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Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« on: January 23, 2020, 09:44:04 AM »
I got it together with all my kids. All with very high fever.  Only person left out so far is wife. 

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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2020, 09:48:49 AM »
I got it together with all my kids. All with very high fever.  Only person left out so far is wife.

Did you get the flu shot?

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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2020, 09:51:07 AM »
No and no flu shot. Proof positive not to get the shot.  :)
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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2020, 09:55:27 AM »
Did you get the flu shot?
No. But wife knows few family members that did get the shot and still got the flu this season.

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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2020, 10:00:05 AM »
No. But wife knows few family members that did get the shot and still got the flu this season.

Typically less severe if you have the shot.
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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2020, 10:03:25 AM »
Typically less severe if you have the shot.
The doctor told one of those family members , that this year they have way more flu cases with people that got the shot then last few years.

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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2020, 10:05:52 AM »
I got the flu shot but its all a guess that they picked the right strain to fight and if they guessed wrong then you can still get the flu even with the shot

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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2020, 10:06:36 AM »
I got the shot. No cost and got $5 of free groceries, so, no-brainer :)

No flu, but I got a cold last week and I still have the cough that came with it lingering around.
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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2020, 10:12:32 AM »
I didn't get the shot, didn't get the flu but got over 2k free groceries and GC's. Thank you Safeway!  :)
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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2020, 10:17:48 AM »
No shot, no flu, and $280 of groceries from stop&shop.
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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2020, 10:25:22 AM »
I didn't get the shot, didn't get the flu but got over 2k free groceries and GC's. Thank you Safeway!  :)
Does the free GC have anything to do with the flu?...

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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2020, 10:25:40 AM »
Did you get the flu shot?
Absolutely!!  Although I haven't taken it in the past, this year I felt it was basic hishtadlus with what's going on...

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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2020, 10:26:31 AM »
Does the free GC have anything to do with the flu?...
No but they did offer free shots. Does that count?  :)
ETA: DW and kids did get the shot.
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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2020, 10:34:20 AM »
No. But wife knows few family members that did get the shot and still got the flu this season.
Same, and those who didn't get the shot didn't get the flu either...
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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2020, 10:38:15 AM »

Just for you.  :)
Is it possible to determine if the flu shot actually caused someone to get the flu?
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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2020, 10:54:54 AM »
My daughter works in an urgent care. One night she came home and said she had 40 patients with the flu not one was vaccinated. She says most (over 95%) of flu cases she is seeing are from people who didnt get the shot.
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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2020, 11:24:25 AM »
No. But wife knows few family members that did get the shot and still got the flu this season.
Typically less severe if you have the shot.
The doctor told one of those family members , that this year they have way more flu cases with people that got the shot then last few years.
There are a fee different strains of the flu. Even you had a shot for strain A, it won't help you for Strain B.
I got the flu shot but its all a guess that they picked the right strain to fight and if they guessed wrong then you can still get the flu even with the shot

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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2020, 11:27:45 AM »
I got it together with all my kids. All with very high fever.  Only person left out so far is wife.
Everyone in family got the flu ( strain B) except me. This was caused by a girl that came to school with the flu....Most of the kids got the flu followed by their family members.

Then a few weeks later 2 of my kids got the flu ( strain A )

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Re: Flu season 2020: did you get the flu this flu season ?
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2020, 11:58:19 AM »
I got a severe case of the Flu very early in the season (late October). Never had anything like it before, I was knocked out so badly that I couldn't go to shul.
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