[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I had the flu half a dozen years ago. The following year, I started getting a yearly flu shot. If the shot does ANY of the following:
prevent me from getting the flu, reduce the risk of me getting it, reduce the symptoms when I do get it - then I'm fine with getting the shot. Sore arm for 24 hours beats sore lungs for a week, hands down.

I'm a test subject for the RSV shot, I've had two doses of whatever it was (either placebo or the actual shot). Pretty sure mine was the placebo since I didn't even have a sore arm after getting it. But we are well-informed about the shot, about RSV, and about how our participation helps. This is the GSK shot that I believe is already out and being administered now, unless GSK is working on more than one.

My cousin is also a test subject, but because she has certain medical conditions, she's not in the double-blind trial like I am. She knows that she received the actual drug. She's doing fine, and did get the sore arm that night when she got her first (and so far only) dose. She's in a 2-year trial, I'm in a 3-year trial.

Absolutely!!!!

And everyone should thank you for being a test subject---that action may very well end up saving lives