You won't ever be convinced - unless you get sick. But by that point it'll be too late. I hope you don't ever get the flu. At the least, it's like a really bad cold. At the worst, it's deadly.

Not everyone can get a flu vaccine, I am anaphylactic, Haven’t ever had the flu, or a cold and yet still live.

You're very fortunate.
I hope you also don't ever get the flu. And I'm also glad that by getting vaccinated, I am contributing to your good health by reducing the risk of giving it to you :)

Not likely
 

Perhaps the ones they got were taken from another doctor because any flu virus will expire before the year is up. That is to say, if the 2020 regular flu shot is given as early as September, chances are they won't be manufacturing it right through the year, or you'll get shots from another source. They can't use a previous one from 2019 because it has expired.

I just want to clarify that the CDC has not issued official guidance for this year's flu vaccine, even though the vaccine has been delivered to pharmacists and they have already administered the shot to hundreds or thousands of people. What is the CDC waiting for? They are unofficially recommending that "older people" wait until September to get the vaccine. But, pharmacists in The Villages apparently don't agree wiith the CDC because they have ordered the high dose vaccine for people over 65, and are giving it to them, and are not telling them to wait until September. So, who do you believe? I guess it is up to every individual to make their own decision.

Since social distancing has also decreased the incidence of upper respiratory infections, flu vaccinations may be even more important this year.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...228-post5.html

That's the position a good 55 yo friend of mine had. He was strong and healthy before the first time he got the flu.

Sadly his body over reacted him into penemonia and then sepsis. He died in the hospital 2 months later from multi organ failure. His family was devistated.

The way I look at it is if you don't want to get a flu shot that's OK. I will be getting one,and if you come down with the flu it's not my problem. No big deal.

Pharmacies like to give them early and offer incentives as does Publix. Ask any physician when the best time is to get a flu vaccine and they will tell you mid-October. There is science behind the timing.

The vaccine currently being discussed in this thread is for the seasonal flu. The vaccine that is offered every year to protect us, at least partially from the ever changing bugs that start infecting us in the fall and usually peak in early winter. We have chosen to be immunized, on the advice of our physician for years. We are also immunized against three kinds of pneumonia and the shingles.(Herpes Zoster) Our very much younger grandchildren were given all vaccines against childhood diseases and against cervical cancer that can be given to both sexes now at age 12. We trust traditional medicine and our mothers who said an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

I am so sad and angry that undocumented rumors have shifted the previous prevailing use of immunization to a political battlefield.

I am glad they have a flu shot for folks that want it. My wife gets it on the advice of her doctor. I haven't had a flu shot in 50 years and have never had the flu. My preference. If I get the flu and die it is of no consequence to anyone other than myself and maybe my family. No one expects to live forever and I am glad they don't. We are already over populating this planet so something has to thin out the herd. I don't care whether or not anyone else gets the shot. Pump all those drugs and crap into your body for all I care. Yes, I did get my free pneumonia shot before entering the hospital for an operation. And yes I did get the shingles shot when our neighbor that frequents our home had shingles. BUT, I have had childhood mumps, several different measles, as well as other childhood diseases. Traveling overseas for the gov. mandated that I have all kinds of plague shots as well as yellow fever, diphtheria, etc. I had rabies shots when I was bitten by a rat overseas. So, I am not adverse to required shots, but since I firmly believe that I don't get the flu and since I haven't even had a cold in over a decade, I won't get the flu shot. If I get the flu and die, you can say "I told you so" but it won't matter to me, will it? And I get my shots free, so it is not a matter of cost. I just don't see any reason to have that crap injected into me to later find out that "ooops" bad batch.

Sounds like the "snowflakes" are the ones that NEED or feel entitled to the gov nanny. Why do you consider healthy people that choose not to get a vaccine, to be "snowflakes?" Elitists are snowflakes. Those that think they are smarter/more educated than others are snowflakes.

I have absolutely no problem with anyone else getting the vaccine. I just choose not to because I do not feel it to be necessary in my case. I am careful and diligent when it comes to recognizing disease threats around me. I have lived overseas for most of my life so I am familiar with dangerous diseases and how to use preventative measures to avoid infection. I do not believe that I should be labeled a "snowflake."

Just so everyone knows, you CANNOT get shingles from a person who has them. Herpes Zoster is a reactivation of the chicken pox virus you had years ago and lied dormant in your dorsal root ganglia. That is why the "rash" occurs on one side and in one dermatome with only a few exceptions. You CAN get chicken pox from an individual with shingles if you never had them

"You can spread the varicella zoster virus to people who’ve never had chickenpox and haven’t been vaccinated." -- WebMD

Isn't that what I just said?