Iatrogenesis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatrogenesis
Never had a flu shot and most likely never will. I see no compelling reason to screw around with a perfectly working immune system for no reason.
Plus you never know what new “attributes” they may introduce to your body in the form of a flu shot nowadays. In years past thiswoukd be tin foil hat category but not anymore with the AC sitting on his throne / teeing offa t the nearest golf course. I’d like to see Jeus come back and wrap a 9 iron around his scrawny neck but that wouldn’t be very Christian of me would it? Oh well at least I get some points for honesty...sigh...
Plus you never know what new “attributes” they may introduce to your body in the form of a flu shot nowadays. In years past thiswoukd be tin foil hat category but not anymore with the AC sitting on his throne / teeing off at the nearest golf course. I’d like to see Jeus come back and wrap a 9 iron around his scrawny neck but that wouldn’t be very Christian of me would it? Oh well at least I get some points for honesty...sigh...
You gain the most benefit from a flu shot when your immune system is, in fact, working perfectly. A shot "educates" your immune system by "showing" it what the pathogen "looks" like; later, when your immune system encounters that pathogen, it is ready to protect you.
If your immune system does not work perfectly, then a vaccine might not "educate" it very well and the pathogen can still make you sick. Maybe not quite as sick as you would become without the vaccine, but still sick.