I say I don't want it as it makes me ill but it was just based on my experience of having it a few years in a row and then having six weeks or so of colds and fever. They roll their eyes and say "there's nothing in it that can make you ill". I don't dispute it but I find when I get it I fall ill and when I don't get it I stay healthy. I'm guessing from your post that there must be some sort of ill-founded campaign against it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Not had mine yet. I will though, due to asthma stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Not having one, cos I'm a ruddy bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 The answer to the first question should be "Yes I have had etc" And "Yes" I have had it, as has the whole household. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cement Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 I have asthma so I get offered a flu jag. I decline as I agree with Shandon Par, it induces a fecken cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 I get it, but mainly because they guilt me into it by coming round to the ward. Saves the hassle of making an appointment I guess.I had horrendous flu one year, properly unwell and rigoring. Not had it since I started getting the vaccine though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DI Bruce Robertson Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Flu is a fallacy, same as house flies & banana boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 48 minutes ago, DI Bruce Robertson said: Flu is a fallacy, same as house flies & banana boats. Well, I've never seen a house fly, nor a banana boat. Flu, on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 When I get "the flu" it's once every few months, lasts a day, and normally hits me on payday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, philpy said: When I get "the flu" it's once every few months, lasts a day, and normally hits me on payday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 The first time I got the jag I felt utter shit for a couple of days. Not since then though. I get it because apparently I could die if I get flu. Blocked artery. I'm not allowed to give blood either in case the top in pressure gives me a heart attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 2 hours ago, cement said: it induces a fecken cold. No it doesn't. That's like saying the polio vaccine gives you aids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DI Bruce Robertson Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 The first time I got the jag I felt utter shit for a couple of days. Not since then though. I get it because apparently I could die if I get flu. Blocked artery. I'm not allowed to give blood either in case the top in pressure gives me a heart attack. Surely if you give blood, you lose pressure? Or do Rich Tea biscuits & orange squash have the same effect as E's & whizz now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazdons Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 My missus used to get it because of her asthma, and guaranteed the next day she would be dying. Doctor had to be called out and she was put on a nebuliser to help her breathe, but it was never the flu jag, even though it happened 3 years in a row after she got it.She stopped going for the jags about 7/8 years ago and has had no flu and no bother with her asthma since.After watching what she went through because of that injection, there is no way I would ever get it.Each to their own though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Don't bother with it. The vaccine is made up months in advance and they have to guess what type of strain they think will hit this year. Last year they got it wrong so the flu jag was totally pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 4 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Not having one, cos I'm a ruddy bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 If it worked on "Man Flu" then we would get interested. Until then let us suffer loudly from under the duvet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 I think I've caught a touch of the flu so I've went to my local pub that's pretty much an old mans bar.Hopefully it'll wipe out a few of the bed blockers before the cold snap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 1 minute ago, Bobby Skidmarks said: I think I've caught a touch of the flu so I've went to my local pub that's pretty much an old mans bar. Hopefully it'll wipe out a few of the bed blockers before the cold snap. Is the pub in the hospital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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