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Weigh the risks of getting the vaccine, kids
23 Jan 2025 7:55 am
I was told I had the flu because of the constant high fever. As for coughing - don't recall having a lung infection.Cannonpointer » 22 Jan 2025, 8:49 pm » wrote: ↑ What I suspect you were doing is catching walking pneumonia, same as I did in my younger years from similar behavior. But I went to an MD instead of a chiropractor (not taking anything away from the chiropractic field, which is peopled entirely by mediocre hacks and and genius healers - though not in proportionate numbers). The MD told me what I was suffering from and why I was suffering from it. He told me I was a dumb son of a bitch, that I was NOT superman, that two full time jobs and a part time job was the reason for my terrible illness, and to knock it off.
You, on the other hand, self diagnosed. Not pointing any fingers - as you stated, you were 24 years old. Very few 24 year-olds have excellent judgment. I certainly didn't.
You didn't have the flu because of a weak immune system. You had walking pneumonia because of bad choices. Ironically, you made even more bad choices as a result of not understanding what hit you. You decided to defend against an enemy that you did not have. That is my diagnosis, and for the purpose of this thread, I have 40 years of medical practice under my belt. Which is amazing, considering just how tight that belt is getting, and just how many OTHER professions are under that belt, including my courageous service as a Baby SEAL.
You're a grown man. Buy a **** bear skin hoodie and stop taking flu shots.
True, I shouldn't have gone to a freaking chiropractor. (oh, I'll say it, I hate chiropractors, except the kind that only claim they can give temporary relief from back pain). At 24, I didn't even know what a chiropractor was. I was delirious, my girlfriend was 23 and did the best she could to get me to a "doctor". IIRC, I couldn't even get to her car or walk through the office door without her help. I probably should have gone to the hospital, but I didn't even know what kind of insurance I had (not sure I even had insurance). Sure, it was FUBAR all the way around.
Ever since taking my flu shot, I may have gotten the flu once. By then, they had tamaflu, and that knocked it right out. FWIW, stuff like tamaflu and ivermectin should be over-the-counter medications on a limited basis.