Texas flu
My children were all 3 given the Flu shot, first time in many years that I have let them get it, 2 were unknowingly given it at there regular check up...one needed his booster to enter 7th grade & the other a shot she needed when she was 2 & a half but was unavailable so she got it at her 3 yr check-up- I always ask what shots they are getting and I check my records to make sure they are not given the wrong vaccine or one they have already been given in the past-that said I did as I always do & after she was done and went to up-date their records she said oh by the way I went ahead and gave them their flu shot because it has been bad this year, I said I did not ask for that? She said she knew but did it as a courtesy since they had been on back order. Last year only one of my kids got the flu, & it was gone im 3 to 4 days with no problems-this year all 3 have had it, along side strep throat, & now 2 of my kids have had it a 2nd time as well as a stomach virus that they had to go the Dr for as well, My son had the flu for 2 weeks this 2nd time around, I know so many others that also have had it not once but twice and it is so bad in the schools, I am not sure if it has affected other states in the same way or not but I have never been a big advocate for the flu shot-I am now starting to wonder if it really helps or if it only causes more cases of the flu? I am not an expert in any field, (except maybe bartending lol) I am also a mother to 3 but by no means have I perfected that job! Anyway this is just my observation & my thoughts...
Goodness! That’s not a surprise to me. I am surprised that they are giving shots without prior permission tho.
The flu vaccine has an efficacy rate of about 3% this year round. It IS a particularly virulent virus that’s going round right now. I’ve treated about 40 or more cases (I’m a homeopath) and it has been the same remedy that worked in each case, even with people with respiratory diseases and frail health. Yet, the remedies are not supported by health systems that could save lives by offering them. Homeopathy is more likely to be suppressed than supported.
The flu vaccine has one of the highest rates of vaccine injury reports and the lowest rates of efficacy but it is a big earner for drug companies as it’s not given once or twice in your life time but yearly. Massive earner!
Glad you all got thro the flu safely.
We started with our first flu this season after they did the nasal spray in local schools. Everyone in our community was getting sick with it. Then the second round (Australian flu) came around and I was one of the first to get it. I’ve NEVER been so sick in my life. I couldn’t treat myself for 5 days as I was too ill, then finally a colleague helped me by doing the searches I asked her to do, and I found the remedy was eupatorium perfoliatum and I took 200c. It kept me out of hospital. Since then, I treated my family and most of my patients for it and as long as they didn’t use Tylenol they’ve recovered really fast.
Next flu season make friends with a homeopath or check out the flu chart at my website http://sallylloydhomeopathy.com/flu-5-top-symptoms-5-top-actions/
Xx
I agree, the flu shots efficiency covered more than I would have ecpected-which was still next to nothing! I am very much into homeopathic remedies versus Pharmaceuticals, though I am not entirely educated in that area...I am learning what I can from people I know, I actually had not thought of seeking out someone who specializes im that type of treatment, but I will now that you reccomended it! Thank you! I have not checked out your link yet, but I am going to tomorrow when I have some free time! Thanks again!!
There might be enough info on that link to help you through any flu, and if there’s an epidemic I’ve usually seen enough cases not far into an epidemic to know which of the main 3 flu remedies best fits that time around. Be sure to have at least gelsemium, bryonia and eupatorium perfoliatum 200c of each and come check my blog as I’ll be letting people know. ❤️
As retired healthcare professional, I stopped taking flu shots many years ago, I do not advise anyone to get one. They lie about their effectiveness and their safety.
I agree with you whole heartedly! I am by no means an advocate of it and I do not get it for my kids or myseld..and they generally do not even catch it..if they did in the past it was a couple days and gone! Too ineffective to put into my kids bodies without knowing exactly what is in it or what it might do to them :)
Reading this really P!$$#$ me off! how dare they give a shot to your children that you did not ask for. These flu shots are causing more harm then good. I know a few people personally who have gotten the flu shot this year and had to go to the ER from horrible FLU! Those who did not get the Flu shot either did not catch the Flu or got over it very quickly. I am beyond angry knowing that a doctor / nurse gave your kids shot without approval. I hope you kids are now OK and healthy though.
I actually agree with you, it has taken some time but I did switch their pediatrician, this was not the first time she made her own decisions regarding their care but it was the first time she gave them a flu shot without me knowing, my assumtion is that it probably pissed her off that I had not given it to them this yr or previous yrs, & by doing what she did she was able to give it to them- of course she knew I was not happy at all to.say the least, but she knew even more so when I came back super pissed when they had the flu & strep throat after not being sick at all since summer when they had a cold, though we no longer see her she is still in the same office but stays hidden when we are there, no longer comes out to say hello or anything..and I am fine with that! Thank you by the way, they are all well and over it, back to their normal selves for the most part ☺
You may want to check out the vaccine tag or look at @canadian-coconut page if you are looking to learn more about vaccine injury.
I have written a few posts on the topic. Not sure why they are so desperate to give a flu shot that is only 10% effective this year.
Thank you! I will look in to your post, I agree with you completely- the only reason I can come up with is the Pharmaceutical companies not only make so much money off of the shot but off of the Tamiflu as well, not to.mention all of the OTC drugs they also tell you to buy to help combat the syptoms- I truly feel they knew it was not going to be effective this year but they did not have time to change it all up..or else they already had so much ready to go that theu just did not bother,they needed to get it out there for people to take and purchase asap...it is sad to me! Thanks for the info, I will look into it!
Scary that they would give a shot without your knowledge! That is simply wrong!
I last had influenza 5 years ago - I remember because I was in bed for several days and took about two weeks to get over it (this is normal for influenza.) I looked up the symptoms, I had pretty much all of them - remembering that nausea/vomiting is not a symptom of this illness.
(Last time I had a shot was over 20 years ago now and I have had the illness once in that time, I think that's pretty good odds.)
They are now saying that this year's shot is 4% effective, if that... Your odds are better not having it - especially as people are starting to talk about the possibility that this year's injection is giving people the flu, not stopping it.
We should have had it, by all means, this year... because a good/close friend of ours just finished a week off work due to influenza. She had it bad (but she's also a smoker) and spent time in hospital. Yet, all we've had is a runny nose and a bit of a cough. Did we have flu? Probably not, but maybe we had something else to keep it away. Or maybe some of our other strategies were effective.
In any case, before you give another flu shot (or any shot, for that matter), ask for the package insert and READ it!!! It's often a rather shocking read. I will happily discuss the science behind the possibility of it working after they've cleaned up the ingredients.
Anyway, I hope yours are all well. (I haven't taken a kid to the doctor in... well... 5+ years except a required wellness check.) Mother of 6 talking here, only two at home now.
Take care and welcome to Steemit!
I really appreciate your reply, I too have heard about it being almost completely ineffective this year, but I am certain you are correct about the ingredients and I will use that idea next time I go, I have never thought to ask for the pamphlet, I will from here on! I am all for anything natural or organic that I can use or give in place of Pharmaceuticals, especially with my children! I do not reccomend the flu shot and generally do not get them for my children..to me this is almost proof that it causes more harm than good...and yes they are all good and well now but it has been a time! I am always open to new advice or recommendations from another mother! I will never know enough about being a mom! However it will always be my most enjoyable & rewarding job in this life! :)
My eldest - and most vaccinated - is my least-healthy (asthma and food allergies), my youngest - and unvaccinated - is definitely the sturdiest. I advocate becoming as informed as possible.
Our methods this year for avoiding illness?
Anyway, just a few ideas. I've been doing this job over 20 years now, and no, we'll never know enough, but we will do our best, and our kids will know it. :-)
You seem like a very good momma & an extremely cool person! I absolutely appreciate all your tips and am always open to new ideas! I am with you completely! As long as we do our best by our children & do all we can to keep them happy, healthy, educated & most importantly LOVED♡ then we are doing this parent thing right! Thank you so much for all your advice tips and ideas, I have only been a mom near 13 yrs(son), my middle daughter is 8 & my babygirl will be 4 in May, I feel like time goes way too fast! I wiah they would stay these ages forever-no matter how crazy they may make me at times, I wouldn't trade this for anything im the world!!
BTW, my account hits one month in a couple of days, and I will post something about what I've learned in this month - maybe some of it will help you.
The current epidemic does involve nausea and vomiting in quite a high % of cases but it’s been mostly (not totally) linked to the depth of coughing needed. This epidemic has had a really suffocating cough with vomiting whilst coughing.
Ugh...I swear those shots give people the flu and lower the immune system so they get everything else under the sun.
But done is done. Jello will help boost the immune system (real gelatin mixed with juice if you don't use Jello) and I highly recommend starting them all on echinacea straight away, especially if they have had any antibiotics.
This is what we use for the kids https://www.amazon.com/Herbs-Kids-Echinacea-Astragalus-Ounce/dp/B00024CM8M/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1516678152&sr=8-3&keywords=herbs%2Bfor%2Bkids%2Bechinacea%2Bastragalus&th=1
I am not sure if you use herbal medicines, but just wanted to share what works for us :) I hope everyone feels well soon.
This year's vaccine is ineffectual. I found that our family was always was worse off after the vaccinations. We don't take them now and are far healthier. I can't believe that a paediatrician would give your children vaccinations without permission. That amounts to assault in my books.
I feel my family has always done much better at fighting it off as well, without any flu vaccine, & that is if we even caught it- many years we were exposed and none of came down with it, which is why I disagree with it myself...and as for our pediatrician, I think she felt she was doing what she felt was the right cboice, knowing I did not agree & knowing I have always opted out of the flu shot for my family, luckily everyone is well now & immune systems really seem to be getting back to normal...we have been seeing a new Dr. in the same office, but after I explained to our new Dr who seemed great what happened..she said they sometimes get comfortable with the families after so many years and may unintentionally over step their bounds- I told ger I don't think that is a good excuse at all...especially when they know you do not normally get it...she said well rest assured it will not happen again..it is in all of your files now, so I thought more about it and searched out a few new Dr's, I am actually going to tour 2 offices this wk...it seems from their reviews they are not so quick to push Pharmaceuticals and tge 2 I am visiting have many reviews about how they were treated naturally, granted they absolutely still white perscriptions- it seems that is not their first choice, will see how it goes!
Goodluck in your hunt!
Ive never had a flu shot. My view has always been to let my immune system fight it each year, and then to save the flu shots to when Im elderly. I dont know how true it is because Im not a doctor, but I read that if you always get flu shots your immune system weakens and when it does get hit with a bad bug, because it doesnt fight the flu full strength every year it becomes a struggle.
I personally wouldn't be happy with whoever gave your kids the shot without asking.
In addition to this post, I work in a restaurant/bar & atleast half of the staff has has either an A strain of flu, a B strain of flu, or strep throat in the past 3 wks, It seems most are smart and take off anywhere from 3 to 5 days depending on the severity, however we have a few that can not afford-in their words to take off that long or even go to the Dr for that matter to find out what is wrong, so they in turn end up putting not only the staff but all of the customers at risk, & even though they say if you have it please stay home, the owner will not make them if they say they did not test positive for flu or say it is just a cold..and self diagnose, which several have done, only to have it get increasingly worse & end up putging them off way longer than they would have been had they took time and rested and got well- I realise evryone can not afford to miss several days of work especially when they are single moms or dads or have a family to support with nothing in the bank, but at the same time, I wish for people who fall just above poverty and below the allotted income in order to be able to purchase Healthcare by the cheapest means necessary,I really wish Texas had some type of plan for people like that, our job does not offer health insurance and by law they have found a way not to have to. They are considered a small business even though we have over 50 employees at each restaurant, they qualify to be exempt, & in the state of Texas anyone who is not pregnant, over 6, disabled, or have absolute zero income- & even then you may not get medicade or chip- big maybe- they are trying to implement changes like so many other states have but it hasn't happened yet and this has been ongoing, It would just be nice if they offered even a one time once a year pay for these people, considering it would save so many others from catching it- of course they do not! I understand for the people who have amazing careersand make enough money to be able to even qualify to purchase insurance you do not want your tax dollara covering someone who is low income and cannot afford to have health care or lose a day of work but to the people in that situation it makes all the difference in the world! We usually take up a collection between all the employess and it may add up to a few hundred and we give it to the person hurting financially...but we do it out of the kindness of our hearts because we know it could easily be us, I have talked to the owner about doing something lime this because after almost 11 yrs as his bartender he is lile my 87 yr old best friend..but he says too many would take advantage and then the ones lile me that always raise momey to help them wpuld never use it...I just wish we had better options so that so many people were not put right in the way of catching the flu, just because they wanted to eat out, or because we went to work like we were supposed to...I see both sides but I also see a never ending cycle...Just wishful thinking on my end, maybe in time Texas will reform our healthcate and it will become a possiblity for tge ones that have never had a chance