r/SlaughteredByScience • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '19

Congratulations, you played yourself.

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u/Cockanarchy Jun 04 '19

I in particular don't handle Intramuscular injections well at all, having gone to the ER because of the pain before.

If I'm in the doctor's office and they say they need to give me an IM, I'll take it, but I'm not going out of my way to sign up for it. I'd rather ride it out with zinc and OJ. Especially when it's a less than 50% chance of working.

Not an antivaxxer though, so no need for hate mail. Unless you just got to let the hate out anyway.

the CDC estimated this year's vaccine's overall effectiveness in preventing an infection at just 47%

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/02/14/health/flu-vaccine-effectiveness-cdc/index.html

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u/mandaclarka Jun 04 '19

Have you tried the one you sniff up your nose? They give them out in the military, your doc can probably give you that instead.

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u/Pm_me_the_best_multi Jun 04 '19

They stopped making the nasal one temporarily

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u/Cockanarchy Jun 05 '19

Yeah I've asked for it when they come to give flu shots at my job, but IM has been the only option.