Please stop with the flu shot posts.

[Ms. Toad]

125. And those who had that version of the flu growing up, or were exposed to it

sufficiently to acquire immunity, also fared well. Which may partially eplain why I've had the flu only twice in the last 16 years.

And - you don't necessarily get any protection. In my age range (>50), the vaccine offered no advantage over bot being vaccinated for the second half of the season.

It's certainly a reasonable choice to get the flu shot every year.

I'm just annoyed with turning a personal choice into a shame campaign every year, under the pretext that creatiing herd immunity is a public health issue - when, even under the best conditions - the low effectiveness of the vaccine makes it impossible to do (in the best year, it would require 111% of the population to be immunized; last year it would have required about 230% - both of which are obviously impossible to attain)