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Originally Posted by photon
This isn't how the immune system works.. I suggest you take what you just said and ask your doctor, or better an immunologist, and say it to them and see what the response is (with respect to vaccines, not drugs for headaches). You can't "train your immune system to not work very hard", it's not a muscle.
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My wife and I have asked her doctor. Seriously, people will listen to what they want. Just becasue some doctors say that you should be getting them, doesn't mean that all (or even a majority) of doctors do. My wifes doctor says that regular handwashing, and staying home when you are sick, and coughing into your sleeve are far more important then getting vaccinated.
And of course that's the way the immune system works. Maybe "training" isn't exactly the right word, but the point is still true. I guarantee I'll be healthier in the long term by not vacinating for everything (and being mildly sick several times in between), and just going without.
Of course, I'm not going to say that what is best for myself personally is going to be best for everyone. For many people, vaccinating for these things is probably best.
If having a flu means that you are sick for more then one day at a time, then I've never had the flu in my life.