Flu vaccine - yay or nay

[bluto 4996]

Again, great and appreciated insight. Sorry if I came off as an ass questioning your career path as I certainly understand 'things change', just blows me away seeing the shit show that is modern retail pharm grind highly qualified, hard working, and generally intelligent ppl into a fine powder. 

[GottaB 605]

Again, great and appreciated insight. Sorry if I came off as an ass questioning your career path as I certainly understand 'things change', just blows me away seeing the shit show that is modern retail pharm grind highly qualified, hard working, and generally intelligent ppl into a fine powder. 

The other thing that happened was tuition deregulation. I got out with $45k in loans for undergrad and professional school. Kids today have easy 6 figures. I have no idea how the current crop can read the lay of the land and move forward knowing 6 years minimum gets you that debt and poor prospects.

[Jiggy-Z 3509]

Had a friend get Guillain-Barre after her flu shot.  Drs. pretty much got it narrowed down as the cause.

I had a few flu shots back in my corporate days, but I always got sick anyway, probably just a bad cold that I thought was the full blown flu.

At 52 I have never had the flu, or had the flu bad enough to make me ward it off with a shot even with the minimal risks associated with the vaccine.

This thread and the apparent general worsening/vectoring of the flu symptoms may make me rethink my position.

 

[relapse98 634]

On 1/15/2019 at 6:11 AM, GottaB said:

Most successful independents are compounding pharmacies that prepare things the chains aren’t equipped or trained to make.

You gotta get in on compounding that shit for the Texas death row. </no cr>

[HouTex 1939]

You gotta get in on compounding that shit for the Texas death row. cr>

Not if he wants to make money. “Only” 50 executions in Texas after 2014. The trend is down everywhere. From 2015 the nationwide total is 28, 20, 23 and 25. Probably a good thing.

[relapse98 634]

2 hours ago, Jiggy-Z said:

had a few flu shots back in my corporate days

or had the flu bad enough to make me ward it off with a shot

Aren't these contradictory?

[relapse98 634]

1 minute ago, HouTex said:

Not if he wants to make money.

We have no idea what they are paying, though. It could be a shit ton.

[HRSchenker 2341]

On 1/15/2019 at 10:52 PM, XYZ said:

What do you do for a living now?

I'm a nursing home consultant and I do independent pharmacy on the side. I make sure patients are being given proper therapies and that the facilities are up to standards of the state. It's much more enjoyable than corporate America.

[atomheartbevo 90642]

Is this where we bitch about getting the flu in March?  Because that shit is wrecking our household.  Thankfully, two of us got on Tamiflu just as we started getting a fever and cough.  

[NeverMarryAStripper 22294]

Only if you got the vaccine and still got the flu, or refused to get the vaccine because you never get the flu

[GottaB 605]

The second wave this year has been pretty tough.

[Rougarou 594]

I get the flu shot everywhere. I’m *this* close to being the guy you see with the surgical mask 😷 when I walk through airports or grocery stores October - March.

[Hate 20247]

All 3 in our house get the flu shot every year, but the wife and kid got the Flu type A last week. My wife said that one day last week there were 52 kids out with the flu. Somehow I managed to avoid it which was nice.

[SquishMitten 10497]

Pretty sure you’re only supposed to get the shot at one place each season.