Instead of a flu shot this year I got....THE FLU!

[auburngrad82]

Thanks, Dubya. I hope you feel as bad today as I do, you right-wing piece of horseshit.

Time for another shot of Dayquil...

[MercutioATC]

1. Just think of it as getting an extra-big flu shot....

See, you're actually better off......

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. *hugs*

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[Lefta Dissenter]

3. now, now...

don't go blaming the president for your case of the flu. If you will recall, his recommendation for dealing with our lack of flu vaccine was to avoid getting the flu! It's not his fault that you refused to take his advice! :hi:

[auburngrad82]

4. You know, you're right! It's not his fault.

But he's still a big lump of horseshit.

I feel better already...

[Lefta Dissenter]

5. .

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[Aiptasia]

6. Take one for the team...

I always get a flu shot, and I always get the flu anyway. That's because as hard as the CDC tries to identify the correct flu strains coming out of Asia, they are seldom correct.

It takes a good six to eight months to prepare enough vaccine during normal conditions, so the CDC has to make an "educated guess" as to which three or four strains are going to be the ones that give people a hard time in any given flu season.

I travel a lot in my job, and i'm always flying off to one place or another and catching whatever cold is being sneezed around the airplane that flight. I got tired of always being sick and asked my G.P. if there was anything that could be done about it.

He said that most cold infections are spread by handshakes and contact with dry areas that are supposed to stay moist (nose, eyes, ears, etc.). He recommended using hand sanitizers on airplane flights and a little saline solution for the sinuses, and to rub some neosporin in your nostrils right before the flight.

That seems to work pretty well. I found a new product on the shelf that also works pretty well, called "Sino-Fresh." It's a saline solution with built in anti-microbial, and kills bacteria, moulds and viruses.

So, aside from washing my hands more often, avoiding touching my eyes and nose if at all possible, and using sino-fresh every night, i've managed to stay cold free for two years now. And i'm the guy that usually got six colds a year.