Will be getting one. It's not required for us even though we we are a healthcare company, but it's strongly recommended. Since I work in Infectious Diseases and Oncology with lots of sick/immunosuppressed folk, I figure it helps protect me from getting it from sick patients and protects the patients in case I happen to get it.

 

i dont think i ever had one as an adult...and i work with kids.

 

I got a conspiracy thing with flu shots and I never take them...

 

I have had the flu once in the last 25 years, got it from the flu shot I was forced to get, which they claimed was impossible. The next year, they again said I had to get the shot or I could not work in the clinic and would not graduate. To this I replied, "Not getting the shot. If you prevent me from graduating I will sue you for the total of my investment in my education." They immediately caved.

I can count on one hand the times I have been sick in the last 25 years. Food poisoning a few times and that flu shot.

It is essentially a wild ass guess what strain is going to be prevalent, they need a lot of lead time to make it. If people understood the process, nobody would get the shot.

If they wanted it to be effective, they would force everyone to wear a mask. I will wear the mask.

 

I got the flu before the shots were available. [/hipster sick guy]

 

Never have.

 

got one last year for the first time. felt like crap for a week. never again.

 

I'm required to for patient care. Or being around patients in general.

I've never had the shot before. I get the flu annually, always in the springtime. : /

I unfortunately understand the process of it's development very well. :hs:

 

I have a healthy immune system so why wwould I bother?
I have had the flu maybe twice in my life, once as a kid and again after my ex wife nagged me into getting the shot...fucking bitch :chuckles:

 

Because it's such a crapshoot, I stopped getting the shot after leaving college.
I've never reacted to them, but OTOH, I hardly ever get the flu.