I believe, and my chiropractor agrees, that the connection is that getting the flu shot ramps up your immune system to build antibodies to the flu shot (that is the purpose afterall). That then makes you more vulnerable to other things--like shingles or the cold virus. I still plan to continue getting the flu shot each year because, after all, I now have built up immunity to SHINGLES, too. But I can unequivocably say that SHINGLES SUCK.
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I believe, and my chiropractor agrees, that the connection is that getting the flu shot ramps up your immune system to build antibodies to the flu shot (that is the purpose afterall). That then makes you more vulnerable to other things--like shingles or the cold virus. I still plan to continue getting the flu shot each year because, after all, I now have built up immunity to SHINGLES, too. But I can unequivocably say that SHINGLES SUCK.
November 24, 2009 - 5:11amThis Comment
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