# Have you ever gotten sick right after a flu shot?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 8, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-sick-right-after-a-flu-shot/704092 "2014-11-08T20:20:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-sick-right-after-a-flu-shot/704092/61 "2014-11-14T02:05:27Z")

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I got a terrific case of the flu a couple days/36 hours after getting a flu shot and automatically figured I just was already coming down with it when I got the shot.

\<snaps fingers\> Missed by this much!

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-sick-right-after-a-flu-shot/704092/62 "2014-11-14T02:49:49Z")

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> [@kopek](#):
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> \<snaps fingers\> Missed by this much!

Thank you, Maxwell Smart.  
🙂

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