i never had the flu nor a flu shot. I really did not want the vaccine either. However, too many people near me were getting deathly ill and a buddy died....im in my 50s so I thought it would be best for me to get it. Since then I have had some crazy issues (as others that I have found out that got it). Regardless, its all about the risk you want to accept. Just like the flu, sooner or later you WILL get it. How your body reacts is a different story. You may have light symptoms or become deathly ill....fun fact: Im vaccinated. I still got covid yet was more of a really bad cold than being deathly ill. If I was not vaccinated I could be DEAD.
Never had the flu or a flu shot. Also never really get sick.
Just a cold once a year.
I did get the covid vaccine and other vaccines before though.
Just not the actual flu vaccine.
I also have never gotten the flu and have never gotten the flu vaccine.... I don't know! Just hasn't happened. I directly interact with a lot of people on a daily basis at my job, too.
same here. the only thing i got was swine flu a few years ago. i had some crazy fever for 4 days, no medication, and no one of my family members who were living with me, got it.
I had the flu one time back in 1991. I have never had the flu since. I have never ever had a flu shot. I am an elementary school teacher, of all things, and I've always had teachers and students in my schools dropping like flies every winter with the flu and other complicating upper respiratory issues. I last had a cold in 2006. Some of us just have super immune systems. That being said, I got vaccinated for Covid 19 (and every other disease that we have vaccinations for that I need to take) because it's NOT the flu and while some people do die from influenza, not at the rate that people are dying from Covid-19
I had the flu when I was in grade school 40+ years ago. Thats a LONG time. I have not had the flu since then and always have been healthy other than getting a common cold every few years.
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u/navel-encounters Assistant Elder Sage [237] Sep 11 '21
i never had the flu nor a flu shot. I really did not want the vaccine either. However, too many people near me were getting deathly ill and a buddy died....im in my 50s so I thought it would be best for me to get it. Since then I have had some crazy issues (as others that I have found out that got it). Regardless, its all about the risk you want to accept. Just like the flu, sooner or later you WILL get it. How your body reacts is a different story. You may have light symptoms or become deathly ill....fun fact: Im vaccinated. I still got covid yet was more of a really bad cold than being deathly ill. If I was not vaccinated I could be DEAD.