[Closed] Flu Jab - worth considering ?

do your bit.. you might probably shrug flu off but people you may transmit it to may not so do yourself and them a favor.. and no i doesnt make you ill i ve had one for the last 5 years and i ve not being ill in the slightest following and i ve not had flu either.. result.. for £7 proper bargain..

Most people who I have seen get it feel a bit crap for a day or so, but they are the vulnerable groups who get it through the NHS. If you come into contact with a lot of people etc. it may be worth it. Those who have it seem to miss the worst of the winter flu going round.

Though there will be someone round in a bit telling you it's a government conspiracy to make your head explode and your balls fall off.

Been having it years through the NHS and it has have made me ill or feel crap.

I have been having them for years at work. They have never made me feel ill but I sometimes get a sore arm for a day or two (varies year to year).

For 7 quid it hardly needs discussion.

Been having it for years through work feel slightly ill after for 24 hours then am fine.

Been having them for about 7 years now and issue them to staff. No one has been Ill with it because it doesn't unless you have an egg allergy.

I had flu about 14 years ago and never want it again it felled me for weeks and took months to fully recover.

My head exploded and balls fell off once but I'm cured.

For 7 quid it hardly needs discussion

Yes it does, you could get a Chinese several thousand lumen light for that, surely?

and balls fell off

Been having it for years. Occasionally feel a bit crap for half a day or so, sore arm normally for a bit, but nothing earth-shattering.

As an asthmatic who got hospitalised with pneumonia a few years back, it's a no-brainer for me.

Yes it does, you could get a Chinese several thousand lumen light for that, surely?

Good point. I'm cancelling my flu jab.

I've had one (my first) this year. No side effects for me.

I've had one for the last couple of years due to having asthma. Zero side effects here bar a sore arm for a day.

Had for 4-5 years in a row at work as they were giving it away for free, each time about 10 days later I felt like shite.

Work is still giving it away free but I would rather take the risk of getting flu every now and then, than guaranted getting sick every year.

I'm getting it for the first time this year, like you say for a few quid it's worth a go. Don't need my balls anymore anyway.

im with saccades - work gives it away free but having seen how my dad gets after his on NHs vunerable peoples scheme ill take me chances with no jab.

i'm asthmatic, flu's a proper bastard.

i get a jab every year, it does seem to leave me a bit sniffly for a few days, but it's no big deal.

Getting my top up on Saturday, it was offered for the first time last year because of asthma.

Went very briefly light-headed a few minutes after but nothing heavy.

Does the jab help against the common cold too? I haven't been ill once since...

Does the jab help against the common cold too? I haven't been ill once since...

No.

£7? Dammit, I paid £9 at Tesco for mine.

Yes, it's worth it. Get it.

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Does the jab help against the common cold too? I haven't been ill once since...

it doesn't even protect you against all forms of flu - which is why a new batch of vaccine is brewed up every year, the boffins involved make their best educated guess as to which forms of flu they should include in the jab.

next year, the 'ingredients' will be different.

I get it every year since I'm officially a vulnerable group. I always feel a bit weird and disjointed for the rest of the day/sometimes day after, like running a mild fever, but it could all be psychosomatic tbh, who knows?

Look at it the other way round, if on day 3 of the flu someone said you could pay £7 to make it go away you'd be mad not to, right?

As nurses/health workers so generally healthy but also excellent 'pathogen vectors', we get it for free each year. HR/occy health are of course at pains to remind us how safe it is, but seeming to be belt and braces about the alleged risk (which they hotly deny) of it making you poorly the next day, they also always schedule all the 'drop in and get jabbed' on a friday. 😆

I'm in the 'vunerable group' as it was put earlier in this thread and been having it for years. I got the slight sniffles afterwards for a day or two once, but this was probably coincidence.

it doesn't even protect you against all forms of flu - which is why a new batch of vaccine is brewed up every year, the boffins involved make their best educated guess as to which forms of flu they should include in the jab.

Thought not, must be down to the healthy living then 🙂

I always take it, would be silly not to. That said this year they seem to have either missed a strain of flu out of the jab, or I have a rather uncommon cold at the moment - I'm an aching, shivering font of snot today.

Kids and I are asthmatic so we have it every year. Having had one of the kids hospitalised 4 times this year, it would be bonkers for us not to try and eliminate another potential cause of being unwell.

I've never had any side-effects following a flu-jab.

I had mine on Sat. No ill effects, no surprise there. I had influenza once, didn't take it seriously (traditional MTFU attitude), it led to pneumonia. I shan't go there again.

IIUR if you have the shot, you're helping those most at risk by reducing the likely spread. It's called the herd effect.

I had flu last winter - there are about three days of which I have no recollection and the rest was just grim. This year I'm getting a flu jab.

I get flu 2 times a year through the change of seasons but I am not into jab even if it's free. Usually last for two weeks feeling lousy and can't smoke etc, sleep a lot just to recuperate. Drink lots of water and sweat it out. Then pass the flu onto everyone around me ... 😯

I think I am getting better with flu now as I used to have it 4 times a year and now down to 2 ... seasons. Early summer and early winter.

Just booked myself in for the jab for the first time. Risk/reward seems worthwhile.

Flu is horrible, and until you have had it you have no idea just how bad it is. If you had it now you wouldnt be wanting to post on a bike forum, in fact you wouldnt want to move a muscle out of bed.

I had it 3 years ago, thought I was over it and went back to work only to get Pneumonia which took nearly a year to get over.

Any one who doesnt have it is stupid IMO

I had flu in the spring, possible 1st time ever, decided then to get the jabs in future; those that get a cold and say they have the flu should be given the flu so they know what it is.

I get flu 2 times a year through the change of seasons but I am not into jab even if it's free. Usually last for two weeks feeling lousy

That'll be a cold

I was out for 3 weeks at the end of last winter. The roughest part was horrendous, only Dengue fever was worse. It's been on my mind to do it.

Yep, it's worth bearing in mind that it doesn't protect you from "the flu that's going around" because that's basically never the actual flu, it's just some random, relatively minor bug.

It's also no protection against the far more dangerous Manflu, so be careful out there.

Just re-read my post and noticed I left 'Never' out. Thats what I get at posting at 6:00am.

Also in the vulnerable group, so I've had the jab for the last 4 years. Never had any issues afterwards.
Interestingly, out of the blue, I was offered a pnemonia jab at the same time. Wasn't aware there was a jab for this but declined until I asked the wife (pharmacist).
She said 'as I was an old bugger what have I got to lose' 🙄 pnemonia jab booked for early November.

Had flu once. Had the jab once. I won't have the jab again.

The jab was worse than the flu?

coincidence?

i have it through work, if more than 70% of staff have it we get a huge bonus

i usually feel like i'm getting a cold for 2 days after (achy limbs, mild head ache etc) but itnever amounts to anything

i had flu when i was a teenager, proper flu where you can't leave your bed for days and constantly throw up etc, the jab is infinitely better

Been getting the shot for the past 20 years or so and no reactions at all except a mildly sore spot where they give the injection that last a day or so. Doesn't always guarantee protection, but I'll take the odds and have the shot.

Busydog where do you get yours done? Don't really feel like getting it at a target or walmart but they seem the cheapest.