How old is your brother (why does the flu require him hospital visits)?
Seriously, I am 33 years old, don’t use hand sanitizer, only wash my hands in the shower and after using the bathroom, live in a semi-urban area, work in an office, have a 4 year old, I smoke cigarettes regularly, eat like crap, and drink alcohol and have not had a flu shot once in my life. I have had the flu just once. Really the only thing I have going for me prevention-wise is the fact that I do exercise regularly.
Other than being useless for a couple of days, the flu ain’t that bad. I’d rather have the flu than strep throat, a sinus infection, bronchitis, or a tooth abcess.
Point is, unless you are older than about 70 or younger than about 2 or have some kind of chronic illness, the flu shot does you no good except weaken you immune system so you catch the virus everytime there is a new strain.
The only time in my life I had the flu was while I was in the AF (yearly flu shots). I haven’t had a flu shot since ‘92 when I got out and I have not had the flu since.
“I have had the flu just once.... Other than being useless for a couple of days, the flu ain’t that bad. “
And how would you know how bad it can be if you only ever had it once? Either you lied about having it only once or you are as clueless as an obama voter.
Sometimes flu ain't that bad and sometimes it kills you.
My brother is in his 70’s and hardly ever gets sick. He became dehydrated and had to have ivs. He still wears his high school size clothes. He hunts and fishes plus takes care of his small farm plus our nephew’s farm. This really knocked him for a loop.