why do you decline the flu shot?

please no drama, although i know that there will certainly be some regardless. but, i am very interested to know the reasons why some of you decline the flu shot? DD has her 1 year visit next week and i am sure the shot will be an option. i am leaning towards her getting it, as i am a peds ER RN, and I am exposed to the flu all the time. i have been getting the shot for 13 years with no complications. just wondering if there is info out there about the shot in kids that i don't know about. again, not looking to start drama, just looking for info! thanks in advance!

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I hadn’t received a flu shot in I don’t know how long. However last year I was concerned about getting it for DD. But after talking to the PED, dh and I agreed to give it to DD. Well she got the 1st dose and we were supposed to go back in a few weeks and get the 2nd part. Well we never went for the 2nd part. DD had a reaction; we ended up calling the PED and then calling the hospital and speaking to a nurse in the peds unit. But I didn’t like that she had a reaction and it bothered me. So long story short, I won’t be giving her the flu shot this year.

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me personally, I've never gotten the flu shot in my life and knock on wood, never have gotten the flu (and I was a smoker and not the healthiest person). I actually know more people who get "sick" who got the shot.

I'm preggo with DC #2 and will not be getting it for me or my son. DS is 2.5 and has never gotten it.

DH doesn't get it either and he is also relatively healthy (again knock on wood).

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Our entire family gets their flu shots every year. I think that a lot of people choose not to get the shots because they have an irrational fear of vaccinations in general.

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I posted on the other thread.

I find it useless and unnecessary. I am not high risk and neither is my husband or child. It does not prevent the flu, just the severity of it. And then, only if the strain you get is the one you got in the shot and even then there’s still a chance of it being just as bad as if you didn’t get a shot.

I have not had the shot since I was very young. Never had a flu that's kept me on my butt for more than a few days.

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Posted by Xelindrya

Posted by serendipitous

Our entire family gets their flu shots every year. I think that a lot of people choose not to get the shots because they have an irrational fear of vaccinations in general.

Irrational fear of vaccinations??
I know you may be right for some and you weren't saying all.. but OMG that just cracked me up. Since *I* have no such 'irrational' fear. But I keep thinking of some random person saying "Oooooooooooooh NOoooooooooo another vaccination!"

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I am "pro" vaccinnations in general but I prefer not to get the flu shot or have my kids get it. It's just an unnecessary shot in my opinion - the flu is rarely deadly. I only got it once in my life and it was the ONE time I got the flu that winter! Maybe a coincidence but whatever. My pediatricians put soooo much pressure on me to give it to my kids, it really annoys me.

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Message edited 9/15/2011 9:23:04 PM.

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Honestly it's at a whim for me.

They never had it when they were younger.. but last year I allowed them to get it for the first time. This year I declined because the nurse didn't know if it was thimerosal free. I am - of course - wondering if I made the right decision.. especially since Robbie is on medication that can suppress his immune response. I guess we'll see..

Message edited 9/15/2011 8:26:52 PM.

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Posted by itsbabytime

Posted by Denise

Posted by serendipitous

Our entire family gets their flu shots every year. I think that a lot of people choose not to get the shots because they have an irrational fear of vaccinations in general.

That is the most ridiculous statement.

Actually it is a completely ignorant statement obviously posted by someone who has no information at all on vaccines in general and specifically the flu vaccine. That is why a family chat board is not the best place to do your "research" on this issue, honestly. Myself, we do not get the flu shot. No irrational fears here

Here are just some of my many reasons ( I actually cut and pasted this from a thread I responded to like 3 yrs ago LOL):

1. My Aunt died from a reaction to a flu shot.
2. Studies have shown in recent years that the flu shot in this age group has not reduced hospital visits and doctor visits for the flu.
3. You can still get the flu. In fact, last year, DS had just started preschool and we did not get the shot. Well, two kids in his class that got the shot were out of school WITH THE FLU for 2 wks! And, their families as well (also got the shot).
4. My DS has had reactions to all live virus shots he has received and my DD has not yet received any live virus shots.
5. The vaccine contains sooooo many chemicals and "junk" - to me it is not worth it since the benefits are just not that clear to me. I honestly don't really see too much if any proof that the benefits of this shot are even tangible. I think dying from the Flu is probably just as rare and dying from a reaction to the flu vaccine. I BF'd my DS and DD, give them all organic foods, etc etc. so why am I going to contaminate their for what I see as no real benefit.

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Well I disagree with the statement that the flu is 100% preventable. The flu vaccine only protects against certain strains of flu that someone determines will be the most common that year, but it doesn't guarantee you won't get the flu.

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Posted by LuLu2260

Posted by itsbabytime

Posted by Denise

Posted by serendipitous

Our entire family gets their flu shots every year. I think that a lot of people choose not to get the shots because they have an irrational fear of vaccinations in general.

That is the most ridiculous statement.

Actually it is a completely ignorant statement obviously posted by someone who has no information at all on vaccines in general and specifically the flu vaccine. That is why a family chat board is not the best place to do your "research" on this issue, honestly. Myself, we do not get the flu shot. No irrational fears here

Here are just some of my many reasons ( I actually cut and pasted this from a thread I responded to like 3 yrs ago LOL):

1. My Aunt died from a reaction to a flu shot.
2. Studies have shown in recent years that the flu shot in this age group has not reduced hospital visits and doctor visits for the flu.
3. You can still get the flu. In fact, last year, DS had just started preschool and we did not get the shot. Well, two kids in his class that got the shot were out of school WITH THE FLU for 2 wks! And, their families as well (also got the shot).
4. My DS has had reactions to all live virus shots he has received and my DD has not yet received any live virus shots.
5. The vaccine contains sooooo many chemicals and "junk" - to me it is not worth it since the benefits are just not that clear to me. I honestly don't really see too much if any proof that the benefits of this shot are even tangible. I think dying from the Flu is probably just as rare and dying from a reaction to the flu vaccine. I BF'd my DS and DD, give them all organic foods, etc etc. so why am I going to contaminate their for what I see as no real benefit.

The flu shot is no longer a live virus. Only the nasal one is. That is only given to kids over 8. People die everyday from the flu and it is 100 percent preventable. There is proof that it works and prevents diseases and hospitalizations in medical journals.

With that said I believe it is everyone's right to deiced what they want to do. My family will be getting the flu shot this season.

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don't want to pump that sh*t into my veins

never had it - refused it during both pregnancies, and i would refuse it for my daughters if i could, but because of school i can't.

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My whole family and I will be getting the flu shot. When you look at the risk/benefit perspective based on SCIENTIFIC DATA there is really no question that the possible but EXTREMELY rare risks of a serious reaction to the flu vaccine (esp the one given to infants with killed virus) are far outweighed by the benefits of getting the flu shot.

Having personally taken care of children with severe pneumonia on a breathing machine, brain infections which caused permanent injury, and a few who unfortunately died from the flu I think it is silly not to vaccine. That's not to mention the scores of other children who needed medical attention and hospitalization but were not deathly ill.

I know my position is harsh and will ruffle a few feathers in the LIF world, but it's based on medical facts from trusted sources and personal experience.

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Posted by LuLu2260

Posted by itsbabytime

Posted by Denise

Posted by serendipitous

Our entire family gets their flu shots every year. I think that a lot of people choose not to get the shots because they have an irrational fear of vaccinations in general.

That is the most ridiculous statement.

Actually it is a completely ignorant statement obviously posted by someone who has no information at all on vaccines in general and specifically the flu vaccine. That is why a family chat board is not the best place to do your "research" on this issue, honestly. Myself, we do not get the flu shot. No irrational fears here

Here are just some of my many reasons ( I actually cut and pasted this from a thread I responded to like 3 yrs ago LOL):

1. My Aunt died from a reaction to a flu shot.
2. Studies have shown in recent years that the flu shot in this age group has not reduced hospital visits and doctor visits for the flu.
3. You can still get the flu. In fact, last year, DS had just started preschool and we did not get the shot. Well, two kids in his class that got the shot were out of school WITH THE FLU for 2 wks! And, their families as well (also got the shot).
4. My DS has had reactions to all live virus shots he has received and my DD has not yet received any live virus shots.
5. The vaccine contains sooooo many chemicals and "junk" - to me it is not worth it since the benefits are just not that clear to me. I honestly don't really see too much if any proof that the benefits of this shot are even tangible. I think dying from the Flu is probably just as rare and dying from a reaction to the flu vaccine. I BF'd my DS and DD, give them all organic foods, etc etc. so why am I going to contaminate their for what I see as no real benefit.

The flu shot is no longer a live virus. Only the nasal one is. That is only given to kids over 8. People die everyday from the flu and it is 100 percent preventable. There is proof that it works and prevents diseases and hospitalizations in medical journals.

With that said I believe it is everyone's right to deiced what they want to do. My family will be getting the flu shot this season.

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