"Flu shots are not "vaccinations". They are unnecessary, and carry many times more health risk than any vaccination."You did not say they are:
"not even close to the same league of importance as vaccines such as diphtheria, polio, measles, tetanus, or pertussis."As for the remainder of your assertions, one, there is no scientific evidence to support your claim of "many more times the risk" and two, there is a very compelling argument that it is in the public's interest to have flu shots, especially among the elderly, the very young, and those who have pulmonary diseases.
I said no compelling interest for MANDATORY flu shots. That is what NJ is doing. You want to give your children a shot, go right ahead. But I choose not to do so, and there is no possibility for any rampant epidemic to occur as a result. Because of that fact, flu shots are totally distinct from critical vaccinations that carry such a risk when people fail to give them to children. You seem to stand alone in this thread in advocating the opposite. Good luck to you.