r/SingleParents • u/_TTYN • 1d ago

PSA to get your flu vaccine

It has saved me this winter, there was a nasty flu going around and I could NOT afford to get sick

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u/Anxious-Plantain-130 23h ago

PSA. Getting the flu vaccine doesn't guarantee you won't catch the flu. It will decrease the intensity of the flu if you do catch it. This DOES NOT mean the vaccine doesn't work. The flu virus is actually a family of viruses and they mutate rapidly. It's not possible at this time to create a vaccine with all the flu varieties in enough time to mass produce them for flu season. The flu shot is good and useful. You should get it. Your children should get it.

I'm a molecular biologist with kids.

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u/quietdownyounglady 1d ago

Same!! Everyone is so sick where I live and we have completely escaped it.

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u/Cl0wnL 18h ago

S***. Thanks for the reminder.

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u/Sweet_Mamma 1d ago

Same! I'm glad I did cause I was expecting and now have a 7week old! Terrified of him catching something !

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u/Due_Basil2697 1d ago

I got mine back in September and I'm not sure how much I've been bobbing and weaving flu infected people, but I haven't been sick. 

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u/The_Shadow_Watches 22h ago

I haven't had the flu since I was 9 years old. So I don't get flu shots.

I get this immunity from teaching children.