Comments on: The Flu Shot: Everything You Need to Know

By: Jon T

Jon T — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:19:56 +0000

Interesting points, I have had a flu jab every year for the last few years as I’m asthmatic & diabetic; every single time, I’ve been ill afterwards, last time for 3 months, I’m currently in my 4th week of fighting off another cold, I don’t remember being like this before the jabs. My doctor said I would be 5 to 6 times worse off not having it – very scientific, not sure what he based that on, I’ll be giving it a miss this year, I have friends & relatives who’ve stopped having it & they’ve been fine.

By: Ed Murfin

Ed Murfin — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:25:15 +0000

All good sense there about these ‘flu jabs. I last had influenza (as opposed to just a bad cold) more than forty years ago. I was a power lifter for many years and used high doses of Vitamin C to aid the clearance of lactic acid buildup in the muscles after heavy iron pumping. It worked fine for that purpose but also contributed I think to my freedom from flu and colds all those years. Prior to starting Vit C in doses of anything from a gramme daily to seven or eight grammes, I would get a serious bad cold every winter, and sometimes really nasty sore throat from laryngitis and painful chest. My doctor kept suggesting I have a flu jab for years after I retired, until, at age 72 in 2009, I gave in and had one. Two days later I went down with extremely unpleasant flu symptoms, which took more than three weeks to fade away, leaving behind a chest infection that took nearly six months to clear up. It was too much of a coincidence for my liking, and after that one-time only vaccination, I haven’t had one since. Am now back to my cold and flu free existence!

By: Joy

Joy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:36:38 +0000

That’s why I’m not immunizing my son. Too dangerous in my mind.

By: Joy

Joy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:30:54 +0000

Word to the wise, the antibiotics did not work because flu is a virus. It can’t be killed by antibiotics, only a bacterial infection will be killed by antibiotics. A virus has to run its course.

By: gloria

gloria — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:36:07 +0000

I really appreciate your advice on the flu shot. My healthcare provider has sent me a notice for my Doctor to sign, regarding the
flu vaccine which I get every year. I have’nt
had the flu in years but I’d prefer not getting
the vaccine. I’m leary after reading your email on taking precautions! Thanks Vivian.

By: Connie

Connie — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:59:46 +0000

I discovered that whenever I get a FLU SHOT I get a flu after a week or two and the last one I have almost lasted 3 months. I was on one antibiotic after another that I was scared that antibiotics does not work for me anymore. On the years that I forgot to have a flu shot. I did not get sick. Of course, doctors does not want to believe that. So from then on, I avoided those flu shots and I don’t get a flu as severe as when I had the flu shots. Of course a lot of them will not believe especially when you work in a medical field. So whenever they ask me, if I already had the flu shot. I said yes, so they will not encourage me or forced me to get one, especially they give it free to the employees if you work in the medical field. I hate to lie, but I know what is best for me. My body is not their body.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:54:16 +0000

I am also allergic and there has not been doctor who asks me to have a flu shot. They are all afraid of the possible reaction and possible death I could suffer as a result.

By: Vivian Goldschmidt, MA

Vivian Goldschmidt, MA — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:25:27 +0000

Of course it’s your choice, Darlene, but I don’t recommend the shingles vaccine. Here are some of the ingredients in the Zostavax (shingles) vaccine: MSG, neomycin, bovine calf serum, sucrose, and hydrolyzed porcine gelatin.

By: LynnCS

LynnCS — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:29:05 +0000

Good articles. Thank you. I am 73 and in good shape. Well I am now losing some excess baggage, so I will feel better when I get some muscle back and some weight off. That’s the plan. I have been learning to eat raw. That means a lot of fruits and vegis. So I believe I am doing my best to improve my immunity. I used to be sick a lot and was told it was the flu for years. Not! Finally some doctors got it right. I had Chronic asthmatic bronchitis. It brought with it secondary infections and pneumonias, so needless to say, I was a sick girl. It never let up. These smart docs saw it as being triggered by allergies and told me that I was not going to get better as long as I lived and worked in Los Angeles. It was being made worse by all the antibiotics I was taking, which was constant. I had a good job, and a house and it was difficult, but I decided to relocate and now I live in the beach air of the So. Coast of Oregon. (which has it’s own problems for some people.) It was right for me. (Divine direction?)
I have always been a supporter of vaccines partly because of not getting vaccinated as a kid because of my parents religious stand. I got a smallpox vaccine when I was abt 21 and married. Had some of the childhood diseases as a kid, and seem to be imune to some I didn’t have. I also got a shingles vaccine a few years ago as soon as I heard about it. That is a terrible thing to get. It can last a life time and many older people never overcome it. Since 1990, I have never not got a flu shot. This year I am not going to get one. I don’t think you can get the flu from the flu shot. That said, I don’t think they are the panacea they are touted to be. When we had the H1N1 flu scare. I started to rethink my absolutism on this. I saw that the authorities were starting to admit that they were not so sure they knew what they were doing.
I want to know what foods contain the vitamins and minerals that I used to take as supplements. I still take them as needed. Being on a good high raw (mostly) diet has better shown me where the food values are. It is maybe the most important thing we can teach young people nowadays. To know what we get from what we eat is so imperative. We can change the health of the next generation by passing on all this information and showing how delicious the food can be. Start early and they won’t have to go thru what I and many others have.
I won’t hold my breath that the politicians and big money interests are going to clean up the environment any time soon, so we must raise up a generation that expects it. Thanks for letting me rant. Love the site.

By: M.E.

M.E. — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:59:07 +0000

I’m almost 50 years old, vegetarian since 1984, take many supplements, never had a flu shot and never get the flu. As far as I’m concerned – the less chemicals in my body the better.