I get a flu shot every year. I have not had the flu in probably 22 years and I work in an emergency room where I am obviously exposed to people who do have it every year. Is it perfect is it full proof? No. They have to estimate what strains are going to be most prevalent because these things have to be prepared well in advance of flu season. Sometimes they're wrong. But one thing I will say is utter bull crap that seems to be suggested every time this subject comes up is this notion that the flu shot can give you the flu. It cannot. That's just horse pucky. I also stand firmly by my belief that many people get a bad cold and think they had the flu. The flu is a whole other level of sick from a bad cold.


The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.
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