Scared of getting sick

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I did not get a flu shot this year, because my husband couldn't afford one himself, even though I could with my medical insurance. Now I am regretting not getting one, because the flu is supposed to be severe this time of year, and I kept finding news articles of people dying from the flu, and even sepsis. And now it's much too late to get one now.

I honestly don't want to die. This is keeping me awake, and I can't talk to my husband now because it is the middle of the night and he is sleeping now. I should be asleep, too, but I can't knowing I could die from something that is totally preventable. I will be seeing my doctor later today for issues related to my medication, so hopefully I can bring this concern with him and his nurse. I really don't know what they'll say, if anything.

Should be able to go to any Walgreens and get it?

I didn’t and got flue or bad cold. Sadly I didn’t die from it was just sick for 3 weeks. God couldn’t let me die the. My totrue would end.

Anyways, I don’t think most people die from the flue, most are fine like me just sick did while.

You can still get a flu shot. I had the flu a couple weeks ago and got tamiflu and antibiotics and was fine. Most people won't die from it, and the flu shot doesn't prevent every type of flu that's out there this year but you can still get one.

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I'm giving it another shot. We will see.
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Very few people die from the flu----unless they are immunocompromised in some way....or they are just very old and frail.

Isn't there some big bad flu virus or ebola or whatever every year?

The flu occurs every year; its virulence varies. It was somewhat more virulent this year than in other years, and more people have contracted it. I caught it about December 23, and its effects lasted until the New Year. I still went to work every day.

Ebola is very different from the flu. At least half who contract it die from it. There was a severe outbreak a couple of years ago; but it's more localized these days. I believe there is a vaccine for it now.

Hi Sweetleaf,

My health overall is fine, and I almost never get sick. Come to think of it, when I was at school, I didn't get flu shots then either, because I didn't have Medicaid at the time. I didn't get sick then, either, until the summer I graduated from high school, when I got norovirus.

I had to go to work......

Nobody got the flu from me. I was alone most of the time.

Chances are you will get sick under the flu shot—but less sick than if you don’t.

This article (and the comments) is scaring me...

https://www.buzzfeed.com/danvergano/us- ... lkB0gADrA6