Can you catch the flu from a flu shot?

Yes

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by Summer Tyme

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Can you catch the flu from a flu shot? The question should be, 'Does the flu shot ever cause a case of flu'?

The truthful answer is 'Yes' it does. There is much debate about this because, and this is the main reason, the government and the flu vaccine makers want the answer to be 'No.' Few people would take the shot if they thought they would become ill with the sickness they are trying to avoid. But there is no doubt in my mind, and in the minds of many others, that it does in fact cause the illness.

Several years ago, before the flu vaccine was so widely given, before it was so widely recommended, there were more precautions. And if those precautions were followed, the warnings heeded, fewer people were encouraged to take the shot.

I was pregnant. I went to my physician for my regular checkup. After my exam, the doctor was standing with me near the reception area, talking. He was making jokes and laughing with me when a nurse approached. She asked me if I would step over to another area and get the flu shot.

Before I could answer, he said, "No, I don't want her to have it. She's pregnant."

Just after he stated this and she walked away, another nurse came up, grabbed my arm and poked in a very sharp needle. I was suddenly in pain and wondering what I had just been given. I asked the offending nurse, "What was that?"

Her answer, "A flu shot." And she smiled really big as though she had just won a jackpot of some sort. Her smile didn't last, however, as the doctor pulled her aside, an angry look on his face.

The next day, I had a high fever. I felt terrible and the feelings didn't improve over the next few days. Evidently, I wasn't the only victim of her kind of actions because it was announced on the radio that certain citizens should not be given the flu vaccine. Pregnant women were in that category.

I had the worst case of the flu I have ever had, before or since.

You, the reader, will hear that the flu virus is 'dead' and therefore cannot 'cause you to get the flu'. Or as this debate has been labeled, 'cause you to catch the flu' as though you might get it from the next carrier you meet.

You may even hear or read that there is no virus in the vaccine and therefore you 'can't catch the flu from the shot'. Those people who say this will also say that if you 'get the flu' after the shot, it really isn't the flu. It's only your immune system reacting to the shot, you're having an allergic reaction, or it's all in your head.

Both of these are giving you wrong information. And the main reason is, as stated above, no one would get the vaccine if they knew they were taking something that might give them what they were trying to avoid. Especially if they had been given the shot a year before and then became really ill.

Many doctors will advise their patients not to get the shot if they have been recently exposed to the illness. They must wait to find out if they have contracted the disease from the contact. If not, then they may take the vaccine.

There is great debate about vaccinations in general because some vaccines give the patient more illness than is warranted. Many are avoiding having their children take the normal course of these shots in an effort to protect them from things like Autism.

The medical community and the government wish for everyone to have the flu vaccines. It's a money thing for the medical community, from the vaccine manufacturers to the nurse who pushes the sharp needle into your arm. They are all in it for the money.

And the government? As with everything else, there is a certain amount of monetary incentive and a certain amount of 'do this because we have decided' among the reasons. Other reasons given have to do with having a healthy nation in case of attack of some kind.

There are those who are told not to take the vaccine if they are allergic to eggs or certain other substances. Why is this? Because the 'virus' is 'grown' in eggs before being harvested. Therefore, it is a 'virus' and then they attempt to stun it so it won't be able to grow inside the human body. The body then will identify the virus and make antibodies to fight the 'real thing' if the human comes in contact with the virus via another human who is ill.

But consider this fact: labs make mistakes. They may not be able to grow the virus and then kill it or stun it effectively. And it is also possible that a person is given a live healthy virus with the knowledge of the lab that manufactured it. Other methods are practiced by labs and by others who use them that the public would not stand for if the information was widely known.

Since I was given the flu vaccine against my own doctor's orders and against the published recommendations of the medical community and the US government, and became violently ill therefrom, I am confident I write with the truth on my side. And the truth says to me that one can, and may, become ill with the flu after being given a flu shot.

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