On My MInd

I'm a skeptical gal until I research something,

or until the facts are right smack in my face.

Last year 34 million Americans got the flu,

900,000 were hospitalized, 

and nearly 80,000 died.

As most of you know, the flu,

 on top of a severe bronchial infection

nearly took me out last December

Several ER runs and stays and

4 Urgent Care visits and 10 months 

later we're still working on the damage.

There were 180 pediatric related deaths,

the majority unvaccinated,

 and many were healthy.

Less than 50 % of pregnant women 

get the shot,

and they do not do well

 if they get the flu and the baby 

can have severe lasting issues.

I never ever got the flu and I never got a flu shot.

I never had my kids get shots.

I WAS WRONG!!!!

Most insurance gets you the shot for free,

and if not, I know there are free places to go 

like health districts.

I had 0 yes, zippo side effects.

I also never got a pneumonia shot.

Pneumonia landed me in ER last Spring also.

Seriously, how

WRONG

could I be?

Yep, got that shot also.

I just asked kids to get shots, 

I hope they listen.

It takes 2 weeks to receive fullest protection

and the

 BEST TIME TO GET IS

BEFORE NOV 1st

If you are over 65 be sure to get the high dose 

vaccine unless your Dr says otherwise,

and of course consult your Dr to be sure 

you can safely get the shot.

There are some who cannot,

so we should protect them from catching it from us!

I had to go to four places until 

I found one that had the high dose,

it's going fast here. They all offered me the lower dose,

which is wrong for me.

It's your social responsibility to get

vaccinated to protect those around you,

family, friends, co-workers, 

young ones in your life, the elderly in your life

and 

even those already compromised strangers

that you spend 10 seconds near in Target. 

Ok stepping down from my soap box now.

I know that if I had read this last season 

and

listened

and

believed

I

might have avoided a lot of trouble and suffering.

If I keep even one of you healthy

it's worth a yawn of a post,

cause I love you guys.

Z