Originally Posted by MediaGuy

Whether you get the shot or not makes no difference in whether you get the flu or not.

Flu infection rates don't change regardless of how many get vaccinated.

At best, people who get the shot may experience symptoms for one or two days less than those who do not.

It's a vaccine, not a cure.

You can check with CDC, but in years where they get it wrong and people get a vaccine for another strain, flu rates don't change. It's virtually irrelevant.

Two years ago my mom got the shot for the new strain, and it gave her a bad reaction - swollen arm, dizziness, etc....

Then she got the flu.

Last year, they refused to give her the booster because of that bad reaction.

She didn't get the flu.

This year, no shot, but she got the flu and was bed-ridden for four days.

I say her immune system is probably stronger now than it was any year she was infected and it will probably protect her - naturally, organically - to the day she dies.

Short answer: No.

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