Flu Shots

Flu shot is really a very weak version of the actual flu, only one among the variety out there. So it doesn't mean we will not get a flu but for sure with not that particular flu variant. We just have to make sure that the variant we have to shot our selves with and our family is the most dangerous one at the time.

I think that the flu shot can help prevent the flu but not fully protect you because there are so many different strains of it.

I have had the flu shot and have never really had any problems with it. They have offered it for free at my employment so I figured it was a good idea and checked with my doctors about it as well.

i get a flu shot every year and havent suffered from the flu to any varying degrees and will continue to get this year. i have a poor immune system because i dont sleep well, so anything that will make me more healthier (and its free, too!) why not?

We advocate that for pregnant woman so that their immunity can be transferred to their babies.The babies are easily infected with pneumonia and the shots can help to alleviate it

The flu shot will prevent you from catching the flu you've been vaccinated for, but you could still fall victim to another strain.

Well, I guess a lot of vaccines are like that. They inject you with a small portion so your body can learn to fight that off, so we'll build an immunity...So that doesn't bother me. Supposedly, I'm at high risk for the flu, but I haven't had a flu shot in about 3 years. I never really got one on a regular basis. I figure the less foreign things I put in my body, the better. But I guess if I had small children I'd want them to get a flu shot. Especially since the school years is about to start. But then again, I'm not a parent.

i don't get the flu shot only because every time i do i end up sick with the flu for 2 weeks so i just don't get it plus it don't stop you from getting all the types of flu so whats the point.

I have taken the flu shot and it really did help prevent me from getting the flu, but my Dad has taken it a few times and each time ended up with a horrible case of the flu. So, I think that it really just depends on the person's own immune system response to the shot.

I got my first flu shot this past winter. I decided to get it because I was really sick the previous winter and don't have health insurance. I did not get sick ONCE after getting that shot. I haven't been sick in probably a year now!! So I don't know if it was thanks to the flu shot or if I'm just having a really lucky year! lol

I have never gotten a flu shot because years ago when my brother was in the Navy he received the flu shot and ended up so sick for weeks with the flu. That told me all I needed to know not to ever get it. So I have been pretty lucky and Thank God I don't get sick to much at all. Maybe once a year but just a common cold.

I got the flu shot one year and had the worst case of the flu because of that shot. I had never been that sick before that shot or since having that shot. I was told some people have a reaction to the shot which is worse than the actual flu itself. Because basically you are being injected with the actual flu virus. Which in my mind makes no sense at all. If I am getting a shot not to get the flu, why would I let them inject me with the one thing I am trying to avoid getting.

Well me and my father took some flu shots and the doctor said it will last 1 year but after 6 months i got sick with a flu! the flu shot does help but it depend on your body if you take care of it! rather than taking the shots i would rather take care of my body which is not expensive than a flu shot

Actually it is not a hundred percent that if you get a flu shot,you would be free from any flu, it is not...If you are immunosuppressed you will still be infected.Flu can be easily treated by medicating by it's singns and symptoms like the colds,fever and cough.Flu is not fatal unless it is secondary to any present illness or complications occur..So it is not really neccesary to take flu shots