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That’s the thing isn’t it? Is the risk of the vaccine higher than the risk of a future flu? I strongly suspect it isn’t

• watwut 4y ago
  In my case, I had actual flue exactly once in my life. It was super unpleasant, but no big deal and ended in exactly one week. I got flu shot three times and got sick with (not flu ordinary sickness) right after three times and it took two weeks to feel good after. I guess the issue is that I am rarely entirely healthy during cold season and flu shot pushes me over the line. Not really work it. I would take it if I had reason to - like a relative with super weak immune system or had to go to hospital whatever. But other then that, it is not worth it.
• toast0 4y ago
  At least for me, the first several times I got the flu shot, I had a fairly strong immune response; this is probably good, but still two to three days of disruption. The last couple shots haven't been so bad (or I also had a covid shot at the same time, so who knows). But after the first two flu shots it was: known couple of days feeling sick plus very low chance of major complication vs unlikely several days of feeling sick plys low chance of major complication ... and there's a decent chance of getting the shot, feeling sick, and then getting the flu and feeling sick again. Now that I've gotten the shot enough times that I don't have a strong response, it's easier to just get it. The very low chance of major complications with no family history of such isn't enough for me to worry about. But the US has different policies on this intervention than other countries, so reasonable people can differ, I guess.