Reply #98: Kids get measles and don't die...

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and kids get measles and die. Kids get measles vaccines, and they don't get sick OR die. Where's the question here? This is a no-brainer.

Flu vaccines are designed to combat the most prevalent or most dangerous expected strains in a given season. That's important work... you're forgetting that the flu can kill, too, especially people who are old or have other medical conditions. And obviously it's not an exact science, sometimes they put out a vaccine expecting one strain to be the most prevalent one season and it turns out to be another, or maybe because they suppress one strain successfully another becomes the more prevalent one, but all in all, flu shots are probably a good idea, especially for people who are at higher risk or in a position to infect others. I don't bother, I'm young and in fairly good health, although any serious respiratory illness can be a problem because of my asthma, and I work at home, so I don't have to worry about infecting others and rarely get infected myself. But if you're a schoolteacher or work at a nursing home or, for that matter, live in one, then you should probably get a flu shot.