Bogus! FLU SHOTS

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  1. calvin natt

    calvin natt Confeve

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    That story does make me reconsider getting a flu shot. But, let's break down the numbers.

    80,000 deaths
    I'll take my chances on being one of those 1,000 people

    http://time.com/5138100/how-effective-is-the-2018-flu-shot/

    Only @MARIS61 is saying that nobody should get a flu shot. Feel free! Especially people that are at high-risk. However, if one doesn't want to because they're confident that they'd survive without putting something unnatural in their body, who is to tell them differently?

    Again, from your own article:

    50/50. I choose a beer.
     
  3. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I've worked with those, except the Xylene, at Tektronix for years.
     
  4. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    1. It depends on the flu shot. There are two types of shots out there. There is the standard shot and there is a stronger shot. I get the stronger shot from the VA because of my compromised immune system. My wife got the stronger shot because she chose it.
    2. The beer sounds good.
     
  5. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Standard flu shots are being offered for free at the downtown Lake Oswego Safeway today. Will they be free tomorrow? I have no idea. Are they free at other Safeway stores? Again, I have no idea.
     
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    CupWizier Well-Known Member

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    Yep, Tektronix was a big customer as well as many other manufacturers. Boeing was as well as they used a lot of Tri-Ethane. Rodda Paints and Miller Paints were also large users of chemicals
     
  7. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I never worked with any chemicals at Boeing.
    We used a lot of Tri Chlor for cleaning circuit boards. They used acetone in a sonic tank after wave soldering their circuit boards but Tri Chlor for cleaning repair jobs by hand.

    Hey, one guy brought in some engine parts and cleaned them in the sonic tank over the weekend when no one was looking. Monday morning the company had to do a major cleaning job of the sonic cleaner. Some people were real pissed about that. Good thing the guy was never caught or he would have been toast.
     
  8. MARIS61

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    Where did I say nobody should get a flu shot?
     
  9. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Right there.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I have got one every October for the past 10 years now. I don’t know if it really works or not, but I just don’t get sick anymore. Nothing major like I used to. Work makes me get it and it’s free, so why not?
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Oops
    Cheer up, Maris, it happens to all of us sooner or later. You've got to admit, it was kind of humorous.
     

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