Getting a flu shot:
1) reduces the chances of getting flu by at least 1/3rd (yes, even this year)
2) reduces symptoms/odds of hospitalization/death if you do
3) help protects everyone you're in contact with. The old, the young, the immune compromised.
1) reduces the chances of getting flu by at least 1/3rd (yes, even this year)
2) reduces symptoms/odds of hospitalization/death if you do
3) help protects everyone you're in contact with. The old, the young, the immune compromised.
For everyone who believes that the flu shot give you the flu or any other scaremongering BS, here's a quick primer: cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/m…
Here's another, on this year's flu in particular: nytimes.com/2018/01/11/ups…
"I wanted to get a flu shot but now it's too late." NO popsci.com/should-i-get-f…
A scary number of people seem to think that the flu shot is a con by pharma to shake down patients. ALL vaccines worldwide = 2-3% of pharma profits. Flu vaccine tiny percentage of that: theatlantic.com/business/archi…
56,000 Americans are expected to die from flu this year—almost as many as died in Vietnam War—and the Trump administration has missed opportunities to push vaccine/mitigate risk nytimes.com/2018/02/09/sun… 
