[CliffFletcher]

I’ve been getting a flu shot every year for 12 years now. I’m fully vaxxed and fully boosted for covid (got the flu and covid shots together in Oct).

Three weeks ago my whole household came down with either covid or H1N1 (we tested negative for covid, but those home tests are almost useless). Heachache, sore throat, super-tired for more than a week. It sucked. But it likely would have sucked more if I was unvaccinated. I’ve had a full-blown flu before, and it’s no joke - I wanted to die.

So I don’t regret getting vaxxed, and will continue to get a flu + covid shot every year. Even if the effects of getting vaxxed are a marginally lower likelihood of getting covid or the flu, and moderately less severe infection if I do catch it, then it’s still worth it to me. Because the downsides of getting the shots - a sore arm and mild symptoms for 24 hrs - are even smaller. The cost-benefit is a no-brainer.