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No. Live vaccines are produced with careful culturing methods that ensure the virus is no longer able to do much, if any, harm.
In addition, they're given in the arm, which is not where a virus spreads from, and is not the optimal location for the viruses, so your immune system can quickly get it.
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∙ 13y agoNo, not when you have the flu shot since it is made with "dead"/inactive viruses or pieces of the virus and can't give you the flu, it will only cause your body to respond as if you had the flu (it is "tricked").
However, the nasal spray vaccine that is available in the US is made from live attenuated viruses. Attenuated simply means "weakened". They are chemically made too weak to give a person who is otherwise healthy the flu. But some people who are immuno-compromised, like those with HIV/AIDS or cancer therapy patients and those on medications to prevent organ transplant rejections, can be susceptible to the weaker forms of the virus and it may be possible, but not typical, for them to get the flu from someone who had the nasal spray for a short period immediately after the vaccination.
See also the related question below.
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Should you be around your son if you have the flu?
no you shouldn't the flu is contagious you wouldn't want to get your child sick unless he has the shot for that flu
Is the flu with a 99.8 temperature contagious?
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How long is the 24 hour stomach flu contagious?
How long is the 24 stomach flu contagious for
Can you carry the flu if you get the flu shot?
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How long are you contagious after stomach flu?
You may be contagious a few days after you have had the stomach flu. Normally the stomach flu runs its course in one to two days.
How long is a person with swin flu contagious?
it takes 3 or 4 days to not be contagious
What is a simile for flu shot?
the flu shot was as painful as a bee sting.
Do Swine Flu come from anywhere elss?
Swine flu is contagious from one human to another
Is Flu contagious?
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Are periods contagious?
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Why get a flu shot?
So you don't get the flu.
