[Venturer]

I am still trying to find out how many of these flu cases got the flu vaccine.

[Pat4ever]

This sure seems like a manufactured crisis. My USMC son got the flu-you know darn well he had vaccine. We all had it over Christmas. A few days of discomfort but not worth a trip to the doc.

[memyselfandi59]

We’ve had lots of friends with the flu...so far we haven’t gotten it (and I didn’t take a flu vaccine because I have MS and for some reason the MS is exacerbated everytime I take a vaccine.)

Sooo, (after that little detour), all our friends who have gotten the flu (confirmed by dr.’s offices swab) have had the flu vaccine. Their symptoms are high fever, body aches, fatigue, and lots of respiratory gunk that hangs on for weeks. None of us could figure this out until my friend talked to a nurse at the hospital recently.

There are evidently three “illnesses” going around now. The flu that was expected, thus the flu vaccine minimizes or prevents that one (I’d imagine this one is hitting those that are not vaccinated.) A flu that was not included in the vaccine (probably the one my friends have gotten), and a vomiting bug, which is a norovirus but not the flu.

That helps explain why so many of our friends who’ve had the vaccine are coming down with the flu. Up until I heard that explanation, it was a mystery to us because the talking heads kept saying that this vaccine covered the flu that was going around.

All heresay, but best explanation I heard.

[zerosix]

I know that this is purely anecdotal but so far every one I know that is either now suffering or has had it, has had the flu shot.

To a person, they all admonish me because I haven't had the vaccine. I tell them, "you had the shot and had or have the flu; I've had neither the flu nor the vaccine! Tell me where I'm wrong!"