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Valerie's avatar

I had most of the childhood diseases and can distinctly remember measles, chicken pox, and mumps. The one that I felt sickest with was measles. BUT I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had the flu. In my adult life I’ve only had head colds that occasionally developed a secondary infection like a sinus infection, and I’ve never had covid even though I work with the public. So maybe, for healthy kids, building a robust immune system and actually fighting some diseases when young is an investment in adult health. Just my opinion.

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David Nelson's avatar

I never had the flu until we moved to Wisconsin, where it is the state bird. What I tell people about the flu is that it's three days of misery. The first day you're afraid you're going to die. The second day, you're afraid you're not... Third day, dawn breaks...

The experience drove me to be first-in-line for annual flu vaccines--back then, remember?, when we used to _trust_ "healthcare-providers." When they started "monkeying" around with vaccines during Covid, dawn of another color started to break.

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Bill Rice, Jr.'s avatar

Flu Vaccine is the biggest scam until the Covid vaccine. I call the State Health Agencies The Flu Vaccine Promotion Agencies.

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