Flu Vax

[Dog_ger]

Have you had your Jab.

Dog_ger and Mrs_dog_ger has.

[Mickyj]

I can get mine from work for free but I cant be bothered .

[godoubleblues]

I get one from work for free each year, tomorrow actually
it must work as I havent had the flu yet

[Ian]

We get them offered at work each year, a few years ago I thought I'd get one, didn't get past the screening questions. When I was a kid I had an allergic reaction to wet feathers (blew up like I had the mumps), apparantley if your allergic to feathers you can react to the vaxination

[Thiele]

I have it evey year for free from work

[Wedgie]

We get them free, 95% of people that get one then have to take a week of work sick, 95% of people that dont usually go through the winter flu free.
One of the biggest scams of all times.

[Iron Fist]

I got a flu vax from the doctors on wednesday
asked if I could get sick cause they putting the flu in you
supposedly you cant as it is a dead vaccine!

[A Mum]

We get them free, 95% of people that get one then have to take a week of work sick, 95% of people that dont usually go through the winter flu free.
One of the biggest scams of all times.

I've heard this from friends too.

A friend had the flu vaccine for the first time in her life last year and said she has never been sicker !!

[Q.]

I just don't get it. Why be vaccinated against LAST YEAR'S flu?!

[Brock Landers]

I've only ever got a flu vaccine once, and I felt crook for the rest of the week.

I rarely get the flu anyway.

[Iron Fist]

I just don't get it. Why be vaccinated against LAST YEAR'S flu?!

without being a doctor or scientist
Im saying most flu strains would be similar so having last years flu in you would help fight off a new one
it would be better then not having anything to protect you!

[Felch]

I just don't get it. Why be vaccinated against LAST YEAR'S flu?!

without being a doctor or scientist
Im saying most flu strains would be similar so having last years flu in you would help fight off a new one
it would be better then not having anything to protect you!

You don't say Fisty...

I would never had guessed !

[twosheds]

We get them free, 95% of people that get one then have to take a week of work sick, 95% of people that dont usually go through the winter flu free.
One of the biggest scams of all times.

Rubbish. a small percentage of people will suffer a mild febrile illness after having it, most will have some local irritation at worst. If 95% of people where you work are having a week off work then they are pulling the biggest scam of all time.

[TroyGFC]

Where im working casually they are doing it for free to every1. Do medical centres do it for free as well? Not getting one as shit scared of needles!!

[Psyber]

We get them free, 95% of people that get one then have to take a week of work sick, 95% of people that dont usually go through the winter flu free.
One of the biggest scams of all times.

Rubbish. a small percentage of people will suffer a mild febrile illness after having it, most will have some local irritation at worst. If 95% of people where you work are having a week off work then they are pulling the biggest scam of all time.

After my last one I had a febrile episode with associated aching for about 3 days that I wouldn't call "mild".
It was "'flu-like" but I suspect it was a reaction to some component of the vaccine, rather than actually being given the 'flu by it.
But I decided not to have another one for a while.
And, yes, a lot of people get a vaccine that is not quite up to date - the cheaper one the government prefers.
At one stage, when I last looked into it, there was the Aussie one and a French one, and those in the know made sure they got the up to date French one.

[twosheds]

We get them free, 95% of people that get one then have to take a week of work sick, 95% of people that dont usually go through the winter flu free.
One of the biggest scams of all times.

Rubbish. a small percentage of people will suffer a mild febrile illness after having it, most will have some local irritation at worst. If 95% of people where you work are having a week off work then they are pulling the biggest scam of all time.

After my last one I had a febrile episode with associated aching for about 3 days that I wouldn't call "mild".
It was "'flu-like" but I suspect it was a reaction to some component of the vaccine, rather than actually being given the 'flu by it.
But I decided not to have another one for a while.
And, yes, a lot of people get a vaccine that is not quite up to date - the cheaper one the government prefers.
At one stage, when I last looked into it, there was the Aussie one and a French one, and those in the know made sure they got the up to date French one.

Are you seriously suggesting that the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories are foisting off a "dud" vaccine on the population ? You may well have reacted to a component of the vaccine , were you informed of the contraindications before you had it? Bad practice if you werent by whoever adminstered it. "Mild" is a very subjective term, possibly you have a low threshold for pain/aches etc. ( no knock on you if you do we are all different )

[Dog_ger]

Had it free from work.

Better have it guys.

Forget rumours.

Flu Vax is well worth it..!

[Psyber]

Are you seriously suggesting that the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories are foisting off a "dud" vaccine on the population ? You may well have reacted to a component of the vaccine , were you informed of the contraindications before you had it? Bad practice if you werent by whoever adminstered it. "Mild" is a very subjective term, possibly you have a low threshold for pain/aches etc. ( no knock on you if you do we are all different )

Back in the period I am talking about - circa late 2002 and early 2003 - the French one included sub-types circulating Europe and Asia.
The Aussie one didn't as they hadn't got here yet and were not considered relevant - yet they were only one airline flight away...
Governments deliver what they consider "adequate", not necessarily best practice or what doctors recommend.
Generic medications are not, in practice, always equally potent either despite government department insistance that they are.
[It depends what you measure.]

I'm a doctor myself and knew the contraindications, and my pain tolerance is high, as my Dentist can attest...
It was fellow doctors who were getting the French one themselves and offering patients the option to pay the extra for it.

[The Ash Man]

My Mum is a pharmacist and has always said dont get the jab.
Ill listen to her cos she's me Mum!

[Psyber]

Here's the rub.
This one is in the American continent and a plane journey away unless we apply very strict quarantine restrictions to international travel.
It is likely to appear in US and European vaccines before it does in ours.
The CSL vaccine does have an older strain from the H1N1 family though which may offer partial protection, but everything in it is from 2006-07, not even 2008...

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5521 ... ks-mexico/

The World Health Organisation said tests showed the virus from 12 of the Mexican patients was the same genetically as a new strain of swine flu, designated H1N1, seen in eight people in California and Texas.

http://secure.healthlinks.net.au/conten ... fluva10208

DESCRIPTION
This is a purified, inactivated, split virion (split virus) vaccine each 0.5 mL of which contains antigens
representative of the following types:
A/Brisbane/59/2007 (IVR-148) (A/Brisbane/59/2007 (H1N1) - like) 15 μg haemagglutinin per dose
A/Uruguay/716/2007 (NYMC X-175C) (A/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2) - like) 15 μg haemagglutinin per dose
B/Florida/4/2006 (B/Florida/4/2006 - like) 15 μg haemagglutinin per dose