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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When did it become the norm for everyone to get flu shots? I don’t remember getting them as a kid. I also don’t remember getting really sick with the flu more than once. I don’t think I started getting them until college when they had my whole sports team (winter sport) line up to get it.

I do think they help make the illness less severe even if they don’t prevent infection very well. I make sure my kids get the flu shot every year but sometimes I space on it for myself. Last year was one of those times. One kid got both flu A and B. I didn’t get A but I got B and it sucked. I ended up with a pretty bad secondary infection that I don’t think would have happened if I had gotten the shot. It ended up being a two week ordeal… very disruptive. [/quote]

I don’t remember getting them as a kid either but I do remember a really bad bout of flu in law school. Like missed a week of classes bad. I still never bothered with the shot until I had kids. Thanks to day care I got so many illnesses. So when the pediatrician recommended the parents get shots too, we did. And was very glad when a few years later we had flu and it was really mild compared to many others.

I’ve never been in a car accident either (knock on wood!) but I never drive without a seatbelt. Why not do what you can to help yourself. [/quote]

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