Flu Poll

[Virgil Showlion]

Out of statistical curiosity.

This would normally go into one of the many 'flu' threads, but we unfortunately can't add polls to those.

Note that the third and fourth options should only be checked by individuals who are certain (within reason) that they've had the flu.

And for the fifth option, 'within a week' obviously refers to within a week after getting a vaccination, and 'getting ill' refers to flu-like symptoms or an allergic reaction.

Many thanks for your feedback.

ETA: I should also clarify: for the third and fourth options, 'being vaccinated' means being vaccinated for that year at least two weeks before the flu hit you that year.

[The Captain]

Virgil - I'd appreciate it if you add another category "It's never hit me in a year I've been vaccinated"

[ihearyou2]

Can you add the category I unfortunately died from complications

[Tennesseer]

Jan 9, 2013 18:43:32 GMT -5 The Captain said:

Virgil - I'd appreciate it if you add another category "It's never hit me in a year I've been vaccinated"

I PMd Virgil that request a bit earlier. Seems a reasonable choice to me.

[Virgil Showlion]

Proboards doesn't offer the option to modify the poll once it's been created.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Polls can't be edited or added to once they're created.

ETA: oops - Virgil beat me to it.

[Tennesseer]

Then the poll is worthless isn't it. There is no voice for folks who do get flu shots but never contract the flu. Isn't that what the flu threads have been about too?

[Jaguar]

Jan 9, 2013 19:06:28 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

Proboards doesn't offer the option to modify the poll once it's been created.

Ha oversight. Virgil how late did you stay up last night with your snow leopard ?

[Virgil Showlion]

Then the poll is worthless isn't it. There is no voice for folks who do get flu shots but never contract the flu. Isn't that what the flu threads have been about too?

Absolutely not. It's a poll to determine the number of people who have had the flu, the number of people who haven't had it, and the type I error associated with vaccination (i.e. the percentage of ill persons who were vaccinated ill persons).

If I could, I would split option 1 into two:

- never had it; am vaccinated every year
- never had it; never been vaccinated

It's still a bit dicey, since the number of people who get vaccinated every single year would be quite low, I'd imagine.

'Never had it in a year when I was vaccinated' is also tricky. You've got two possible cases:

a) you've never had the flu, in which case we know that you've never had it despite being vaccinated "some percentage" of the time. We don't know what percentage that is. We could determine if it's 100% using the split proposed above, but anything more granular than that would require many more checkboxes, and we still wouldn't have information on how your vaccination schedule comported with your incidences of the flu.

b) you have had the flu at some time, in which case you shouldn't be checking option 1 (or its split version) anyway. You should check option 2, and then one of three or four.

[Tennesseer]

Virgil-I get the flu shot every year and I have never gotten the flu.

[ihearyou2]

THis is a crappy confusing poll, can we delete this and restart over, who is this Virgil guy anyway?

[Jaguar]

Jan 9, 2013 19:20:11 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Virgil-I get the flu shot every year and I have never gotten the flu.

Me too, and I very rarely even get colds. I get the flu shot every year and have been doing so for about the last 7 years or more.

[Virgil Showlion]

Virgil-I get the flu shot every year and I have never gotten the flu.

So you check option 1.

[Jaguar]

Jan 9, 2013 19:21:59 GMT -5 ihearyou2 said:

THis is a crappy confusing poll, can we delete this and restart over, who is this Virgil guy anyway?

Virgil is the official snow leopard keeper on here.

[ihearyou2]

Down with the poll! Down with the poll! Down with the poll!

[Virgil Showlion]

Oh for... fine.

I'll scrap the poll and start up another one.

Locking this Thread.