i have it every year as asthmatic, and i get a mild form of flu ever year better that than a full case of the flu which the OH gets and is really bad with every year, so i can handle a wk of feeling a bit p o o p much safer i think......

As some people have already said, it is impossible to get the flu from the flu jab. The injection is full of the inacctivated flu strain ie it's dead. The vaccine changes every year as the flu virus mutates very quickly, it survives much better in cold weather than in warm weather which may be why we're all suffering that bit more this winter.

The latest research suggests that it doesn't actually prevent you from getting the flu, but can prevent you from getting it severely, which is why it's so important for the elderly and those with asthma etc to have it.

I personally haven't had it this year based on this research. I think it's a waste of money to give it to perfectly healthy people when they can contract it anyway post jab (and therefore spread it).

Effectively the flu jab only prevents the flu from killing those that are most vunerable, but not from contracting it in the first place.

Thanks for the input guys. I am thinking that the two times Patrick has had the Jab.....he must of been on the verge of getting it anyway.

I know the second time he was very ill, and laid up for 2 weeks. Still he isn't having it, so his Doctor is not going to be pleased

Had the jab every year for the last ten or so, and only once was I ill - but I'd had one of those awful colds that come and go, and come and go.. and then the jab .. and wham.. rough for 4 days or so.
Have also had the pneumonia jab, but that's only every 10 years.

I thought the pneumonia jab was a one off, lasted for life.
Or don't they expect my hubby to live longer than 10 years

I had my pneumonia one at 45 ( 4 years ago) and my GP told me then every 10 years, with a max of three in a lifetime. Mind you, they might have changed their thinking since then, if there's been more research. That does happen - it happened with the tetanus jab. So I suppose the caveat is, check with your doc!

ive had the flu jab for about 19 yrs now. i also had the pneumonia one. on the first year i had a reaction felt rough for a couple of days. but since then ive been fine. if i have caught a cold im over it quickly.
when charlie had his jab he went down with flu but as they say keep away from ppl for about 2 weeks. but when u see ppl out n about in shops coughing n spluttering u have no chance.
but yep i for 1 agree with them.