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Originally Posted by Misterpants
The flu shot is not so YOU don't get the flu. It's for society in general who doesn't want to catch the flu from YOU. This includes all types of at risk groups for whom the flu would be deadly. Immunization is a method of controlling the spread of the flu virus.
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This doesn't make much sense to me.
a) the flu shot doesn't prevent you, once infected, from spreading the flu to others. It stops you from getting the flu in the first place, no?
b) If the high risk people don't want to catch the flu, why don't they get immunized?