Last time I got a flu shot - free at work - I promptly - in a few days - came down with a many-weeks case of the flu.
Never got one since. but the others that did each year did and got sick every year.
I haven’t had either a cold or the flu since. I also refuse pneumonia shots. That was over 30 years ago.
I regularly take D3, zinc and C (rose hips)and keep my gut moving with homemade yogurt and/or homemade whey - and carry hand sanitizer in the car and use before and after going into any store/restaurant. These I do as an everyday maintenance - preventative.- But there in ONE THING that nips it in the bud - within minutes, for me.
“the TWINGE”. your NOSE is the gateway for invading germs.
MOst people don’t notice when they get a short, sharp twinge in the nose. But THAT is what you need to pay attention to. It’s the germs setting up ‘base camp’, digging their foxholes in preparation for the full invasion. You have a window of ONE HOUR to stop them in their tracks right there.
This is what works for me. I grab a clove of garlic, smoosh it on the end. I put it up to my nostril and sniff up the vapors several times on each side.
I keep the garlic with me and repeat this every 20 minutes or so for the first hour and then every hour for 4-6 hours - cutting and re-smooshing the garlic. .
If I’m diligent about that first-hour treatment, that is that. If not and it starts to creep to my throat - I double down on the garlic - and gargle every hour with raw honey and fresh lemon juice - both super germ killers. And triple up on D3, C and zinc.
I also have CHF (Congestive Heart Failure) result of heart attack 18 years ago. I take only enalapril - refuse to take the two statins they wanted me too. I take folate, hawthorne, magnesium, etc - and the docs can’t figure out why I’m not, after 17 ears with CHF, not dead or a drooling idiot. They DO NOT want to hear anything about vitamins.
Not prescribing here - nor even recommending - just saying what works for me.
An aside: I’m going to Alaska this summer for visit with family - going salmon fishing, shooting, etc. ..and celebrate my 80th birthday.
OH, another thing.
When forced to use a public restroom - I NEVER TOUCH anything. I use t=paper between my hand and anything I touch - door handles, latch, etc.
I do not wash my hands in a public restroom. Gotta be the most germ laden thing you’d touch all day. People come out of the stalls, turn on the faucets - and leave their germs there. They wash their hands and turn off the faucets - putting the germs right back on their hands - along with everyone elses who has touched the faucets.- and then spread them to the door handle on the way out.
I either carry a little purse size packet of hand wipes - or use the hand sanitizer in my car.
Many stores now have hand sanitizers at their entrances. I surmise this cuts down on sickness.
Interesting, I’m copying that aside, thanks for posting.