Last time I headed into see my GP, I asked for an extra COVID
vaccination but I wasn't in the right demographic and they didn't have that would otherwise be going to waste that day. She did however talk
me into taking a FLU vaccination...
I don't think I'd had a serious cold in something like 5 years maybe more... on the trip to Queensland I ended up with whatever the family
had. And now I 've come in with something much harsher... Throat feel like razorblades.. in fact the throat has been so bad I resorted to
taking some of left over heavy duty pain relief just to make it manageable. Otherwise not a lot, its in my nose doesn't seem to be getting into my sinus though (cheer) I'm running some kind of temeperature, but I don't feel hot or cold and I'm getting headaches.
Sigh, upwards and onwards..
Spec
Yeah sorry to hear. I really wish they wouldn't call them vaccines.
They are immune boosters. The difference is they don't always work.
Hopefully this won't become political (COVID stuff has a tendency to go off the rails, so I'm really hoping to tread lightly, here), but I'll point out that none of the other vaccines always work, either.
But, yeah, things like the flu vaccines are oftentimes terrible on efficacy -- way worse than something like polio. Which still has
recorded instances of breakthrough cases.
But, yeah, things like the flu vaccines are oftentimes terrible on efficacy -- way worse than something like polio. Which still has recorded instances o breakthrough cases.
Hopefully this won't become political (COVID stuff has a tendency to go off the rails, so I'm really hoping to tread lightly, here), but I'll point out that none of the other vaccines always work, either.
Yeah, some work better than others, especially when the nasty thing doesn't mutate too much, but vaccines basically provide weapons and training for melee fighters in the human body.
It's not a ranged attack, keeping viruses from entering the body; it's a trained fighting force ready for a given sort of attack.
If the body doesn't keep up the fighting force, or it's an overwhelming attack, or it's a variation on that attack that the fighting force isn't ready for...
But, yeah, things like the flu vaccines are oftentimes terrible on efficacy -- way worse than something like polio. Which still has
recorded instances of breakthrough cases.
It seemed somewhat ironic to me, that the first time I ever have the current flu vax I end up sick as a dog for a couple of weeks followed by
a quick break and then have another go at it.
The big drama comes when people equips themselves with The Best
Invention Ever and walk into the battlefield believing they are invulnerable, just as how the advertisements made it to be at the begining.
I just wish more instead of this form of control we could get more
people the just wash their hands and clean surfaces more often. I'm in
MN so in the winter everyone is inside most of the time and closer together, so the flu really spreads quickly. Precautions would go a
long way to reduce it considerably.
On 09-13-22 13:09, Adept wrote to Spectre <=-
I'm glad that I've been lucky on that sort of thing. As it is, I don't recall _ever_ having influenza, though it's quite possible, either when
I had a bad cold, or various points as a kid.
And I've gotten flu vaccines from time to time, without really noticing anything. I mostly just like the idea of doing immune system training,
I think.
On 09-13-22 13:15, Adept wrote to Arelor <=-
But with vaccines... I suppose I am somewhat biased on the COVID
vaccines, because by the point I was getting one in my arm, I had read
a ton of things about their efficacy rates and various other science-y info about them. So, whatever the advertisements said were somewhat irrelevant, because I knew the objective data and was aware of many of
the weaknesses of that data.
So far, I seem to be one of those who's highly resistannt
to COVID-19. Despite one well confirmed and multiple
suspected exposures, I've avoided it *fingers crossed*.
Sure the vaccines probably helped, but it's a combination
of vaccination status, innate factors and often dumb luck
that determine who catches COVID.
Spectre wrote to Adept <=-
To be honest I've never had much faith in flu vaccines for that reason. There has long be cases of the flu backing the wrong horse and being virtually usless for the season that arrives... However given some
other issues it didn't seem to have any real downside.
avoided it *fingers crossed*. Sure the vaccines probably helped, but
it's a combination of vaccination status, innate factors and often dumb luck that determine who catches COVID.
I _very_ rarely get the flu, and when I do it's always much milder than everyone else around me (like a couple of days instead of a few weeks). As I've got older, I seem to be getting _more_ resistant to the flu.
claw wrote to Adept <=-
Yeah, some work better than others, especially when the nasty thing doesn't mutate too much, but vaccines basically provide weapons and training for melee fighters in the human body.
It's not a ranged attack, keeping viruses from entering the body; it's a trained fighting force ready for a given sort of attack.
I just wish more instead of this form of control we could get more
people the just wash their hands and clean surfaces more often. I'm in
Adept wrote to claw <=-
I also live in Europe, and am wondering if this winter, it might make
more sense for me to, oh, hang some extra curtains in my room and keep myself warm in a cozy little space heated by my computers.
On 09-14-22 07:41, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Probably more due to fingers sanitized as opposed to fingers
crossed. :D Add more mindfulness to distancing from people
coughing and spitting, too. ;)
On 09-14-22 20:55, Adept wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I'm one of the silly people still wearing masks when I don't have to,
but I think me not getting COVID (or, rather, having any idea that I
had it, if I did) is really mostly in the dumb luck category.
I expect my luck will run out eventually (e.g., was the person coughing
a lot on the train doing that because of COVID? Who knows?), but like
most of these sicknesses, we're probably talking about getting things,
on average, every couple of years.
So, "getting it less" or "getting it in a way that's not so bad" are probably the goals.
On 09-14-22 20:36, Irish_Monk wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I dont think I ever get the flu or even sick much. Usually when
something is going around and everyone is sick I just feel more tired
and worn out.
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