Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Orrex

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9. Turns out I've developed a case of the sniffles

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 09:40 AM

Sep 2014

Feels just like a regular cold, though less severe than I usually get.

Predictably, the coworkers who declined the vaccine ("because I don't want to get the flu&quot have chimed in with a chorus of "I told you so."

The hand-out that came with the vaccine includes the following, but try telling it to the believers:

Serious side effects are also possible, but are very rare.
Inactivated flu vaccine does not contain live flu virus, so
getting flu from this vaccine is not possible.

(emphasis original)

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So I got a flu vaccination this morning [View all] Orrex Sep 2014 OP

Careful, my dear Orrex! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #1

Powerful stuff! Orrex Sep 2014 #2

If you join the GOP, we'll know. Archae Sep 2014 #3

According to great medical minds like Jenny McCarthy Warpy Sep 2014 #4

...or you'll become a "Crystal child": friendly_iconoclast Sep 2014 #5

I prefer the term "Lightshower" Orrex Sep 2014 #7

Oh God, I'm on the spectrum and I had some New Age lunatic... Odin2005 Nov 2014 #10

Those dipshits are a bane upon those with other chronic situations as well friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #11

Every time I get a flu shot, I get the flu about 2 weeks later LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #6

You'll probably go into spontaneous combustion before then! LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #8

Turns out I've developed a case of the sniffles Orrex Sep 2014 #9

You're not getting the flu. But you might be getting an immune response. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #12