The flu vaccine for any given year is medicine’s best EDUCATED GUESS as to what strain/s will likely be most prevalent for that particular year. Some years it’s an effective guess, others not so much. As a healthcare provider of 35+ years, I myself have never received a flu vaccine. I can count on one hand the number of times I have contracted the ‘flu’ after have interacted with hundreds of thousands of patients over that 35 year span. I have at times recommended said vaccine to those whose compromised health condition could possibly benefit from it but not for an otherwise healthy individual.
I get the vaccine every year. I had the Hong Kong flu in college and never want to be that sick again. Now as a health care provided I am mandated to get the vaccine or I cannot work in the hospital, but I would get it anyway
I’m with you on not using flu vaccines. How do you think the huge homeless areas in places like CA will effect the incident reports? Just saw a video of one encampment near Disneyland of all places. It looks like a veritable breeding ground for mutating viruses!