I was young and in good health when during one semester of law school, I caught the flu during finals week. All the studying I had done all semester to learn th

I was young and in good health when during one semester of law school, I caught the flu during finals week. All the studying I had done all semester to learn the material was very hard to drag out of my brain while I was worn out and sore and barely able to breathe from the flu. Since then, I have received the flu shot most years, and I can keep productive during the winter while other people have to take time off from work to recover from a case of the flu. As other comments have said, the main reason for healthy young people to take flu shots is to limit spread of the disease to people who will die from the flu or who cannot take flu shots. But you may very well get direct benefit for yourself, and the risk is very small. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm