B767drvr and VPL must be related.
I got my flu shot last week, and will continue to get the flu shot every year.
My experience has been that it may not prevent you from getting the flu, it will reduce the symptoms that will enable you, to function. No one wants to make love to the porcelain goddess.
For those allergic to the shot, getting it is not a good idea but I still believe one should get a pneumonia and shingles vaccination. Shingles is a painful condition that one family member suffered with, causing a tremendous mount of pain. The pneumonia vaccination will not stop you from getting pneumonia, but it will keep you from dying. Source is my old PCP.
"You can say, I won't get the flu shot or I will". Either way your right.
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I just want to do the right thing! Uncle Joe, (my hero).