Anyone else had their flu jab yet?

[presta]

If you are diabetic you are more likely to get flu

Your link doesn't say that, it says "People with diabetes are generally at a greater risk if they catch flu"

I give up. You clearly don't have a clue - even when it's explained to you in simple terms...

I don't see what you find to be so tetchy and patronising about, in post 236 I replied to this post below by making the point that those with diabetes are no more of a risk to others than all the well majority who don't get their free vaccine:

I haven't read every page on this thread but to support the importance of having the flu jab, it is not just to protect you but those around you as well.

I don't have anything whatsoever against the flu vaccine, I just wouldn't dream of going to the doctor with anything so trivial unless I'd had a letter asking me to.

 

[PK99]

I don't have anything whatsoever against the flu vaccine, I just wouldn't dream of going to the doctor with anything so trivial unless I'd had a letter asking me to.

Pop into a pharmacy next time you are passing, no need to go to the doctor.

 

[vickster]

Pop into a pharmacy next time you are passing, no need to go to the doctor.

Practice nurse does at most surgeries, no need to see a doctor...and if my practice is typical, there are many more nurse appointments available and it takes almost no time to do (couple of minutes)

 

[Sandra6]

It's not just about you.
Herd immunity.

When you have had flu, how many people have you passed it on to? Are they alright?

[QUOTE 4999405, member: 45"]600 people a year die flu-related deaths in the UK each year. You may be OK, but the people who catch it from you may not thank you. Nor would the health services that have to deal with them, nor their workplaces.

There's no reason not to have the jab.[/QUOTE]
If there was no reason not to, then everyone would be offered it - likewise if we were expected to develop herd immunity, more people would need to have the jab than are currently offered it.

You’ve probably had Type C, which is like a very bad cold. If you’d had Type B or Type A you wouldn’t be so blasé...

I don't know how you categorise flu with A B or C, but the first time as a child I was in bed for a week. The last two times as I recall I couldn't walk without leaning on a wall as it felt like the world had been tipped on it's edge. My temperature spikes and I hallucinate. I'm pretty sure it wasn't just a bad cold.
And as I've had a bad reaction to every other immunisation I've received I think there are reasons not to have it.

 

[Julia9054]

Practice nurse does at most surgeries, no need to see a doctor...and if my practice is typical, there are many more nurse appointments available and it takes almost no time to do (couple of minutes)

Our surgery has a flu jab day where they bus in some extra nurses and all of us eligible rock up without an appointment and queue. I was in and out within 5 minutes.

 

[vickster]

Our surgery has a flu jab day where they bus in some extra nurses and all of us eligible rock up without an appointment and queue. I was in and out within 5 minutes.

I'm not sure if that's the case if not eligible for a free jab Mine was just done when I was seeing the nurse about travel jabs (which I didn't actually need in the end)

 

[Sandra6]

As has been explained more than once, that is not what is being expected. That's why it's not offered to everyone but to high risk groups and those most in contact with high risk groups.

And my reply was to the person who said "Herd immunity"

 

[Sandra6]

Sorry, I thought quoting a reply and then responding to it was enough clarity.

 

[presta]

So I asked the pharmacist when I collected my meds yesterday afternoon. Yes some people are immune to the flu, and no, I'm not eligible for the vaccine. So I'm a public health menace, just like the tens of millions of others who aren't vaccinated.

 

[vickster]

Why aren't you eligible for it?

 

[midlife]

Why aren't you eligible for it?

Not everybody gets it free, if not then you have to pay.

 

[vickster]

Not everybody gets it free, if not then you have to pay.

Yes, I get that. Doesn't mean you're not eligible which is what he said...rather than not eligible for free jab

I used to get it offered by my employer. Now I'm self employed, a tenner to reduce the risk of flu and a week of misery and lost earnings is a no brainer (especially as I'm taking steroids and thus potentially immunocompromised)

I would assume some people can't have it for medical reasons but that's not the same

 

[midlife]

Yes, I get that. Doesn't mean you're not eligible which is what he said...rather than not eligible for free jab

I would assume some people can't have it for medical reasons but that's not the same

My son was not eligible for the HPV jab and I had to pay for it which was several hundred quid

 

[vickster]

My son was not eligible for the HPV jab and I had to pay for it which was several hundred quid

I paid a tenner for the flu jab (post edited)

 

[jefmcg]

My son was not eligible for the HPV jab and I had to pay for it which was several hundred quid

You're a good parent. Michael Douglas blames his throat cancer on HPV. Boys should get vaccinated as well. Hopefully that will change.

Yes some people are immune to the flu

Sure, but how do you know you if are one of them?