[decimon]

Finally, Dr. Majumder said, the findings are a reminder to researchers that "the healthy-user effect is everywhere you don't want it to be."

[Gerasimov]

... because they are elderly. Flu or no flu; shot or no shot, dying is pretty inevitable for the elderly.

[netmilsmom]

This is what I’ve been saying for years. Flu shots are not the end all be all.

Every year I’ve gotten one, I’ve been sick, dead sick, with no change in lifestyle.

I don’t get them for me, I don’t get them for my kids nor does my hubby get them and we do just fine,

It’s the flu for heaven’s sake, I had it once a year as a child, Bad cough or throwing up, so what? Ya get over it.

However I must add, we are all healthy with nothing chronic.

[trisham]

I rarely get the flu, and I’ve never had a shot. I do wash my hands a lot, though.

[IbJensen]

The flu shot doesn’t lessen the chances of death if a senior citizen is struck by a car.