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Dori says he regrets ever getting his flu shot after he got sick. (AP Photo)

Dori ignores doctors, says his flu shot got him sick

BY Jillian Raftery  on January 17, 2013 @ 1:15 pm (Updated: 4:59 pm - 1/17/13 )

Dori never gets sick, so when he was totally immobilized this week with a virus, he blamed his flu shot.

It hit Dori around 2 a.m. when he was in Atlanta for the Seahawks game January 13: chills, fever, coughing. He came back looking terrible.

Less than a week earlier Dori got his flu shot because of the many warnings that the Center for Disease Control and the Washington State Health Department have been putting out.

News anchor Ursula Reutin knows better. She asked the CDC and the health department for the real story.

"The viruses that are in the flu vaccine are dead, so they cannot cause infection," says Ursula. "It was actually your immune system doing what it was supposed to do, making protective anti-bodies to kill the viruses in the vaccine.

But Dori has proof to back up his theory.

He had a strange reaction to the flu shot. Hours later a mysterious welt appeared where the doctor gave Dori the shot.

"Right where I got my flu shot on my shoulder it was a little itchy. And I reached over to give it a little scratch, I had a big welt right where I got the flu shot," says Dori. "I had a welt because I had some negative reaction. And then the negative reaction metastasized into the full-blown flu!"

As for the CDC, Dori thinks the experts are just in denial. He'll still get a flu shot next year, but he cautions listeners to make sure not to scratch where they got their flu shots.

"The welt was a mass of poison that was trying to escape through my skin," says Dori. "And I pushed it down and that pushed the poison into my blood stream."

Producer Jake fully endorsed Dori's theory.

"It turned into the flu," says Jake. "How it works, and I'm not a doctor, but once you get the shot it uses the welt as an incubator in your body, it spreads into your body, and the welt goes away."

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Jillian Raftery is a social media captain for the Dori Monson Show. She loves the neighborly vibe of the Pacific Northwest and spends as much time as possible outdoors.
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  • sabremassey wrote...
    Flu shot
    January 17, 2013 2:54 pm
    Dori--I believe you! My husband had his flu shot and he has had the flu 3 times since then!
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  • ohyea53 wrote...
    Sorry Dori but
    January 17, 2013 2:57 pm
    It takes about 2 weeks for the inoculation to become effective. You got sick because to DIDN’T get your shot earlier. You were exposed to the flu virus and in turn you caught the flu. Sorry you feel bad. Get well soon.
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  • Normal Human wrote...
    Truth
    January 17, 2013 3:14 pm
    You speak the truth. Dori didn't get his shot early enough in the season. He was exposed to the bug before the vaccine could take effect.
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  • fartforce1 wrote...
    nope
    January 17, 2013 6:15 pm
    his immune system crashed enough while dealing with the compromised strains to allow a non compromised strain to activate and give him the flu.
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  • Saltchucker wrote...
    Dori should start paying attention to......
    January 17, 2013 4:48 pm
    ....all the conspiracy theorists who are claiming the flu vaccines are a big plot by the Builderbergers(spelling?)to sterilize the general populace!
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  • fartforce1 wrote...
    Flu shots made me sick too..but doctors always say Noooo!
    January 17, 2013 6:09 pm
    so I don't get them anymore and I don't get sick anymore. Whats worse, this year they said the flue shot does not add protection because its the wrong mix of strains - so it is useless anyway. Why bother?
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  • Regularjoe44 wrote...
    Ditto
    January 17, 2013 7:27 pm
    Don't usually get sick...and if I do, it's fairly mild. About 3 years ago, I let a pharmacist talk me into my first shot at around 8 am. By 6 that night I could feel something coming on....but I thought it just might be my immune system kicking in.....wrong. Not only the itchy welt Dori speaks of....but I was as sick as I had been in years...or since. Fool me once, shame on you....fool me twice, shame on me. Never again.
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  • Rex1 wrote...
    Flu Shots
    January 17, 2013 9:42 pm
    There was just a study that they may not be as effective as previously thought, but there is no evidence they cause the flu. And Jake's statement about welts and flu is ludicrous. Oh and the contributor who said the virus match this year was wrong. The vaccine this year is a 90% match. I have taken the vaccine for the last 12 to 13 years, and have not gotten the flu. Lord willing and the crik don't rise maybe I won't ever. Rex1
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  • TheRefusers wrote...
    Do You Want a Flu Shot?
    January 18, 2013 5:34 am
    Hey Dori, Wish you had listened to our song Do You Want a Flu Shot before you got your shot. Might have prevented your reaction. We are The Refusers and we are the #1 ranked indie band in Seattle rock on Reverbnation. We've been on the KIRO Ron and Don show. We and our fans are NOT fans of the flu shot. Listen to Do You Want a Flu Shot for free at the link below to get a musical perspective on the flu shot. http://www.reverbnation.com/therefusers/song/15464450-do-you-want-a-flu-shot?utm_campaign=opengraph&utm_content=song&utm_medium=link&utm_source=facebook
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  • awbitf wrote...
    Great theory
    January 18, 2013 7:36 am
    as long as you don't let science and facts get in the way.
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  • Sashadog wrote...
    Same here
    January 18, 2013 8:32 am
    I got extremely ill sortly after receiving my first (and last) flu shot.
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  • rysamp wrote...
    Read this
    January 18, 2013 9:06 am
    book: Food is your best medicine. I'll help you understand why you get the flu, and why flu shots are useless. Also, from what I've read there are two types of flu shots. one with a live but weaker version. and the other is a dead virus. I haven't had the flu shot in years, and I've only been sick once three years ago.
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  • ToldYa wrote...
    food is medicine.
    January 18, 2013 10:55 am
    couldn't agree more.
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