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I sure hope there will be a vaccine by December, so my Christmas trip to WDW is a go. Fingers and toes crossed!
I'll admit I don't get the flu shot.... Because the worst cases of flu I've ever had (at least as an adult) I've gotten when I had the flu shot. If I skip the shot, I can usually make it through a winter with just a few mild cold like symptoms (not sure if actually just the cold or the flu), but a week of so of sore throat and stuff/runny nose is about all I get. But the years I've gotten a flu shot, a few days later I'm calling in sick, running a fever, sore and bed-ridden for 24-48 hours. (Note: I work out of the house mostly, so yeah, I can work with just a cold without worries of spreading those germs to other people.) I can't explain why it happens, as the flu shot is supposed to not be able to give you the flu, but that's been my track record. Maybe by getting the shot, my body lowers it's natural protection instead of boosting it or something in some kind of twisted mutation, but either way, I've steered away from them due to the fact that I've always gotten the flu a few days after getting the shot.And don't forget, we have a flu vaccine that many people do not take advantage of, so just because they come up with a vaccine for COVID-19 that doesn't mean that everyone will take it. That being said, there will be many that will travel all over that have not been vaccinated once a vaccine is available, just like the flu vaccine.
And don't bash me, I do vaccinate for flu every year, and will definitely get the COVID vaccine.
I'll admit I don't get the flu shot.... Because the worst cases of flu I've ever had (at least as an adult) I've gotten when I had the flu shot
My story was similar; I never get it, shot gave it to me, etc (well that was the yellow fever shot, but same thing). Then one year I did get the flu big time and it developed into full blown pneumonia. Having gone through that, I changed my tune real quick and I am first to sign up now when the jabs start in the fall.I'll admit I don't get the flu shot.... Because the worst cases of flu I've ever had (at least as an adult) I've gotten when I had the flu shot. If I skip the shot, I can usually make it through a winter with just a few mild cold like symptoms (not sure if actually just the cold or the flu), but a week of so of sore throat and stuff/runny nose is about all I get. But the years I've gotten a flu shot, a few days later I'm calling in sick, running a fever, sore and bed-ridden for 24-48 hours. (Note: I work out of the house mostly, so yeah, I can work with just a cold without worries of spreading those germs to other people.) I can't explain why it happens, as the flu shot is supposed to not be able to give you the flu, but that's been my track record. Maybe by getting the shot, my body lowers it's natural protection instead of boosting it or something in some kind of twisted mutation, but either way, I've steered away from them due to the fact that I've always gotten the flu a few days after getting the shot.
A vaccine for COVID on the other hand, I hope will be different. The flu shot is the only one that I've had this reaction with. Other vaccines, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, etc... I've been fine with.
I'll admit I don't get the flu shot.... Because the worst cases of flu I've ever had (at least as an adult) I've gotten when I had the flu shot. If I skip the shot, I can usually make it through a winter with just a few mild cold like symptoms (not sure if actually just the cold or the flu), but a week of so of sore throat and stuff/runny nose is about all I get. But the years I've gotten a flu shot, a few days later I'm calling in sick, running a fever, sore and bed-ridden for 24-48 hours. (Note: I work out of the house mostly, so yeah, I can work with just a cold without worries of spreading those germs to other people.) I can't explain why it happens, as the flu shot is supposed to not be able to give you the flu, but that's been my track record. Maybe by getting the shot, my body lowers it's natural protection instead of boosting it or something in some kind of twisted mutation, but either way, I've steered away from them due to the fact that I've always gotten the flu a few days after getting the shot.
A vaccine for COVID on the other hand, I hope will be different. The flu shot is the only one that I've had this reaction with. Other vaccines, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, etc... I've been fine with.
I would say that the most likely scenario is that those who got sick after getting the flu shot simply caught a strain of the flu that the flu shot was not engineered to protect against that year.
Exactly . Thank you for writing it out so well!Possible. Some years experts guess right from the southern hemisphere what strains of influenza will be more prevalent and some years they are completely off. That's one big flaw of the flu vaccination and why so much is spent to develop a vaccine that would cover all strains and maybe give a longer immunity to it. And like @StarWarsNerd24 wrote, immunity to the strains included in the shot is not immediate. It takes 2-4 weeks to develop the immunity (antibodies) from the attenuated virus. That means you are still susceptible to get influenza during that time. That's why flu shots are given early in the season, well before the peak happens in winter.
Most likely. My husband also had something similar in January and was sicker than I’ve ever seen him. It’s not an impossibility that it was Covid as its being found that it was in our communities earlier than initially thought, but it’s a far greater chance that it was some strain of influenza not covered by the shot he had. My daughter who works in a school also had a bad respiratory illness in early March. In both cases they were working around people who had just returned from travel.I think the reason I don't get sick is because when I was a toddler I used to eat dirt (so I've been told) LOL That must have propelled my immune system in many ways!
Edit to add: In all seriousness, back in April when I thought I what I was covid, could have been the flu? (trouble breathing, major fatigue,, headache, diarrhea)
I hear this a lot, but the reason it takes so long to develop vaccines in normal times is not safety, but money. There is all the will and money to throw at this so a normal timeline can be shortened because there are no delays between the safety testing, no delays in getting it mass produced and no delays between phases to find the funding and business case to go forward.If they do come through with a vaccine, would you take it? I fear the long term effects that a quick vaccine wouldn't be studied for. Don't vaccines usually require years of testing before it's safe? I hate to be a guinea pig.
I hear this a lot, but the reason it takes so long to develop vaccines in normal times is not safety, but money. There is all the will and money to throw at this so a normal timeline can be shortened because there are no delays between the safety testing, no delays in getting it mass produced and no delays between phases to find the funding and business case to go forward.
They've already said many times over that no vaccine will be approved if they've cut any corners that would make it any less safe than any other vaccine.
I'm more worried about long term side effects of a vaccine that hasn't had the usual time to be studied. I always thought the length of time it took was due to money but also the time needed to test any unexpected side effects. I don't know much about medicine but that's what my simple mind is thinking.