Same here - my entire family gets the flu shot and I don’t and berate me for it. Last year they all got the flu - and I didn’t (and haven’t for years)
I have to wonder if this isn’t a source of income to balance out medical costs in the system in some way.
That's exactly what it is. Purely a moneymaker. There's no need for a damn flu shot.
I had a very mild case of the flu for the first time, last year. My husband got sick first, and since he’d already had a flu shot, the doctor didn’t test him for the flu, but put him on a course of antibiotics. I am a retired nurse, and despite working around sick people for decades, I just didn’t get sick, except for bronchitis I was prone to, r/t being exposed to cigarettes from my chain-smoking first husband. (I’m allergic to tobacco). Anyway, I’ve never had a flu shot. Our granddaughter was visiting, and she also got sick with classic respiratory symptoms. I just felt worn out, ran a low grade fever at night, and had some bad aching to various joints, a different area each day. We had to send our granddaughter home, and her mother had her tested, and sure enough, she had the flu, though not the severe strain. My symptoms resolved in 3 or 4 days. Obviously, the flu shot doesn’t cover every flu virus, supposedly only the most virulent, and then sometimes, the flu mutates into one that the flu vaccine doesn’t cover. Still not getting a flu shot, though.