[spectre]

Just got my annual flu shot the other day. Guess it isn't for the "big one"...sigh.

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[AndyTheBear]

Unfortunetly the flu shot is only effective against three strains of the flu which the vaccine manufactures thought would be the worst/most common a number of months ago. Unless they targeted this one as part of the three I do not think the flu shot helps at all. (I know a microbiologist who worked several years in the flu vaccine industry, and will see if I can't get her take on this later today).

[kellynla]

I got a flu shot about ten years ago and guess what? I got the flu. I haven't got a flu shot since. And guess what? I haven't got the flu since. Best preventive action for the flu. Wash your hands often and stay out of doctors' offices. LOL

[RobbyS]

The only shot that is useful for "The Big one" is the shot of morphine that lets you slide painlessly into etermity.