PhotonWrangler
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I totally believe in them. I get one every year and I haven't had the flu in over 20 years. Before that I used to get the flu every year and it would knock me down for a week at a time. It's money well spent for me.
Many people have a fundamental misunderstanding of how flu shots work. I spoke to someone the other day who said "I had a flu shot and I immediately got the flu from it."
In reality a flu show does not produce immunity right away; from what I understand it can take 4-6 weeks after receiving the shot before your immunity has built up. That's because you don't get injected with antibodies; you get a weakened or killed version of the virus itself, causing your body to recognize it as an intruder and start building up antibodies for it. It's still possible to get the flu from normal sources in the first days or weeks after receiving a flu shot.
I totally believe in them. I get one every year and I haven't had the flu in over 20 years. Before that I used to get the flu every year and it would knock me down for a week at a time. It's money well spent for me.