Before I retired, we weren’t required but the nurse gave them for free every year at work. I rarely took one since I had never had a bad flu, until 2008. Before that, most of the flu I had was more like a bad chest cold.
I have always been healthy, except when I was a little kid in school. My weakness is stomach viruses. When my daughter was little, she brought them home from school. When I was in my 40’s and 50’s, the women that worked for me had kids and passed them around. The flu I had in 2008 is the only one that was bad enough to get my attention and make me figure I needed to take the flu shot. I ran a fever of 106 for two days and was on the verge of being put in the hospital when it broke. I was out of work for two weeks.
I’m very healthy now. I’m not a recluse but I’m not around a lot of little super spreaders either. :-)
Speaking of super spreaders, my friend in Ohio went through a bout of Covid. As did her 2 brothers, mother, father, sister in law and nephew. All most likely caught it at a 3 year old’s birthday party.
Pretty much the flu for all affected. She is not vaxxed.