I’m starting to think that flu shots are getting less and less beneficial...in the same way that common antibiotics are becoming ineffective.
Everybody around me has had it but I’m apparently flu free.
The newscasts when the flu first emerged said that this year’s flu shot is about 40% effective. That number could only get worse, I’d think, as the flu it doesn’t protect against is the one that’s spreading.
Sounds like a guessing contest, anyway, per the CDC:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/04/us-usa-flu-idUSKCN0JI00T20141204
They keep asking me to get the flu shot, every year, but I’ve never gotten it once ... and I’m retired now. The doctors keep telling me that I need it more than ever, now that I’m retired.
Sure, I catch the flu, but I always make it through ... :-) ...
Flu shot no match for H3N2 strain reported across Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/flu-shot-no-match-for-h3n2-strain-reported-across-canada-1.2886218
The problem is each year they have to try and guess which strains are going to be the problem. This year they missed and the strain that is dominant isn’t one that the vaccine covered...
Take Vitamin D3 and forget the flu shots.
I haven’t had one for two years.
What most people don’t know is that every year when they develop the flu vaccine its a guessing game as to what variety of mutation will occur. Many years the actual flu that mutates is not the one the vaccine covers. My understanding is that this year is one of those years so if you got the vaccine its worthless.
We gave up vaccines about 6 years ago. Just take your heavy D3 dose everyday, wash your hands and stay away from crowds like the Mall. We also drink an elderberry tincture everyday during flu season that Mr. GG2 makes up every year. Very easy to make and effective.
I get mine every year. At my age a bout of Flu might cost conservatives a vote.
What’s important to know is how important and underrated sanitation is. Vaccines aren’t effective enough to use as a crutch. Rely on cleanliness too. But for the most part, I agree, disease-causing germs are the quintessential example of evolution, and not in a good way.