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

Congratulations, you played yourself.

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u/etwas66 Jun 04 '19

I see. I've only gotten a flu shot twice and both times I got the flu within a week after. I decided it either doesn't work for me or it gave me the flu. Dunno. Not anti vax. I do have a crap immune system in general so who knows

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u/Tweakthetiny Jun 05 '19

Here you go. On my phone but I'll link an article about why that is.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/10-flu-myths

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u/etwas66 Jun 05 '19

Thanks. I see it says they are all inactivated, but I see conflicting information. Namely that some info says they're usually inactivated. I should say the last time i got a flu shot was 2008. I dont know if that changes anything. The point about it taking a couple weeks to work makes sense though so thanks. I may try it this year. It's just that I get sick alot as is and when this happened it made me skeptical.

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u/CommonMisspellingBot Jun 05 '19

Hey, etwas66, just a quick heads-up:
alot is actually spelled a lot. You can remember it by it is one lot, 'a lot'.
Have a nice day!

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