[Bonanza]

Why do some people love to tout that they have or have had the flu, when in fact, all they had was a cold?
No one gets the flu every year let alone twice in one season.
Most people have never even had it.
When you have the flu, as opposed to a cold, you feel like you're on your death bed and in many clases need to go in the hospital.

A flu shot may not prevent you from getting the flu, but it certainly reduces your chances of having it or having a bad case of it.

You can get a cold time after time after time.
A flu shot will not prevent a cold.

And yes -- getting a flu shot is a choice.
But maybe the choice one makes by not getting the shot is also a choice that you might get the flu, become seriously ill and then die.
Yup. That's definitely a choice!