I’m all for the polio vaccine. And on one job I was required to have all the usual vaccinations required for travel in the 3rd world.
But on the other hand, I had measles as a kid. And chickenpox. My mom nursed me, I don’t think I even went to the doctor.
So its hard for me to take some of this stuff seriously I suppose.
I have never had a flu vaccine, ever. But thats just me, I don’t get sick often thank God. But I have had flu a time or two over the years, but big deal. I just took a day or two off from work til I was able to get back on my feet. I didn’t go to the doctor because, I suppose, from my background people just don’t go to the doctor for every little thing.
I know people who do go to the doctor for everything and some of them are seriously messed up.
My observation over the years has been, if you are shot or in a car wreck, you have a broken bone or a piece of your car stuck in your chest, by all means see a doctor. They can work miracles. If on the other hand you have something weird wrong with weird symptoms, you are probably better off to avoid them.
Well, I am surprised that they don’t ever mention the death toll from the flu every year, that’s enough to make a person’s jaw drop in terms of the U.S. numbers alone. In the U.S. chickenpox is very seldom fatal. I would be willing to bet that the flu will be the biggest killer disease in the United States this year.