Thread: Preparing for the Flu for the chronically ill
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Old 01-08-2013, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Aunt Bean View Post
Question...have any of you with PD had bad reactions to a flu shot.? I have never had one and my daughter said I cannot come see my grandbaby (who is 19 mo and being treated for infant leukemia without having had one at least two weeks before a visit. A doctor told her you can pass on the flu before having any symptoms yourself. I always felt I had a better chance against the flu than against a shot. Any thoughts????
takes 2 weeks to build immunity after the shot so within those 2 weeks you can catch the flu from someone else - not from the vaccine - and infect someone else.

never had a reaction.
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