[mosaicwolf]

"...because the predominant strain was so dissimilar from the vaccine that year..."

The flu shot push every year is the second biggest fraud on the American public since Obamas eligibility. That is the reason I never get a shot and rarely get the flu.

When I do get the flu I don't run to the ER and whine about it costing the tax payers a few thousand dollars. I take 2 aspirin every four hours (+/-4 cents) for elevated temperature, 1 shot of whiskey (+/-1 dollar) every two hours for muscle aches, one a shot lemon juice (+/- 25 cents) with honey for score throat, and make a conscious decision to commit 100 million reserve white cells (free of charge) to the fight. Just like my Grand Mother told me to do 60 years ago.

By the way, you didn't have to worry about going to jail if you gave a minor a few shots of whiskey for the flu in those days. People still had common sense.

[rusureitflies?]

yup... old school remedies... bought a ltr/1/2 whiskey just other day.. in case I get to feelen poorlee..

[oh8eleven]

That is the reason I never get a shot and rarely get the flu.
If you "rarely" get the flu, why do you have a treatment plan?
Just how often do you "rarely" get the flu, and how do you know it's the flu?

[eyedigress]

My dad would give me a shot of whiskey at bedtime for flu. It usually worked.