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> Every healthy responsible person gets a flu shot every single fall The implication of your phrasing here is that people who do not get a flu shot every singl
by criticaltinker 5y ago
> Every healthy responsible person gets a flu shot every single fall
The implication of your phrasing here is that people who do not get a flu shot every single fall are irresponsible - which seems pretty silly to claim given that seasonal influenza does not pose a significant risk to a majority of the population, especially healthy children and adults.
- zeku 5y agoWe get flu shots to reduce the incidence of the flu in the population so that we don't kill a bunch of old people a decade too early. You're purposefully ignoring a piece of the "critical thinking" so that you can be anti-science. I'm very disappointed in the anti science comments on HN as of late.
- AndrewBissell 5y agoIt's anti-science to say not everyone should necessarily be expected to get a flu shot now?