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Originally Posted by Azure
The way I look at it the point of the flu shot is just to 'help' you fight the flu. You could easily still get it, but either way it is not life threatening.
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Personally, I don't think a flu shot is important to keep you or me safe. Assuming you're a person of reasonable health, you'll do fine with most cases of the flu...it's not the end of the world. It might suck for a few days but you'll get over it (most of the time).
But things are worse if you end up passing it along to grandma or grandpa and their weaker immune systems. They might not be able to do as well as the bulk of society and you can transmit it to them while you're just starting to feel symptomatic (if memory serves, you're most likely to transmit the day before your peak symptoms). That transmission can be a bit of trouble for them because of the fact that you didn't get a flu shot.
Edit - I guess Street Pharmacist kind of hinted at the same in the post above this one.