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Originally Posted by schteve_d
I've never had a flu shot and I'm not sure I want to change anything as I haven't had the flu in years. I seem to get colds more frequently than most people I know and they tend to be less severe than other's colds but last longer. I consider that lucky I guess.
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I get the shot more to protect others around me than myself - if I get the flu it is pretty miserable and I'd probably lose a week of work, but if I passed the virus on to my grandmother for example it could kill her (and the vaccine doesn't work as well on the people who are most susceptible to it). If you don't have young kids and don't spend time around the elderly or people with compromised immune system, it's probably less critical in my opinion (but the risk-benefit analysis is still very strongly in favour of getting it).
I got it at Avenida today - absolutely no line up.