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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
I wonder what the seasonal flu rate would be without a vaccine. Note not trying to equate or deflect. Just reflecting on how we take for granted the flu shot every year, yet it serves an incredibly important role in protecting our country. (I have never gotten them except when forced by military or other job requirements, I probably will going forward.)
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I always view getting a shot as me helping protect high risk groups from additional exposure. Even though I have only had the flu once in my life and not someone in a high risk profile. I would hate to think that I was responsible for getting my in-laws or an older coworker sick and hospitalized when i could have done something so simple. I think how we have been providing "free" flu shots in our country is one of the most significant things we can do. Globally flu and flu related illnesses are the number 1 infectious disease killer,