Do you do the flu shot / myLot

United States

September 28, 2023 11:35am CST

I received my flu shot yesterday. No side effects have emerged. Usually, I feel a bit fluey the day after. We are having another cool and cloudy day. There's no rain in the forecast but there is so much humidity in the air that small water droplets formed on my skin when I took the dogs out earlier this morning. I need to spend some time today working on Part 5 of the serialized short story I've been writing for The Fiction Writer's Den. I wasn't going to keep Part 5, but my editor thinks it would be a good idea, so we'll see. It will take a complete reworking of the part. Do you get a flu shot every year? If so, have you had yours this year?

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86618)

• United States

28 Sep 23

They are incubated in eggs, and I’m allergic to eggs. I’ve had one flu shot in my lifetime, and had a bad reaction to it.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

28 Sep 23

I remember being asked if I was allergic to eggs. Understandable that you avoid the shot.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120686)

• United States

28 Sep 23

No, not anymore. I got my flu shot for ten straight years, and I got the flu. I quit getting it, and haven’t gotten the flu since. I accept that could be a very odd coincidence since I recognize that is not what happens for most people. But seeing as it happens to me, I skip it. I’m not an anti-vaxxer though; not in any way.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

28 Sep 23

That is an odd coincidence, but it makes sense that if it works for you, you don't want to change it.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208841)

• United States

29 Sep 23

I do, I may try to get the flu and the new Covid shot on the same day.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

30 Sep 23

I was supposed to get both, but they were out of the Covid booster serum.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208841)

• United States

30 Sep 23

@DWDavis They didn't have it in at the Health Department but I bet Costco will have them..or will soon

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (84757)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

28 Sep 23

Oh hell no. I haven't gotten it since I was 18.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (84757)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

30 Sep 23

@DWDavis I've never been a fan of needles, so I don't volunteer myself to get a shot if I have the choice to say 'no'. And my senior year was one of the worst experiences I've ever had. I had escorted a student there to get theirs, since I was at the infirm too, I got mine. No sooner had I got back to class, my name was called to go down to the infer to get it. I wasn't making the trip a second time. the informs was halfway across campus. Which was a fifteen minute walk, all because someone was to lazy to mark off that I'd gotten the damn thing.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

30 Sep 23

Did you have a bad reaction to the shot?

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21499)

• London, England

29 Sep 23

Meant to get my on Thursday, but totally forgot!

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

30 Sep 23

Have you made a new appointment, or are you able to get it on a walk-in basis?

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21499)

• London, England

30 Sep 23

@DWDavis They will send me a text when the next session is

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112812)

• United States

12 Oct 23

I have not had a flu shot since I got out of the Navy, and that was in 1996.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

14 Oct 23

We got so many shots when I was in the Army, I imagine the flu was among them. I get it regularly now and have for many years.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112812)

• United States

15 Oct 23

@DWDavis Don't remind me of all the crap I ingested or got pricked with when I was in the navy. lol That being said, every time I got the flu shot, I got sick. Every time.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169449)

• United States

29 Sep 23

I get my flu shot. I remember what the flu felt like when I got it before I got the vaccinations.I never want to feel that way again. I will get mine within the next two weeks. The year or so I missed the shot, I did get some variety or another of the flu. Some people who are allergic to eggs do better with the nasal spray. It is not as effective as the shot.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

30 Sep 23

It was a bad case of the flu that convinced Son2 to start getting his flu shot every year.

Dominique

@dodo19 (48153)

• Beaconsfield, Quebec

28 Sep 23

I don't tend to get the flu shot. I'm not sure why, but it's not something I've gotten or done.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

28 Sep 23

My youngest son never got the flu shot until one year he got a bad case and missed almost 3 weeks of classes. Now, he gets one every year.

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Dominique

@dodo19 (48153)

• Beaconsfield, Quebec

29 Sep 23

@DWDavis I probably would too if I were in his shoes.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54715)

• United States

14 Oct 23

I never have gotten one. My husband and I may start.

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@DaddyEvil (174335)

• United States

28 Sep 23

Since the flu shots no longer have actual flu virus in it, I'm willing to try getting one again. When it still had the flu virus, I got the flu... I got the shot three years in a row and every time the doctor tried to tell me I must have caught the flu right before I got the shot... I didn't believe her. Our doctor is supposed to call us when she has the flu and Covid shots in stock and we'll get both.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

30 Sep 23

I was supposed to get both, but the pharmacy ran out of the Covid serum. Apparently is was an issue with the vaccine manufacturer not having made enough to meet the demand.

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@DaddyEvil (174335)

• United States

1 Oct 23

@DWDavis Our doctor ran into that issue. We were supposed to get the shots before the end of September. We were told we'd get a call sometime in October when the doctor receives enough shots for the people she has on the waiting list.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14805)

• Ireland

28 Sep 23

@dwdavis I started getting flu shots last year. No ill effects.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

28 Sep 23

I was never diligent about getting the shot until I started teaching. Being exposed to so many kids with coughs and snotty noses convinced me it was a good idea.

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (24006)

• United Kingdom

28 Sep 23

I had the flu jab and covid-19 booster yesterday morning & feel fine today.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

28 Sep 23

I was supposed to get the Covid-19 booster, but it is in short supply. The manufacturer underestimated the demand. I'm supposed to get a message when it's back in stock.

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (24006)

• United Kingdom

28 Sep 23

@DWDavis It seems to be taking off again here so l would have gone for it but was called by our GP surgery both for my wife & myself. As a teacher l think you should get priority for the vaccines as the little darlings are always sniffling, snotty nosed & coughing like mad. I call my granchildren germ incubators! Working in a hospital we routinely had it annually. When first moving from one specialty to another you often picked up sniffles until you became used to them then you would rarely be ill.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222310)

• United States

29 Sep 23

Last year was the only year that we missed. This year we will get the flu shot and the new COVID booster. Have a good weekend.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

30 Sep 23

I'm glad you were able to get the Coved Booster. My pharmacy was out of it when I got my flu shot.

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Gill

@Gilljane (2897)

• Sutton, England

29 Sep 23

No because it makes me ill

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@ShyBear88 (59342)

• Sterling, Virginia

28 Sep 23

Yes, I usually do get my flu shot and so do my kids every year more so for the fact we have a lot of older family members and my husband is a nurse so we take extra precautions on our side.

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