TY for the kind words. The ONLY time I ever got a flu shot was one year in nursing school. It was that or wear a mask during my clinicals. Flu shots are a crap shoot; the CDC guesses 3-5 years out which strains may be prevalent and formulate the shot from there. People always say "I got the shot then got sick anyway!" Well, there are tho…
TY for the kind words. The ONLY time I ever got a flu shot was one year in nursing school. It was that or wear a mask during my clinicals. Flu shots are a crap shoot; the CDC guesses 3-5 years out which strains may be prevalent and formulate the shot from there. People always say "I got the shot then got sick anyway!" Well, there are thousands of strains of the flu- like what Covid will eventually be lie- and getting a shot lowers your immune system temporarily. So yeah, chances are you got sick but not from the shot. Not worth poisoning myself.
TY for the kind words. The ONLY time I ever got a flu shot was one year in nursing school. It was that or wear a mask during my clinicals. Flu shots are a crap shoot; the CDC guesses 3-5 years out which strains may be prevalent and formulate the shot from there. People always say "I got the shot then got sick anyway!" Well, there are thousands of strains of the flu- like what Covid will eventually be lie- and getting a shot lowers your immune system temporarily. So yeah, chances are you got sick but not from the shot. Not worth poisoning myself.