Ever since 2018 I have been getting a flu shot every year, too. Why? In 2018 I had the worst flu ever. It was BAD. Arguably worse than even the one time I got covid in 2022 (despite being twice vaccinated for that at the time). The horror of that flu made me never want to get the flu again.
Vaccines don’t keep you from getting sick with either the flu or COVID, they reduce the symptoms, reduce the risk of re-transmission and significantly reduce the risk of long term effects of these illnesses. Your system still has to fight the intruder.
Ever since 2018 I have been getting a flu shot every year, too. Why? In 2018 I had the worst flu ever. It was BAD. Arguably worse than even the one time I got covid in 2022 (despite being twice vaccinated for that at the time). The horror of that flu made me never want to get the flu again.
I did… but it was never that bad.
I never used to get the flu shot, either. My older brother contracted Influenza A, and it was BAD. I get my flu shot now, every year.
Vaccines don’t keep you from getting sick with either the flu or COVID, they reduce the symptoms, reduce the risk of re-transmission and significantly reduce the risk of long term effects of these illnesses. Your system still has to fight the intruder.
That’s why it was manageable and not debilitating.