No more flu shots

[Joe_K]

I'm not sure I believe that anymore. There are plenty of stories of kids getting vaxed without consent.

It's been a few years since I got a flu shot mostly because I've not made an effort to get one. I don't have a problem with them. But I don't trust them anymore and don't have 100% confidence some activist nurse won't give me something I don't want. No more flu shots for me.

Parents need to teach their own kids. Schools and doctors offices are not good places to send a child unattended.

[Joe_K]

I haven't trusted the flu vaccines since I found out how they were created. Had to take them while I was on active duty but stopped once I retired. My personal history is anecdotal but I would get the flu every second or third year when I was on active duty, maybe as often as every year; I haven't had the flu since I stopped -- had other illnesses but not flu. Doctor's office keeps offering them to me every year and every year I tell them I'm willing to consider it if there are any recent studies to show it's more effective than it's been in the past.

They were not mandatory when I was in that I recall.

[T. B. Turner]

I'm 64 and have never had a flu shot in my life. Hadn't had the flu in over 26 years prior to getting covid a few months ago. I have had colds that were worst than the vid. My wife had been vaxed for covid and got it at the same time. Her symptoms were slightly different than mine but overall no better. I was always skeptical about the whole covid thing. Any time you get the government and the media involved in anything, things get exaggerated. Which is what I think happened with this covid. They seemed to have developed a vax rather quickly. then from what I understand, it was approved under an emergency situation, So it was not carefully considered the way it should have been. Considering how much money was likely made by the company's producing the meds. I really wonder if this was more profit-motivated than necessary.

[Aloha_Shooter]

They were not mandatory when I was in that I recall.

They were mandatory but on the honor system for the 22 years I served. I'm sure there were waivers available for people who were allergic to eggs or who had other valid excuses but without the valid excuse, failure to get mandated vaccinations was basically a failure to maintain readiness.

[buffalobo]

I'm 64 and have never had a flu shot in my life. Hadn't had the flu in over 26 years prior to getting covid a few months ago. I have had colds that were worst than the vid. My wife had been vaxed for covid and got it at the same time. Her symptoms were slightly different than mine but overall no better. I was always skeptical about the whole covid thing. Any time you get the government and the media involved in anything, things get exaggerated. Which is what I think happened with this covid. They seemed to have developed a vax rather quickly. then from what I understand, it was approved under an emergency situation, So it was not carefully considered the way it should have been. Considering how much money was likely made by the company's producing the meds. I really wonder if this was more profit-motivated than necessary.

^^^This.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Flu shots for past twenty years and haven’t gotten sick in that time- and the wife is a pediatrician and gets exposed to all kids of crap. Not a big deal.