Got offered a free flu and covid vaccine

Post Reply New Topic

For the first time ever in my life I got an email saying I can book a flu vaccine. I'm pissed off because I hope it's not because of this sh***y ASD diagnosis, because ASD does not make me any more vulnerable than a 35-year-old without ASD. I refuse to be treated like I'm disabled, physically immunocompromised, or too stupid to know how to avoid catching flu or covid. I don't work in a hospital or a care home so it isn't that. My partner has one every year (both flu and covid vaccines) but he's older and has physical health issues. I do not.

Sorry but I refuse to put these things into my body if my life isn't at any danger without it.

Relax, it's an offer with good intentions. If you don't want a vaccine nobody will force it on you. And if you get sick from covid or flu they will not hold it against you. You will get treatment like everyone else.

I'm sure its fine and DO get them

I had covid jabs 3 times in 2021-2022, but haven't been asked since, until now. And I've never been asked for a flu jab before in my life. Why suddenly now?

You probably inadvertantly got on a medical marketing list . Some pharmacies and other types of business are using every piece of private info they can gather to build lists and sell them. For a profit . To help monetize their businesses.
Some AI analyzed your buying profiles or even watching tele profiles. And thought you were in a good/ hopeful catagory to market to. Using this same info.,Some companies just get funds through the public sector , by offering the most vaccines and record that info. to claim a socially helpful ,medical service. Flu or covid jab, and can get public funds aswell for doing so. As your name stays out there , you can get additional offers as you become older and qualify for some other marking list, That gets sold to the next company. Medical Services is the biggest racket in the USA .
Btw , Have heard many bad things about both types of vaccines . Have had pnuemonia type symptoms twice both bad enough to go to the hospital .Since Covid was spread through the public sector . Both times diagnosed as Covid .
No flu shots in about 40 years , never took a Covid vaccine shot. Both times I thought it odd about the covid thing.
It came on slowly , but am not a person to normally go out and engage in many or extremely few Social activities . So I wondered how it was transmitted . Did not have a flu before the covid thing started for almost 40+years. am 60+ now. So did become a serious believer in the Engineered Covid/ Flu bug .

So our private medical records can leak out now? I hope my employer doesn't see it. I don't want the whole world knowing. I'm going to have to see the doctor and demand they must not, under ANY circumstances, EVER let even the slightest chance of the world knowing about my Asperger's diagnosis, no matter what. Sell the other information on my medical records if they want but NOT Asperger's.

Likely that your Doctor and staff understand HIPAA regs. but possibly pharmacies . Or even just based on your internet activities ,searches,or whatever , maybe the issue . The user agreements that many people sign up for to use the most popular search engines might be the source,as they generally have abusive privacy agreements regarding user privacy.
These days the information leak could be anywhere ,especially on the net. You might read over very closely your agreement with your Doctors office . Most people are not aware when they sign in or up to a Doctors office agreement ,
That somewhere in the agreement , you may find ,that you give up your right to make your own medical decisions .
Versus, your Doctors opinion. Legally in most courts of Law, their opinion about your medical condition, will and does supercede your own. The obvious abuses of this might be . Something similiar, ,if you engage a new Doctors office and they do not have your full medical history or Perhaps you might have forgotten or neglected to recall you have some serious allergy to something. They will be fully legally protected if you die from a med that they prescribe that you take
that Causes a reaction that stops your heart after high imflammation due to allergic reaction. I have dealt with many , rather Stupid, but claiming to be educated Doctors.But if ,for instance,a MD that is "not"a dermatologist, they might not recognize a reaction on your skin that might be allergic type. Or might not think to ask you if you have had a skin issue or breathing issue related to allergic reactions. These guys , do not even look at the Adverse reactions part of the information about the med they prescibe. ( they just go with the average human) but as you know, if you meet one Aspie, you met just one Aspie ! ) Same with human physiology concerning us. But be aware the Doctors can buy or subscribe to a online Version of the PDR ( Pharmacuetical Desk Reference book/ encyclopedia).Which is always updated with all info on any new or older drugs that can be prescribed .Including Adverse reactions this is all public info. that public does not know of ! Just a FYI ...imho

I paid for my flu vaccine last year and I'll be doing the same this year

In the UK it's actually illegal to have your medical records shared without your consent. There are laws here that protect our medical data.

Believe it or not in The USA there are laws about sharing medical records called HIPPA laws. Meaning not every tom, dick, and harry can't look through your stuff.

Yeah that's right
You can see your own records in your NHS app if you like

I tried that but it said it was confidential and that I'll have to make an appointment with my doctor to get permission, to see my own medical records.

My girlfriend was offered the combo vaccine of flue & covid while she was at our general practitioner's office a few months ago because they were offering that to most all their patients. She decided to get it & felt like she had a low grade fever, a headache, & was feeling rundown in general for about a week after. When she got flue vaccines in the past she was mostly fine the next day except for her shoulder hurting. When she had her covid vaccine & her boosters she was fine two days later. Next time she'll get the flue & covid shots during separate appointments & would advise that for anyone worried about feeling bad afterwards.

I've gotten flue shots various times & I only felt slightly bad the next day except possibly for my shoulder hurting for a few days depending on how the person injected me. I was fine after I got my first covid shot but I felt awful the day after my first booster. I was in bed talking about wanting to shoot myself with a shotgun & I don't remember that conversation. I was feeling too bad to get out of bed so there was no way I could have hurt myself. Cass got her shot & booster the same time as me & she was only slightly rundown that day. She had plans to visit her family that day but she put it off a day because she couldn't leave me in that state. We were both fine the next day though. I haven't gotten a covid shot since. I heard that getting sicker after is more common when the vaccine is more effective. When I get sick it tends to be very hard & fast. I suspect for me it's due to an overly strong immune systems since I have a couple health problems that could potentially be treated by meds that weaken the immune system. I had gotten the covid shots partly because there had lots of stuff in the news about some areas requiring people to show their vaccination cards to be allowed access to most anywhere. No places me & Cass went to ever asked to see our vaccination card though or checked in the computer system to see if we were except for medical stuff. I have no plans to get another covid shot unless it's encouraged/required in order for a doctor to be willing to prescribe me certain meds like immunosuppressants or if I actually get a job & my employer wants me to.

Did the email come from the NHS?

Personally I'd just ignore it, like I did with the covid vaccine letters I got back in 2021.

Yes, it came from my local doctors surgery.

I don't fancy another vaccine just because I have a neurological condition that doesn't make my body physically.

Apparently I've been getting these free covid/flu vaccine invitations because I'm fat.

Charming.

I don't look as obese as all that though. A lot of my weight is muscle as well.