After reading the insert would you still go ahead and have the flu vax?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Tom: with up to only 50 percent effectiveness and a chance at Guillain-Barre? How could I pass up that chance? EASILY!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After reading the insert would you still go ahead and have the flu vax?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: “May I please have the package insert for the flu vaccine?”
\nRite-Aid Pharmacist: “Why?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: “So I can read it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P: “Which one?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: “The one advertised with the little banners on every aisle.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P: “I will print you the information sheet.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: “No, that’s not the same thing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P: “What do you want to know? I can tell you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me: “I would just like to read the whole thing before I consider getting one\u2026side effects, contraindications, effectiveness, ingredients like mercury.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P: “I don’t think I have any. Let me check. (checks) Sorry, I can’t give you one until the box is empty, because it has to stay in the box. And there isn’t any thimerisol in the single dose flu shot any more. I can print you the information sheet.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pharmacy co-worker with big smile at me: “Hi, I found one.” (hands insert to me)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some things in the insert not on the store’s sheet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With love to those who read this far. Please share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After reading the insert would you still go ahead and have the flu vax? (Tom: with up to only 50 percent effectiveness and a chance at Guillain-Barre? How could I pass up that chance? EASILY!) After reading the insert would you still go ahead and have the flu vax? Me: “May I please have the … <\/p>\n