[snailmama]

from someone who recently got the flu shot?

i am quite concerned b/c I am going to be in close contact with someone tomorrow...
and I can not avoid it...

 

[Sisyphus]

Flu vaccine is a killed virus, so no, you can't catch the flu from someone who just got the vaccine.

HTH.

Lo

 

[Periwinkle]

No.

 

[RainyDaze]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lolov Flu vaccine is a killed virus, so no, you can't catch the flu from someone who just got the vaccine. HTH. Lo

: According to my children's ped. they are not contagious after getting the shot.

 

[Ms.Doula]

Thats NOT what I have heard.....

Although I dont have Links to facts at my fingertips... Maybe post in the Vax forum...??

 

[DesireeH]

If they got the flumist (nasal one) then yes, you can get it (live virus.)

You are not supposed to be able to get it from an injected shot though (granted the person who got it probaly has a weakened immune system now from the toxins and who knows what they have caught in the meantime! LOL)

 

[Periwinkle]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DesireeH If they got the flumist (nasal one) then yes, you can get it (live virus.) You are not supposed to be able to get it from an injected shot though

Good point re: FluMist, though OP said specifically the shot, which is why I think we all said No. But yeah, FluMist scares the heck out of me.