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Free Flu Vaccination for Everyone in Adelaide (Rosewater SA 5013) - until End of May

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Free Flu Vaccination for Everyone in Adelaide (Rosewater SA 5013) - until End of May
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Free Flu Vaccination at the medical centre in Rosewater.

They said that it qualifies for everyone, regardless of age, gender etc. As long as you have a medicare number, which should be everyone.

No bookings required.

They said the promotion will last until the start of winter, so the start of June. That gives people plenty of time to just pop by if they happen to be around the area.

Opening Hours:

Mon - Fri
8:30 am - 6 pm

Address: 156A, Grand Junction Road, Rosewater, 5013.
Phone Number: 8241 2121

https://www.google.com.au/maps/preview?client=safari&oe=UTF-…

Vaxigrip® - Flu Vaccine they use for children under 5
Fluvax® (bio CSL) - Flu Vacine they use for adults

Both government supplied influenza vaccine brands

Health & Beauty Influenza Vaccination

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Grand Health Medical Centre
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  • muncan on 23/03/2014 - 14:11
    +10

    Free pricks!

    • Alcoano on 23/03/2014 - 14:14
      +6

      I made sure that there was no exception. And it is all bulk billing so there is no cost. I had one with them, so yeah. You can give them a call if you want when they're open to double check.

    • [Deactivated] on 23/03/2014 - 14:45

      It's all a conspiracy, they're controlling your minds via the vaccines.

    • Fix on 23/03/2014 - 15:38
      +1

      Seems like the price would be free to the patient 'consumer' - but the medicare swipe will just be bulk billed to the tax payer.

      It's free I tells ya!

      ;-)

      • GreenGuava on 23/03/2014 - 17:08

        Yeah, that's what I think they're doing too. A tad dodgy on the part of the doctors/medical centre if that is the case.

        • chiefbodge on 23/03/2014 - 19:38
          +3

          I doubt there is anything dodgey about this. The flu vaccine is about $18 retail and a bulk billed consult is about $30 something dollars - so there's still money to be made as they would get the vaccine for wholesale price. Sure they are making less money than others but giving a vaccine would be a super quick consult anyway and they would be getting business they otherwise wouldn't get.

          This is a good deal and I can't believe people would whinge about a good deal…

        • GreenGuava on 23/03/2014 - 19:59
          +1

          You're right, I see your point. I guess the only two situations where it would only 'dodgy' is if the medical centre had a practice nurse, and they were doing the vaccination without the patient actually seeing the doctor, or the doctors were using free stock from the government intended for use under the national immunisation program.

          (Yes I know, sometimes I think about things too much. Sometimes it's a strength, and other times it's a character flaw! :P)

        • Untameable on 24/03/2014 - 12:02
          +1

          They're not "whinging". They are pointing out that this "free" thing comes at the cost of taxpayers in general for something that isn't necessary.

          It sure sounds like a swindle to me.

        • chiefbodge on 24/03/2014 - 14:06
          +1

          That is kinda silly because regardless of whether you pay for the vaccine or not it's still going to be billed to medicare for someone injecting it. The amount the gov has to pay is exactly the same here as it is at any other doctor.

          I also strongly reject your "isn't necessary" claim. This does not stop you from getting the common cold, it prevents the flu which is a far more serious condition that can lead to death in some cases and definitely leads to lost productivity. Even if you don't get the vaccine yourself people that do are helping to prevent the spread of it and potentially not infecting a child or elderly person who might well die.

          If you work with children / the elderely or even if you work in a customer facing job it's the responsible thing to do.

          Whoever said people should harden up and just deal with the flu probably haven't had the flu.

      • kartikjos on 23/03/2014 - 17:13

        I don't get how they can offer this for free while other medical centres charge for it. Though on the other hand, my doctor still bills me and medicare.

        • GreenGuava on 23/03/2014 - 18:01

          It probably involves swiping your Medicare card, bulk billing Medicare for the consultation fee and then using the rebate that Medicare will pay to subsidise the cost of the vaccine.

        • slimdusty on 23/03/2014 - 19:14
          +1

          I agree. I think that they are simply willing to profit less by giving you free fluvax (which the buy bulk from the manufacturer at a discounted price), which makes their net earning less (the charge for consultation (bulk-bill or not) minus the cost of fluvax they fork out). The up side for them is that more patients would go to them, which hopefully would lead to some returning to them in the future, and may also boost their short-term profit (if they reach a certain threshold of extra patients requesting for the fluvax who would otherwise not have gone to see their doctors).

          If that is the case, what they are doing would be legally OK. However, I know some dodgy doctors whom I have worked with in the past (not at this medical centre) actually give government stocks (which they get for free and are only meant to give to specific patients who fit certain criteria) to everyone (and advertise so), which is illegal.

  • smokenmirraz on 23/03/2014 - 14:46
    -6

    Anyone up for a road trip next time [insert afl team name here] destroy Port in Adelaide?

    PS: Best if we drive your car, cause I don't want my car to be keyed by angry Port fans when they lose :P

  • Save Medicare on 23/03/2014 - 14:51
    -1

    So jelly. Need one for a uni placement in the next couple of weeks and the uni wants $19 for it.

  • suicine94 on 23/03/2014 - 15:12
    +15

    Thanks op got 4

    • paddym on 23/03/2014 - 16:11
      +4

      At least 3 ozbargainers judging by the negs on your post.

      • The Gent on 23/03/2014 - 17:20

        To be fair, they may not be Adelaidians - maybe they're just people who neg shit comments…?

        • muncan on 23/03/2014 - 17:27

          We're lovers, not haters

  • dryandra on 23/03/2014 - 16:14
    +1

    Thanks for this op,i was about to spend $20 at my gp,but will go to Rosewater instead.

  • triever on 23/03/2014 - 17:34
    +2

    get in before they get brodened

    • [Deactivated] on 23/03/2014 - 19:03
      +4

      the citizens of your community suffering autoimmune diseases thank you for resolving the hard question of "is it safe to go outside"

      confirmation bias owns you

      • grasstown on 23/03/2014 - 20:44
        +1

        Hi andyfitz . I have googled and I can't find an article saying that aufferers of autoimmune diseases cannot take flu shot. Can you please link it for me. I always understood that they were the specific people who got it. Thanks

        • twocsies on 23/03/2014 - 21:58
          +1

          He didn't say that the sufferers of autoimmune diseases cannot take flu shots. Via sarcasm, andyfit implied that grasstown's recommendation against flu vaccines is not necessarily hurting himself but the others in the community who are prone to complications from flu.

        • grasstown on 23/03/2014 - 22:33

          Hence I am saying that they should be vaccinated. The vaccine doesnt harm them. Contrary to andyfitz, I understand that we are not encouraged to have flu vaccine. I understand it is not a herd vaccine. I understand that people take it before holidays so they get sick before rather than while on holidays. I understand that people with diabetes etc are encouraged to take the flu vaccine. Flu vaccine is not a herd vaccine as I understand it.

        • [Deactivated] on 23/03/2014 - 23:58

          Right you are.

          And confirmation bias is when getting sick after being vaccinated convinces you that the vaccine did it when clinically, it is the least likely cause.

          Consider for a moment that our anecdotes may be inaccurate when they directly contradict medical research.

        • grasstown on 24/03/2014 - 07:06

          Andyritz, do you take back what you said to me?
          You are using the argument for herd vaccines for flu vaccines. Everything is telling me you are wrong. Don't paint me as anti vaccine, ignorant as sceptic. I believe in the value of herd vaccines.

          Is your last comment about flu vaccines or all vaccines? Are you grouping all
          Vaccines together? It's not at all helpful.

        • baxter on 24/03/2014 - 10:26
          +1

          You're not anti vaccine… yeah right! Your langauge suggests it, your tone suggests it, your words suggest it.

          "I understand that people take it before holidays so they get sick before rather than while on holidays"… hmmm, which sceptic site did you get that from….?!?

        • grasstown on 24/03/2014 - 11:11

          Reread my comments. I have distinguished flu shots from herd vaccines. I am reasoning with those not making the distinction.

    • Rookie117 on 23/03/2014 - 19:05
      +2

      The benefits of you being immunised is felt by the vulnerable members of the community, quit being selfish.

      • grasstown on 23/03/2014 - 20:03
        +1

        Selfish is the wrong word. I was unaware that my actions were harmful to others. I always thought that all people could do the flu vaccine and it was specificly for those people who could not risk contracting the flu. I commented in the forum poll that I will reconsider it assists others. And to the comments below about needles, I take jabs for others for years.

    • MasterNoob on 23/03/2014 - 19:22

      Yeah they shouldn't be compulsory. Big needles are sharp and scary. QQ

      • Save Medicare on 23/03/2014 - 20:40
        +2

        dude they're like 23 gauge suck it up

    • GreenGuava on 23/03/2014 - 19:53
      +6

      From a pathological standpoint, it is not possible for you to contract the flu (as a distinct condition to the common cold) from the influenza vaccination, as the vaccine itself does not contain any live influenza virus.

      In that sense, the argument that people should not get vaccinated against the influenza virus because you may contract the flu from it is flawed.

        • johnno07 on 23/03/2014 - 20:32

          This is the proper "influenza" by the way - not the common cold most people incorrectly refer to as the "flu". If you get the flu, you are sick - really sick. People with poor immune response to the virus can - and do - die. There's no point in foregoing an injection so you can "build up a resistance" if getting the flu might kill you.

        • bs0 on 23/03/2014 - 21:23
          +2

          Repeating johnno07's comment, if you had influenza, you would definitely know, and be really really sick. Your view isn't really an "everyday standpoint" - so few people in Australia get influenza each year. looking at abs site, ~13,000 (less than 0.0006% of aus pop) people had influenza in 2010.

          with regards to people with weak immune systems, the immunosuppresed, as the name suggests, their immune system is suppressed in one or another. Can the vaccine cause them harm? Unlikely. More true is that their body's internal defense can not utilise the vaccine to create antibodies against potential pathogens. No antibodies with memory against virus strain = no resistance. Hence why they don't get the shot.

      • Duff5000 on 23/03/2014 - 21:42
        +1

        the vaccine itself does not contain any live influenza virus.

        Nasal one is live.

        • GreenGuava on 23/03/2014 - 22:04
          +2

          Granted, though as far as I know nasally delivered live influenza vaccine is not registered with the TGA for therapeutic use in Australia, so I guess I should have qualified my earlier remarks with 'The influenza vaccines currently registered for use in Australia'.

    • Neatoboy on 23/03/2014 - 21:01
      +2

      I'm not sure why so many people have negged you as my experience is similar to yours. I hadn't had the flu for 15 years and had avoided getting the flu shot because I didn't think I needed it. One year my workplace was offering free flu shots and after some peer pressure from my work colleagues I gave in and got it anyway. Shortly after I got the flu (in the middle of Summer in Brisbane) that was the worst flu I've ever had. It may be a coincident but I find it unusual that I got the flu soon after and in the middle of summer (for the first time). It's put me off getting it again but that doesn't mean it can't benefit other people.

      • bs0 on 23/03/2014 - 21:29

        how sick were you? D:

        • Neatoboy on 23/03/2014 - 21:48
          +3

          My body ached so much that I didn't want anybody to touch me, I couldn't eat and drinking water was difficult, I was bed bound for a week.

      • Duff5000 on 23/03/2014 - 21:46
        +3

        There does seem to be evidence that some people may get sicker after being vaccinated than those who didn't.

        See here: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2013/08/swine-stu…

        That may or may not be the case with you, interesting study either way.

        • twocsies on 23/03/2014 - 22:06

          In pigs for a specific swine related virus, Canadian scientists reported that some pigs may get sicker.

          In humans, Canadian researchers found that flu vaccination reduced hospitalization by 59%.
          http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/03/canadian-…

        • Duff5000 on 23/03/2014 - 22:24
          +3

          The opening paragraph:

          "During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, Canadian researchers identified a greater risk of infection in those who had been vaccinated against seasonal flu, a puzzling finding that researchers are still unraveling,"

          Did you read it? If you did you apparently missed the point.

          Yes most of that article is on their study in pigs but it was originally observed in humans hence the experiments in pigs. I never said it doesn't reduce hospitalisations.

          "However, in 2010 a large study by a Canadian team put an exclamation point on the earlier findings, reporting that the risk of needing treatment for pandemic flu was 1.4 to 2.4 times greater in those who had been vaccinated against seasonal flu in the previous year."

          "The interaction between the vaccine and respiratory disease, called vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease (VAERD), has been seen before, for example with formaldehyde-inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination followed by wild-type RSV infection."

          Feel free to go and read into it. This may have happened to neato or maybe it was going to happen anyway. Without a specialist doing tests on him at the time i doubt you could find out.

        • RefusdClassification on 23/03/2014 - 23:53
          -6

          I read in an article recently that children who have been vaccinated against Whooping Cough are more like to get Whooping Cough later in childhood than unvaccinated children. Vaccination is a scam that costs governments huge amounts of money. It may or may not have rare harmful side effects such as autism.

          Vaccination seems to be in vogue though at ozbargain this month. "The best things in life are free" as that free to air TV commercial informs me. I disagree.

        • johnno07 on 24/03/2014 - 12:08
          +1

          Bullshit, Sinestro. Did that article happen to be written by an ex-pornstar by any chance? Stop talking about things you clearly don't understand.

        • twocsies on 24/03/2014 - 15:18
          +1

          In 2009, there were seven studies. Although the Canadian researchers found some unusual results, they were not seen in the other studies that year.
          http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fj…

          The result of the Canadian study, even though a number of other studies did not find the same risk, was for the pH1N1 to be added to the seasonal vaccine and "thereby obviate any risk that might have been due to the seasonal vaccine in 2009, which did not include pH1N1."

          In my opinion, making conclusions about whether to take a vaccine based on a few reports found in the media is not well founded. There are dozens of studies every year. If your principles inform you that since you are in a low risk group or are otherwise opposed to vaccines, then that is fine: don't take them and let people know the basis of your beliefs. On the other hand, don't try to argue based on the results of a single medium scale study that included only a few hundred people. It's just too easy for statistically significant results to emerge as a random phenomenon. The vaccines don't prevent the flu, they only reduce the chance of getting it, and if you get the vaccine you will be around 60% less likely to go to hospital due to the flu.

        • Duff5000 on 24/03/2014 - 17:19

          In my opinion, making conclusions about whether to take a vaccine based on a few reports found in the media is not well founded

          Strawman much? I didnt make conclusions about whether to have a vax and i didn't base my post on reports found in the media.

          All i did was provide Neato with a possible explanation as to why he got sicker than he had been in the past and linked to one article on the matter.

          On the other hand, don't try to argue based on the results of a single medium scale study that included only a few hundred people. It's just too easy for statistically significant results to emerge as a random phenomenon.

          I didnt try and argue anything. Also to suggest 2700 people is a few hundred is a little deceptive.

          The suggestion that it is possible to get sicker after being vaxed is well backed by the studies. It is possible, i didn't say that is definitely what happened to Neato.

          http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/5/200/200ra114

    • johnno07 on 23/03/2014 - 20:26
      +8

      I negged you, not because I'm a sheep, but because your comment is extraordinarily dumb.

    • bs0 on 23/03/2014 - 20:31
      +1

      taking no side on this argument, but posting remarks that are anti-vaccine, like the one above, is ironically 'sheep-like' btw.

  • Chemiluminescence on 23/03/2014 - 20:14

    Your ignorance is astounding. Do you also believe in chemtrails and believe the moon landing was faked?

    • Save Medicare on 23/03/2014 - 20:51

      homeopathy

      • [Deactivated] on 23/03/2014 - 22:31

        You use crystals for deodorant?

  • jeffjj on 23/03/2014 - 22:12
    +3

    Evidence of benefit in immunising healthy adults is not too impressive… This study says you need to immunise 71 healthy adults to prevent one case of influenza.. See http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001269…

  • [Deactivated] on 23/03/2014 - 22:30

    NO ONE here is qualified to give medical advice. Google is also not qualified to give anyone medical advice.

    All I'm hearing are conspiracy nuts & whinging nose drippers.

    If your GP tells you to get a flu shot then GO AND GET A BLOODY FLU SHOT - THEY'RE FREE.

  • ianyelts on 24/03/2014 - 00:15

    IT IS NOT FREE.

    $15 from Chemist and no Concession discounts.

    (FluVax is NOT a PBS listed item since 2010)

    It's only free at Rosewater.

    Nowhere else.

    • [Deactivated] on 24/03/2014 - 09:10
      +6

      So.. it's free.

  • Kanasuke on 24/03/2014 - 01:41
    +2

    I would recommend doing some serious, genuine research on the topic before deciding if these flu shots are for you. Unlike what the experts would tell you, science is not so difficult a thing that a commoner could not understand. Do not be tempted into leaving such a serious decision to the doctors so that you can get away with not having to do any thinking. It is very important that you do the research, especially if you are going to inject your kids with this. Take a look at both sides of the argument. There are advantages and disadvantages. You should weigh them up and decide for yourself.

    Take responsibility over you and your children's health. Don't leave that responsibility to your government.

    • muncan on 24/03/2014 - 08:43
      +1

      It's OzBargain mate. Ask questions after your purchase/acquisition.

    • [Deactivated] on 24/03/2014 - 09:09

      Thank you Dr Kanasuke. Where does your research come from? Facebook posts & abovetopsecret.com?

      • Kanasuke on 26/03/2014 - 12:00
        -2

        It's actually much more scary that you are not able to question your government the same way you would question a private firm when they're selling goods to you. Wouldn't you normally question both to the same extent? Especially if it's injections?

        http://fairdinkumradio.com/

  • bahaha on 24/03/2014 - 10:21
    +2

    So much drama for something that is free. If you don't want to get the shot… then don't. No one is holding a gun to your head. Cheers for the info OP. Luckily I live around the corner from there :D

  • bonky on 24/03/2014 - 10:29

    will they do interstate ppls? I'm in Adelaide in may so be happy to get this

    • muncan on 24/03/2014 - 17:04
      +2

      New Adelaide tourism campaign… Come to Adelaide; get shot!
      :-P

  • ozmian on 24/03/2014 - 11:56
    +2

    Had it done free at GP Axis Munno Para last year me and the kids - rang them yesterday to ask if they're doing free for everyone this year too and she said yep can have either the nurse or doctor do it, free for all kids and adults. Lots of other GP Axis around Adelaide too.

  • tubgirl on 25/03/2014 - 15:43
    +1

    What never ceases to amaze me is the hypocrisy and rhetoric surrounding this topic.

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/toddler-who-was-gi…

    Discussion is now over.

    • Rookie117 on 26/03/2014 - 19:35

      A kid is given an adult drug & suffers for it. What's your point?

      • muncan on 26/03/2014 - 22:57
        +1

        Point is, don't google tubgirl

  • cheepwun on 28/03/2014 - 08:47

    Your gov would never lie to you, nor accept money from the very corporations profiting from vaccines they inject the population with routinely. Nor are their any health side-effects for taking them.

    Please inject.
    PS. Your water is 100% safe too.

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