I don’t. Not on some crazy anti-vaxxer grounds, I just never have. And I’ve never been seriously laid up with the flu, so if my opting out isn’t working, it is also not, not-working.
Anyway, I know many people who do get one. The CDC says:
Everyone 6 months of age and older should get a flu vaccine every season. This recommendation has been in place since February 24, 2010 when CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted for “universal” flu vaccination in the United States to expand protection against the flu to more people.
Medicare covers it. I get it.
It must be working. Every time I fall ill in the winter, the doctor tells me it’s not the flu.
Yes. My wife’s a pharmacist and she enjoys inflicting pain. (Actually, it doesn’t hurt.)
I didn’t for most of my life, but now that I’m older I get it every year. Have never had the flu either way. My checkups fall around this time of year so I just get it then.
Always. My employer usually offers them for free, but I’ve gotten them at Rite Aid in the past.
I got a shot as sheriff, but my deputy did not get one…
I used to get it when i was in the military. I would always get flu like symptoms from it for about a week. So now I don’t get it anymore.
In my 20s and early 30s, I skipped the shot. It cost money and involved a needle. I think Nancy Reagan had been warning me against that kind of activity for years.
BUT, I changed my tune when my father started having serious health problems. The last thing i needed was for 1) me to get sick and not be able to help him and 2) him to get sick and ME to have to take care of him, sicker than he already was. I no longer regularly interact with anyone with compromised immune systems, but have continued getting my annual shot since.
So thanks for the reminder. I will run out and do it today!
Every year without fail. Never got the flu. Never want it.
Missed one year. Got the flu. Don’t plan on missing again. The flu sucks.