[Obadiah]

This season's shot turned out to be a mismatch...

Seems like this happens almost every year. Really not sure why people bother getting the flu shot. It just seems like a commercial hype every season. More about selling a questionable product than anything. How many billions are made from these miss- matched products - every year.

[Calvin Locke]

Perhaps the CDC neglected to figure in the invasion of 3rd worlders? (when attempting to predict the 3 or 4 most likely strains last year)

[so_real]

This season's shot turned out to be a mismatch against the bug that showed up late in the year. The least effective flu vaccine in the past decade was in 2014-2015; that year a mismatch was also blamed.

They call it a "mismatch" so we'll all be willing to gamble next season with another poke in the arm that they get it right next time. But that's a hoax. In reality they could best guess 100% accurately what the next big flu bug will be, vaccinate everyone, decimate that flu bug's population, and the only thing they will have accomplished is making room for an explosion in the population of the runner-up flu variant, which infects everyone, and makes their best guess look like a "mismatch". Wake up, FRiends. Flu vaccines are about tax payer money, not your health. Take your D3 and K2 daily, skip the vaccine, and enjoy saving both your money and your health.

[G Larry]

1973 was my ONLY flu shot, because I was in the USAF.

I get the flu about once every 12 years.

[SecAmndmt]

Flu shot is virtually useless.

Get your vitamin D levels tested, and raise them to 60+ my/mL via supplementation (D3) or UV exposure or a combination. Far better than a flu shot, and also turns on all kinds of anti-cancer genes.

Educate before you vaccinate.

The same medical organizations pushing a one-size-fits-all vax policy, push gun control

[Catmom]

I get my flu shot pretty much every year now. I also got the pneumonia shot in 2005 and will be asking for a booster this year cause I’m turning 65.

The average freeper is probably an older adult. It’s not wise to gamble with life and health to argue some political point. A lady in my church in her late 60s almost died last winter because she refuses to receive either shot. She just assumes that she’ll always be healthy enough to beat these things.

BTW, if your 65+ make sure you get the quadrivalent flu shot when you do. Older adults don’t respond to vaccines as effectively as younger ones and need the extra coverage to produce antibodies.

[Yaelle]

Get your vitamin d levels above 70 and even if you get the flu it will be a very light case.

[varon]

Latest flu vaccine failing against current strain, CDC reports

Get a shot anyway because the pharmaceutical company needs the revenue and your payment receipt is your participation trophy.....

[A_perfect_lady]

I haven’t had a flu shot since ... I think it was 1999. And I work in L.A., and all my students are Latino, and a pretty good portion of them are illegal. So far, my immune system is handling things well.

[metmom]

Happens too often to make getting the vaccine worth the risk.