I’ve never had the flu shot & will never get one.
Research what is in the shots & decide for yourself. Fetal cells, mercury, etc - no thanks.
There are far more effective & natural ways to support your immunity and not to rely on the flu shots.
There was an apology issued for this year’s shot because it wasn’t the right mix.
If you are exposed to the influenza virus and it manages to invade your body, you will get the flu. No matter how many vitamins and supplements you stuff in your body, you will get sick. The body has no natural defense that will fight off a virus that replicates that fast. And when I mean “sick” I’m not talking about those 24-48 hour stomach bugs. That’s not what the flu shot protects you from. That’s not the serious influenza. I mean extremely high fever, ache all over, flat on your back for a week or more, dehydrating like crazy, possible severe upper respiratory problems, taking every over-the-counter medication that works just to survive, and lose 10 pounds of bodyweight in the process. This is the influenza the shot protects you against. And, if you have never had the flu, then you are extremely lucky, or live in an environment where you don’t contact the public very much.
I’m an extremely healthy individual for my age (I’m a pilot, so I have to be) and any year that I miss taking the flu shot, I almost ALWAYS get sick with it. And, even though the shot might miss covering a strain of flu because that strain mutated, it also covers other strains that are just as likely to make you sick. This years’ shot covered four different strains.
The flu shot doesn’t give you live flu. The shot contains a dead virus. It CAN make you sick if you are allergic to eggs or have certain other allergies. But, allergies aren’t the flu.
There is a defined window of 10 days to 2 weeks before the shot becomes effective. If you get the shot today and then go running around with a bunch of sick people this week, you are likely going to come down with the flu. And, you will likely be one of those people who boast that the shot didn’t work and you will never take another one. The shot can only work if you give it a chance.
Please do the rest of us a favor and get a flu shot every year if you can make the window. You will likely save many lives, and maybe your own.