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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
This is why I drink and drive. I mean, there are so many things I could possibly die from.. getting hit by a bus walking to work, heart attack, murdered by a mugger. Not drinking and driving won't "save me". It would just "save me" from smashing a vehicle into a tree. So instead, I'm going to eat better and exercise more and continue to drink and drive.
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It's about calculation of risk/reward. Is getting a flu shot - which for me, so far has been 100% in causing a couple days of illness and debilitation - on the minuscle chance you might die - worth it?
Too many people indulge in magical thinking, where the flu shot takes on a talismanic significance that makes them think that once they are immunized, they are "safe". I'm just pointing out that this is not so, and that this hysteria is an over-reaction.
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Originally Posted by photon
As Jiri's post above yours indicates, there are other negative things about this than death.
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As I said, many people getting the shot experience flu-like symptoms for a few days, so to me it seems that there are negatives on BOTH sides of shot/no-shot. I've been immunized twice, and both times I had a moderate reaction where I was out for 2-3 days. I've also had the flu a couple times, and both times it was mild and I was out for 3-4 days. To me it seems a better bet to forgo the certainty of being ill for a chance of being ill, even if actually catching the flu *might* be worse.