Birdnow's Aviary

December 30, 2024

Shoo Flu Shot

Timotthy Birdnow

Why the flu vaccines suck.

I never get one and rarely get the flu. I've had five vaccinations in my life for influenza and come down with a terrible case of the flu every single time - within ten days of getting it. One time they were giving free shots at the place I was working and they wound up having to close the office due to the whole staff getting the flu after.

You're welcome to get one and if you believe in it fine, but you won't catch me ever getting another one of those things.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at 09:35 AM | Comments (8) | Add Comment
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1 Let me check this again: you get a flu shot, you get the flu, that proves they work. Similar to Martha. The last couple of times she got a pneumonia shot, within a couple of months she got pneumonia.

You can't argue with success like that!

I don't get either of those shots these days. I DID get a shingles shot, but only after I had gotten shingles a few months ago, not wanting to repeat that nasty experience. The shingles vaccine is a two-parter; I'll have to go back again in February and get another jab. But the gal at Sam's Club who gave me the first one was a really nice babe, so I'm looking forward to it.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at December 31, 2024 12:25 AM (Idemf)

2 The Covid vaccine made one change in my life. I no longer get vaccines of any description.

Posted by: Bill H at December 31, 2024 12:37 AM (Q7br2)

3 Dana, that is a good point; getting sick means they are doing what they were intended to do, mainly make you sick so you can get well and not get sick again. Of course the sickness is SUPPOSED to be mild but with me it's worse than not getting the shot at all.

I do fine with the pneumonia shot, I might add (and after my last bout of pneumonia I don't EVER want to go through that again; I actually prayed for death and one point, after over a week of being sick to the point of death anyway.)

Don't blame you Bill; Covid turned a lot of people off on vaccinations. The medical establishment really screwed us over with that one.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at December 31, 2024 08:52 AM (aVI2U)

4 My arm was twisted into getting the first regimen of COVID shots in order to play in the band I was in. I didn't want to make a fuss about it, so I got the two Pfizer shots. No boosters. My wife did not get the shots, since as I've stated above she's very sensitive to shots and avoids them whenever possible.

A year or so later we contracted COVID, of course (should I have sued Joe Biden? He told us the shots would prevent that.), and it was like a case of sniffles for both of us. No big thing. When we told Martha's daughter (uber-lib) she started barking orders about how we MUST isolate (you'd laugh if you saw our small home), and after she'd barked orders for about two minutes I told her "Hold up there, Kiddo!" and proceeded to give her a dose or two of reality. She shut up, but I'm not sure she really caught on. Hey, when two people have lived together for over thirty years they are going to share germs. And not be terribly afraid of the experience.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at December 31, 2024 11:54 PM (Idemf)

5 Oh, by the way: do you know the difference between Pfizer and Kyle Rittenhouse?

Rittenhouse's shots worked.

Ba-dum-bump!

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2025 12:14 AM (Idemf)