Recent flu strain

[Drago]

I'm having my jab soon. One of the advantages of being registered as a carer is getting it for free. Thanks Doc. I think.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Three cases so far in the UK. Last one confirmed on the 26th. Two in Blackpool.

I wonder if it was from one of those little clothed moneys they used to have on the prom,where you could have your photo taken with them?

 

[PeteXXX]

How old do you have to be for the shingles jab?

My Mother had it and it really is a nightmare.j

70, here in Northants. I don’t know if it’s the same everywhere though.
Yep, nasty thing to have!!

 

[byegad]

I had flu once in my life.
I was 40 and reasonably fit, it laid me low for 3 weeks and left me with asthma.

I always laugh when people with a sniffle tell me they have flu, my doctor told me when I had it that with a really bad cold you'd run out of a burning house, with flu you'd need helping out.

 

[Julia9054]

I always have a flu jab. Some years it works better than others but as it doesn't harm you, any protection is better than nothing. I had flu once - hideous. I had had my jab that year but obviously i have no idea how many times i have swerved flu thanks to the jab.

 

[lane]

I had flu last winter. I get the flu job free but if not would pay for it - think its a tenner - for the chance of not having to go through that again. I am 56 and can't remember being that ill before.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I'm 58 and have gotten flu jabs for free since I was 53, and they like you to have the shingles shot at 57. I had chicken pox when I was younger, so that effects things as well.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Three cases so far in the UK. Last one confirmed on the 26th. Two in Blackpool.

Bad news, monkeypox. Hope there aren't any new cases, but it sounds contained.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/health/third-monkeypox-case-uk-intl/

 

[Drago]

Let hope there isn't another outbreak of sheep pox in Wales if we have a long, dark winter.

 

[Smudge]

Getting my flu jab this afternoon.
Been having this jab for the last 10 years and have not had flu in all this time.

 

[Drago]

Got mine on pension day, 20th October.

 

[potsy]

Had mine the other day, my employer does them free of charge.

 

[Drago]

Had mine the other day, my employer does them free of charge.

How is the job at Porton Down working out?

 

[Gravity Aided]

I should think flu shots would be covered under NHS. Over here, health insurance or employee benefits cover them, mainly. If you have that.

 

[vickster]

I should think flu shots would be covered under NHS. Over here, health insurance or employee benefits cover them, mainly. If you have that.

For a fair number of at risk groups, they are

Plenty of employers offer them to staff too.

What do people in the US who don’t have health insurance or employee benefits have to do/pay?
Here it’s the equivalent of around $10 all in