Whoever it was that gave me the 'flu
despite paying £12.99 for a 'flu jab. I hope you enjoyed the sweats, shivers and sleepless nights as much as I'm doing.
(rogerzilla, Mon 27 Dec 2010, 10:25, 4 replies)

mmmmm
so they inject you with the flu virus and you end up getting the flu virus? I wonder how that happened? :P
do you want to buy some magic beans from me? only £12.99
(Miss B3thpot, Mon 27 Dec 2010, 12:11, closed)

you've been reading the Daily Mail
I suppose your smallpox vaccine gave you smallpox, too?

The jab was actually four weeks ago, so well outside the incubation period. It obviously just didn't take, or this is a different strain. There's a lot of the old pig pox going round work.
(rogerzilla, Tue 28 Dec 2010, 9:36, closed)

This happened to me...
'Flu Vaccine contains dead 'Flu virus, so it doesn't give you the 'Flu.

I got told that my jab contained Pigflu this time. What happened to us both could have been either of the things you've suggested, or thirdly, could have been longer lasting, and worse without the vaccination?

Either way, I don't think I'll need the tinfoil just yet..
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Tue 28 Dec 2010, 10:05, closed)

Well
The vaccine only gives you about 70% protection because they can't get all the strains in every vaccine, so they just take a guess at what the most common strains will be and make the vaccine aganst them.
(Smale is stuffed, Wed 29 Dec 2010, 7:59, closed)