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Old Oct 7, 2025 | 04:42 PM
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Time for Covid and flu vaccines.....are you inclined to go for one/both, or none?

Rick is getting both tomorrow. I think I will get Covid vaccine to start, flu later on. I know many folks have no issue getting both vaccines at the same time, but I don't care to do that. Truth be told, I'm tired of Covid vaccines. We all have built up some immunity. Maybe not to the current strain circulating about, but could the immunity we have in our body be enough???...... I only get the Covid vaccine in the fall, and I'm so tempted to skip it.....

Sometimes I feel like we are just putting too much of the unknown into our bodies.........

Did I read there is a lower dose Covid vaccine available?
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Old Oct 7, 2025 | 04:57 PM
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I'll get both a different times. I normally get the flu shot in October.
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Old Oct 7, 2025 | 05:01 PM
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I've never had a flu shot, and I haven't had a Covid shot for a few years, I think I stopped after the 3rd shot. I have nothing against the shots and I am not an anti-vaxxer, I am just too lazy to book it in.

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Old Oct 7, 2025 | 05:02 PM
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ayuuup, 'bout that time agin. tain't it.

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Old Oct 7, 2025 | 05:04 PM
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I got both of them last week. Same arm, same time! Boy did that arm hurt!!
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Old Oct 7, 2025 | 06:15 PM
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I got both, one in each arm. I don't know which one I got in the left arm but that was the only one that got a little sore. Kaiser makes it easy here in Calif. Just walk in.

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Old Oct 7, 2025 | 07:02 PM
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If I walked in the woods with trolls I'd get both but I'm in no hurry for either one.

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Old Oct 7, 2025 | 08:08 PM
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I did not get flu shots for many years after one made me and a buddy miss a really nice 3 day weekend because it made us so sick. We were active duty Navy. Got a few more from wife pressure but always read it was the year they miscalculated so it didn't make the slightest difference.

I don't get many colds and rarely get the flu, maybe once a decade so I will pass.

The Covid shots are technically not a vaccine in the true sense; a drug. There are a lot of reports now surfacing on injury from those so I will never do that again. Had to get 2 just to keep flying even though I had covid 5 times, no big deal at all.
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Old Oct 8, 2025 | 02:57 AM
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Vito and I have had both. Wanted to be protected before we leave Fri on our cruise.
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Old Oct 8, 2025 | 04:14 AM
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We get our flu shots next week and COVID shots 2 weeks after that. Our daughter had COVID when it first appeared. She was in isolation in the hospital and it was touch and go for several days. We were terrified that we were going to lose her. She recovered fully thanks to great Docs and prayers. Please don’t put if off
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