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We had our flu jabs yesterday, the swine flu ones are not available yet, but we both decided we wont bother having them..... I was reading that there are some side effects that havent been clinicly proved yet, dont need any more complications......


Jean x

Our local pharmacis told us that she wont be having the swine flu jab. My daughter had the diarahea? (sp) temperature flu no cold. She phoned the help line. They told her swine flu but daughter didn;t take the tablets. Just took Imo tablets and headache tablets and was soon better.
I will just go for my normal flu jab.
Sue x

Well I've had my first flu jab ever on saturday and I think they asked me to because of having a stroke in April so I have been told that I will be asked to have swine flu jab aswell when available so I have read threads with interest. I am concerned that whenever I cough my head hurts and then I think I'm going to burst another blood vessel in my brain so if by having this jab it will be one virus less to worry about I think I should have it but also worry about the so called side affects so its a quandry

oh gosh its so sad that swine flu has killed two pregnant mums, I bet their families wish that theyd been able to have a jab

Me too, Diabetic + heart,the last flu jab I had made me so ill, I think I shall become a hermit until it has died down. Anyone with a sniffle is not allowed in now !

nudge for airing

My wife, a qualified Pharmacy Technician, has always refused to have any flu jabs, as did all her former work colleagues, and by all accounts, many in the profession today.

Her view was and still is that there is no way you can protect against future variations of the flu only previous ones, and therefore the protection you will receive is minimal or in many cases non-existent.

On the other hand there is the risk of adverse reaction to a largely untested vaccine, which may be far higher than than the risk of catching the flu itself.

hi hawkwind this is why i nudge it again it seems we are being told by the goverment it,s safe how would they know it has not been tested enough this has been rushed through with out any thought of the outcome. what will happen if it goe,s wrong will they admit they were wrong will they hell. msc

My grand daughter (aged 7) was diagnosed (over the phone) with swine flu and was prescribed Tamiflu.
Pharmacist was very reluctant to give it to daughter (who had forgotten grand daughters birth cert anyway) and said she (daughter) couldn't take them even if she got Swine flu as she was pregnant - and they haven't been tested of effects on pregnant women yet!
Kevin my kidney is due for a check up this week - and if I'm offered any flu jab - I won't accept it.
I've never had a flu jab in my life, and Kevin survived for 51 years and 2 pregnancies before I found out he was the only one (kidney that is). He survived 51 years of my behaviour and is quite healthy - so why change the (bad) habits of a lifetime!
If I get flu I'll be on the soup, paracetamol and hot toddy routine as usual!