Flu Shots

[togor]

Hope your friend is OK, JB. My wife gets flu shots and a lot of years she gets some kind of reaction for a day. This year, nothing. Meanwhile I normally have no reaction, and for about 18 hours afterwards, I wondered if I was coming down with something, then....fine. So it goes to show something, not sure what. Maybe it depends on whether the nano bots in syringe get a good WiFi or LTE signal for their uplink to the mothership.

[gwp]

Talked with her cousin who is an RN at a different hospital, and a couple of paramedics I know who aren't worried about losing their jobs. RN says it has been pretty common this year. Paramedics told me they're making several runs per week for the same thing. Yet those in control, while not denying it, are side stepping the "flu shot" issue all together. Will not use those words at all.

Was your friend given the over 65 high dose flu shot?

Fluzone High-Dose is licensed specifically for people 65 years and older. Fluzone High-Dose contains four times the antigen (the part of the vaccine that helps your body build up protection against flu viruses) of standard-dose inactivated influenza vaccines. The higher dose of antigen in the vaccine is intended to give older people a better immune response, and therefore, better protection against flu.

[JB White]

Was your friend given the over 65 high dose flu shot?

Fluzone High-Dose is licensed specifically for people 65 years and older. Fluzone High-Dose contains four times the antigen (the part of the vaccine that helps your body build up protection against flu viruses) of standard-dose inactivated influenza vaccines. The higher dose of antigen in the vaccine is intended to give older people a better immune response, and therefore, better protection against flu.

I don't know which shot she was given. 58 years old. 5'7" tall. 120 lbs. but she's had some medical problems in the past and considered 'at risk'.... if that's any indication?

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Hope your friend is OK, JB. My wife gets flu shots and a lot of years she gets some kind of reaction for a day. This year, nothing. Meanwhile I normally have no reaction, and for about 18 hours afterwards, I wondered if I was coming down with something, then....fine. So it goes to show something, not sure what. Maybe it depends on whether the nano bots in syringe get a good WiFi or LTE signal for their uplink to the mothership.

I checked in on her today. Feeling down but doing much better. Plans to go to work in the morning. She's an ex-GF but still a friend and I still worry about her.