I'm going to make the Covid / Flu comparison...

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48. Yes, exactly! What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Of course, you have to be sensible, and I am about certain things like vaccines. I also got the J&J and the two-shot shingles vaccine. I am still a little young for it, but it was offered, so I decided to get it since it is something that terrifies me.

I almost always get the flu shot, since I have come down with some bad flu viruses whenever I haven't had them and I just think the older you get it's always good to have extra protection.

My ex-landlord died from the flu a few years ago and he was only in his 60's and didn't have any major health complications, so I am always a little afraid.

I'm only 57 and don't have any major health problems, except for getting run-down because of stress, which makes me susceptible, but sometimes I think it might be psychosomatic.

I still feel guilty justifying a mental health break, so I seem to "get sick" (and I genuinely do not feel well) whenever I am stressed beyond my limits. Psychosomatic illness is not always just in one's head. It can actually manifest physically, even though it is primarily psychological or mental by nature.

It's interesting, but my mother just decided to expose me to my siblings who had chicken pox so that I would catch it and get it over with, however I never really came down with it. I just got about two or three itchy bumps and that was it. Never got it. I had a terrible, almost fatal, case of pneumonia when I was about 2 1/2, but I survived it and I wonder if that early experience helped to develop a very strong immune system.