"just a little prick.."
"But a lovely smile"

lol, you're a stitch. But don't believe anything you see on the Fake News channel 6! (they actually do run 'press pieces' supplied to them by various special interests and pass it off as 'reporting'. ack.

At least you're not also pregnant?

According to the doc (who is a doc but not my doc even though I wish I had a doc as cool as OzzieDoc) I don't qualify. Wouldn't want to take the spray out of some babe's nose...

I had the flu jab last year, first time I ever bothered, but figured it was worth it with the little one and her germ riddled snotty little friends in winter

I might do if the doc offers it on her 18 month visit but I'm in no rush.

The missus might if she gets the time because anyone suspected of the flu will have to take 6 days off from work...which for most people is more than half their holiday allowance

I don't, they are about a accurate in their reporting as the National Enquirer. I just watch to hear the stupid remarks Kelly Day comes out with. Passes the time while I eat dinner.

lol, I wrote a couple of snarky letters to them about errors Alexis NotPrintingHerNameSoSheDoesn'tGetTheHitsOnGoogle made in a story she was reading and she wrote back and got huffy with me so she is my new favorite love-to-hate. JeffG is getting too old to hate that much.

I had a stuffy nose when I woke up today. Do I have the flu?

Sounds about right. Usually minimum of six weeks between live vaccines, four weeks between others.

Only if you have had a shot. I only get flu the years I get a shot.

Thanks

I was wondering if I should encourage my Son to get it, guess it would be a good thing...he is 16 and type 1

If he were my son or my patient, I'd encourage him to have it.

Thanx Ozzi, now we just have to wait for availability

Can I have the day off anyway please? I don't want to infect any of you.

Some dude tried to get me to hug him the other day; said handshaking would make us sick.

Never got a flu shot in my life. Not to jinx myself, but I don't think I've ever gotten the flu, even when I was a kiddie. I have one of those super-duper immune systems...it's so good, my immune system gets bored and decides to attack me instead of any germs. (i have an auto-immune disease)

Hmm..wonder if I should ask my neuro if I should get a shot.

For most people, getting the flu isn't a big deal. However the H1N1 flu has already killed 522 in the US and the government estimates that 30,000-90,000 may die during the flu season. Most of those that already died were healthy younger people unlike the normal seasonal flu.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/...-vaccine_N.htm

The difference between the nasal spray and the vaccine is that the nasal spray is a weakened virus and the vaccine is a live virus.

http://www.cdc.gov/FLU/about/qa/nasalspray.htm

its 3 week for either...in the UK but we are in America, so I would say Ozzidoc is probably more on the ball, as I haven't a clue here.
I will defiantly have it, if offered and so will my children.
I hope Ozzidoc backs me up here, but the vaccine is only half way there (well slightly more) but sometime vaccines for some reason don't work on all individuals, also some people can't have it, a person is allergic to an ingredients, in the case of the flu vaccine most common is egg, which it is cultured in, or their health is too bad at the time, and this can include the common cold.
what you are aiming to do with vaccines is get what is called (flatteringly) Herd immunity, which simply means so many people are immune that if someone gets it, the disease can't find a new host and dies in that person (hopefully not the person dying), also this stops mutation as it has nowhere to go.
hope this makes sense? but when you get vaccinated you not only protect yourself you protect others.
This is simplistic way of putting it, but I hope you no people reconsider? unless your doctor or nurse says no then listen to them, I have said no to many...
last up remember I am extremely pro vaccine so this is biased, but look up herd immunity, and if you hate injections and need one... if you have private health care, be a pain and insist on having the area numbed first, I used to do that for my needle phobic clients, the Children ward staff where very accommodating to my requests, as the real pain is in the skin.
hope you are all well, if you have every had flu, you would never refuse the vaccine? it a Bi343ch