For those who doubt the value of a flu shot, I have this to say. Last year I had my shot, as usual, but still caught it. I was in bed for a week, wreching, with fever and chills. The following week my officemate who wasn’t vaccinated caught it and died the next day.
Not getting immunization that works seems stupid and foolish to me.
That’s how it works. It takes two weeks for your immune system to make antibodies. If you are exposed during that time you can still get the flu but it should be more mild. That’s why so many think the shot gave them the flu but it didn’t.
I nearly died from flu about 10 years ago and have taken the vaccination since.
Whoa, bad news about your officemate. I actually have fatigue and headaches from a chronic condition so it is difficult for me to say if the flu shot caused those or not.
What time of the year did those illnesses occur? December would be getting suspicious for covid unless influenza was definitively diagnosed with PCR or other test.
Got mine a couple days ago (also old person strength). Any least this time it was my choice. Mild symptoms as above plus insignificant fever (99.6). All gone in a day.