SawMaster
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I never had a flu shot, and I only get the flu once every few years,. And when I do get it, it's always much milder and runs it course much faster then with everyone else But in the last few years, colds which were once similar in nature for me, are more severe. Not complaining.
The flu jab is a guess, and not so long ago there was a year where they got it wrong. I didn't get it that year but everyone else did. And I've known plenty of people who got the jab but ended up getting the flu anyway so I'm not so sure it's worth the cost and bother.
Whether just by bad luck or coincidence, one of my oldest and dearest friends got flu symptoms about ten days after getting a flu shot, which quickly turned into a case of pneumonia which killed him As you all know, I;m not 'anti-vax' as such, but given what I've seen I doubt that there's much point in a seasonal flu jab and it might even be bad for some few people. The way I see it, you're probably equally well off without it as you build some immunity catching it, which will likely not have severe consequences if you do. And you may not get the flu at all. The seasonal flu jabs haven't been what they should be, that's for sure
My hope is that with all the knowledge we've gained fighting Covid, maybe now we can do something better regards seasonal flus which are just another corona-virus anyway. And even if it doesn't help with the flu jab, at least now everyone knows the value of masks, social distancing, and reducing surface-contact transmission of these things which should go a long way to keeping the seasonal flu in check even without a jab, which to me is the ideal approach until we can devise one jab which is effective against everything
Phil
The flu jab is a guess, and not so long ago there was a year where they got it wrong. I didn't get it that year but everyone else did. And I've known plenty of people who got the jab but ended up getting the flu anyway so I'm not so sure it's worth the cost and bother.
Whether just by bad luck or coincidence, one of my oldest and dearest friends got flu symptoms about ten days after getting a flu shot, which quickly turned into a case of pneumonia which killed him As you all know, I;m not 'anti-vax' as such, but given what I've seen I doubt that there's much point in a seasonal flu jab and it might even be bad for some few people. The way I see it, you're probably equally well off without it as you build some immunity catching it, which will likely not have severe consequences if you do. And you may not get the flu at all. The seasonal flu jabs haven't been what they should be, that's for sure
My hope is that with all the knowledge we've gained fighting Covid, maybe now we can do something better regards seasonal flus which are just another corona-virus anyway. And even if it doesn't help with the flu jab, at least now everyone knows the value of masks, social distancing, and reducing surface-contact transmission of these things which should go a long way to keeping the seasonal flu in check even without a jab, which to me is the ideal approach until we can devise one jab which is effective against everything
Phil