I can't even remember when I had any sort of flu it's so far back and I do not get any flu shots. they are not ever going to protect you from the newest ones anyway and they are NEVER going to be 100% effective. the efficacy on ANY or most years, averages out to between 30 - 40% and might hit 60% in a good year
here is an article from WebMD
Sept. 2, 2020 -- Every year since
2010, the CDC has urged almost all Americans over 6 months old to get a
flu shot. And every year we fall far short -- just half of us got vaccinated during the 2018-19
season. One reason: Some people believe the shot just doesn’t
work.
Because flu viruses mutate constantly and the
vaccine wears off over
time, you can’t get vaccinated once and expect to be covered for years, as you can with other diseases. The vaccine must be changed each year, in hopes of matching the ever-mutating viruses. And that’s been a challenge. On average, it’s been 40% effective, meaning it’s prevented illness 40% of the time. Since health officials started
tracking it in 2003, effectiveness has varied from year to year, ranging from a low of 10% in 2004-05 to a high of 60% in 2010-11.
Here’s what makes it so difficult. There’s no single
flu virus. It comes in several
strains, the two most common being A and B. The A strain, the more dangerous of the two, has two subtypes that spread regularly among humans: A(
H1N1) and A(H3N2). And the B strain, which tends to cause a milder illness, gets classified into two lines. From there, each one branches out further as new mutations occur.
now reading all of the above and what follows in the article, almost sound sensible. I really don't read it that way.....now that we are in the middle of this (cough cough) pandemic, it seems we have always been in the middle of some experiment....the vaccine being used was NOT ready for employment but the companies, Pfizer et al, JUMPED at the chance to use the tech they have been playing with for some years and see how it works in the real world
God help us
I replied to your post because it seems you are new voice of reason in this tumultuous thread...not because I am trying to convince you of something...sounds like you are already convinced anyway