22. You DO realize that "the flu" isn't caused by a single influenza virus, right?
That's like saying that you were in a car accident but it didn't kill you so car accidents aren't dangerous.
There are an infinite number of strains of influenza virus and they constantly mutate. This particular virus is one we've never seen before...which means we have absolutely no immunity to it.
...and flu shots vaccinate against whatever 3 or 4 individual strains the CDC feels are most likely to be a problem that year. If you get a bug that's not one of those particular strains, the shot doesn't do anything...hence, no flu shot will protect against this bug.
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