#get your flu shot

[tarriecat]

Following on my previous reblog, and I know I've said this before:

In the last few years I've been really radicalized against this "if it's not fatal why bother preventing it" mentality that seems EVERYWHERE in American life. (Probably other places too, I'm American so I can only speak to the American experience.)

Like, a cold generally won't kill most people, but it still sucks to get one. And we just kinda shrug and go "oh well, it's the winter, I will probably get a cold at some point" instead of, like, wearing masks? I WISH I could go back in time and hand myself a package of KN95s before my first holiday season working retail.

Same with the flu! In addition to the very true and important argument that the flu WILL kill people, dammit, the flu also just sucks! Get a flu shot!

I'm still masking pretty much everywhere outside my bubble, and even if any of that changes years down the line, I can't imagine EVER not masking inside a Target at Christmas ever again. And I really resent this cultural norm that it's somehow "weird" to just...not want to get sick.

[thranduilofsmirkwood]

Didn't get my flu shot yet - so of course I got the flu. Hit me like a locomotive yesterday afternoon. My fever was so high (102.5°) Peanut wouldn't come near me.

My daughter is amazing. Just dropped this off for me - but left it in the garage so she didn't catch my cooties lol.

My memes may not drop every day for now, although I have some in Drafts I'll queue later.

[delphinidin4]

My current stage of flu recovery

Me, sitting up in bed: I feel so much better today! I could probably go outside and take a walk!

Me, getting up to go to the kitchen: *nearly falls over*

[bakedbakermom]

it is entirely unfair that sometimes the flu shot, which is supposed to prevent me from getting sick, makes me sick instead. like yes i realize this is my body's immune response kicking in as a result of the vaccine AS INTENDED but does it have to be such a little bitch about it?

[cooking-with-hailstones]

Sexy bitches get their flu shot!

[signsofthreecomic]

Wishing you a speedy recovery!!! 💖Our whole household got hit with the flu this past week and it’s been horrible :( get vaccinated ppl!

Oh my god same!!! I joked to my friends it sounds like a tuberculosis ward over here and then almost fainted this morning.

On the bright side, my fever broke last night and I'm getting plenty of rest :)

Hope you and your housemates feel better soon too!!!

[teratodentata]

I have had the flu for six days and I’m tired of it!!! I saw Blues Brothers 2000 and soon I will have seen the trifecta of Sequels to Beloved Franchises that Nerds Like to Pretend Never Happened (Blues Brothers 2000, Shock Treatment, Love Never Dies)

Time to see Love Never Dies it can’t be as bad as BB2k I need Dan Aykroyd to apologize to me specifically.

[bubb13bunny]

Hi. I caught the flu and it wasn’t fun. And now I’m menstruating. But I am back. Kinda sorta.

(Please be nice to Bunny it’s been a while)

[morganbritton132]

Eddie posts a Tiktok of him zooming in on Ozzy as he says in a sing-song voice, “Guess who isn’t happy that they have to get a shot.”

He pans the camera up suddenly and pushes in on Steve’s face. Eddie’s voice is all smiles when he says, “It’s Steve.”

[pawbeanies]

i got my flu shot today but i got it on the arm i use to jack off. can you help me

[wilson-is-a-slut]

dr. gregory house says don't forget your flu shot

[willowcrowned]

frankly I’m still furious that in western countries wearing a mask in public whenever you’re ill—regardless of the illness—didn’t come out of the pandemic

[cooking-with-hailstones]

LIFE HACK FOR ILLNESS

When you're coughing a lot and finding it hard to sleep, instead of propping yourself up with extra pillows (and then getting awkward neck strain), put some of those extra pillows under your mattress to tilt it up! Elevation with no neck strain 👍

(This comes doctor recommended)

[eldritch-spouse]

I wonder how many clients has come to Santi, claiming that he impregnated them

A few smartasses looking to cheat him out of good money.

It really is a shame for them that Santi takes his shots.

[izvmimi]

cw gross but it’s funny how when you’re busy at work even taking a shit feels like an errand

like why am i batching my trips

[arctic-hands]

Watching vaccine conspiracy theories extend to your basic yearly flu shots is so bizarre to have witnessed in live time. As a kid, there were a few years where the vaccine was in short supply and the lines to get it at the pharmacy would extend for blocks. Being an immunocompromised child, my mother and I were expedited to the front and the hostility we faced was potent. Glares and flat out shouting at us for "cutting in line". People were so scared they were willing to yell at a sickly child if it meant they could get vaccinated.

Anyway Andrew Wakefield needs to be brought up on charges for crimes against humanity or something