Re: Flu Shots
ok heres the thing. The "flu shot" is a concoction that will protect against the MOST POPULOUS type of flu going around at the time that the shot is generated. You can become exposed to a different strain and get sick ... but you won't get AS sick if you've had the shot. As with the common cold, there are so many hundreds of different "strains" that you cannot possibly get innoculated against them all. But if you get the "general" glu shot, you'll be less sick. If you look at the biology of viruses, you can see this easily. There is definitely a benefit to getting the shot. Yes it CAN make you feel like crap for a day or so too - I mean you're introducing a visrus into your system and your system needs to figure out how to fight it off. That just means its working.