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To: blackdog
"Why do people still get a flu shot every year? Why does a flu shot not always work well?"

I never got the flu shot until 6-7 years ago, as a recommendation from my endocrinologist, but I won't be getting it ever again. I'll be 74 soon, worked for 25 years in NY State's prison system. Came into contact with all sorts of people with all sorts of diseases. Lived through the introduction of AIDS in the system in the mid 80's, and the drug-resistant strain of TB that went through the prisons. I never got sick a day in all those years. I live alone, and have basically been social distancing since I retired in 2003. I've driven to Indiana and back twice over the past year. Hit just about every rest stop on the way out and back in New York State, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. Stayed in hotels in Ohio, ate out in restaurants, shopped in various grocery and retail stores with my son during my trips, and haven't caught a damn thing. They can take their vaccines and shove them.

27 posted on 07/31/2021 11:52:47 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th
Same here. Until I got a nasty case of seasonal flu. After that in my early 50's I get my yearly flu shot from my doctor. My heart condition at present precludes me from getting an experimental covid vaccine which causes heart inflammation and blood clots.

My decisions.

33 posted on 07/31/2021 11:59:33 AM PDT by blackdog (Joe Biden, Deep State Cuckold.)
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To: mass55th

I am a regired nurse.. I have a theory that those of us that workedwith “high risk” patients/ inmates ...have developed a strong immune system from years of exposure


46 posted on 07/31/2021 2:31:51 PM PDT by Sonshinegirl
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