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catbyte

(35,727 posts)
1. I'm glad I got my flu shot along with the super duper Omicron booster 2.5 weeks ago
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 09:36 AM
Sep 2022

even though my state is still in the green.

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
14. Good for you. I got the flu the first week of August, before the shot was available
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 09:37 PM
Sep 2022

This year's flu is a really bad one. I basically lost August, something I wouldn't ordinarily object to, but it was really bad.

JohnSJ

(96,440 posts)
2. Interesting that Texas, whose state leadership has de-emphasized vaccinations during the Covid
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 09:37 AM
Sep 2022

pandemic, seems to be leading the country in this


Jirel

(2,259 posts)
3. Per the map, my state is already moderate-high.
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 09:39 AM
Sep 2022

I got mine last week, same day as COVID #5. Good call, I guess.

multigraincracker

(34,016 posts)
4. A few years ago, I got mine in Sept.
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 09:52 AM
Sep 2022

Didn't hit my area until March and I got it in April.
Looks like if you live in D.C. you better get it now.

magicarpet

(16,391 posts)
7. I'm confused the CDC map says the 2021/2022 flu season.
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 10:22 AM
Sep 2022

What we are concerned about is the 2022/2023 flu season which starts this fall season.

The 2021/2022 flu season was last year's flu season.

https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/main_Widget.html?showBackground=false&showHeader=false#a29

wishstar

(5,485 posts)
13. The season ends with the last week in September so we are still in 2021-22 season
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 08:07 PM
Sep 2022

The map will soon change to show the 2022-23 season starting with the first full week in October

magicarpet

(16,391 posts)
15. Oh,.. okay,.. the new 2022/2023 flu season starts very soon.
Sat Oct 1, 2022, 08:19 AM
Oct 2022

Thx for the clarification.
It seems that September 1 would be a better official start date to the coming flu season.

yellowdogintexas

(22,664 posts)
11. exact opposite for me.
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 11:50 AM
Sep 2022

I had them put the flu in my left arm simply because it was a larger dose and I don't use my left arm. As expected, left arm was about twice as sore,

I have only had flu maybe 3 or 4 times in my 73 almost 74 years; I only started taking flu shots in 1999 when I worked at a children's hospital and was required to get it. Now I get it every year.

magicarpet

(16,391 posts)
16. High dose senior's flu shot.... at your age....
Sat Oct 1, 2022, 08:27 AM
Oct 2022

Did you get all the pneumonia shots too ?

As we age our immune systems are not quite as robust as when younger. So these shots help fight off serious and potentially very debilitating respiratory ailments.

yellowdogintexas

(22,664 posts)
18. I had the old Pneumovax years ago but I haven't had the
Mon Oct 3, 2022, 08:28 PM
Oct 2022

series yet.

I think taking them along with the other 2 might be overkill

yellowdogintexas

(22,664 posts)
19. I think I was maybe 32 when I last had flu
Mon Oct 3, 2022, 08:30 PM
Oct 2022

I have had other respiratory things which dropped into my chest and made me pretty sick but not flu. The last one of those was maybe 18 years ago.

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