The flu has always had the strange attribute of being familiar enough that people are not afraid of it, but every 100 years or so it might kill a few million people.
On top of that there have been incidents where the risk was oversold (Swine Flu in the 1970#] and the vaccine is problematic.
Thanks to a perverse reaction (you tell me to do this so I will not do it) we are going to see uptake of all kinds of vaccine drop.
Myself I got the quadrivalent flu shot, my wife didn’t, she got the flu for thanksgiving and was off her feet for three days. I slept next to her the whole time and did not get it. If I had, watching her suffering, I would have called my doc for antivirals at the first sign.
On top of that there have been incidents where the risk was oversold (Swine Flu in the 1970#] and the vaccine is problematic.
Thanks to a perverse reaction (you tell me to do this so I will not do it) we are going to see uptake of all kinds of vaccine drop.
Myself I got the quadrivalent flu shot, my wife didn’t, she got the flu for thanksgiving and was off her feet for three days. I slept next to her the whole time and did not get it. If I had, watching her suffering, I would have called my doc for antivirals at the first sign.