Who got a flu shot?

I think it's controversial. Some people feel it protects them and others think it could stimulate the immune system or tax the immune system in a negative way. Others worry about the potential harmful additives of the injection.

I didn't get it. I have been around people the past few weeks which have pneumonia, TB, whooping cough, flu, etc. I never catch any of it. I think my immune system is so depleted from Lyme and co that it can't react anymore.

I agree that it is not necessary. they inject into other animals, caterpillars
than just egg, to create whatever is truly in the shot,

people may have unknown allergies and a weakend immune sys.

so what is good for one person, can be determintal to another...

That's understandable, Shabbychic! I'm just glad to hear that you didn't react in a bad way to it!! Unfortunately many of the members here over the years that I've been active here do react badly to the flu shot. It's still a personal decision best made between you and your doctor!

I don't ever get flu shots.

And I don't get the flu every year. And when I have, it has not been any worse than anyone else.

I should add that I work at several difference colleges and the flu goes through each year a couple of times per year and loads of people get sick. So I am around it a lot every year. I wash my hands religiously, don't touch my mouth or eyes, take lots of vitamin C, etc.

Inform yourself and then make the best choice for you! And like Trav says...a decision made between you and your doctor/health care people.

I don't get the flu shot either. It seems like a gamble to me. I rarely catch a cold or the flu or the stomach bug or anything, and I work with kids! Take away the Lyme, and I am as healthy as a horse

Flu shots are not effective, per research.

More effective is making sure your Vitamin D status is good.

I will never get a flu shot (allergic to many, many additives, eggs, etc.).

So I take Oscillococcinum (homeopathic "flu remedy") - 1 capful once a week all throughout flu season...and have yet to ever get the flu while following this routine.

And the bonus is, sometimes my Lyme symptoms improve a little from the homeopathy, too!

Another trick is to take L-Lysine daily about 20 min. before breakfast...(ok to take it with other pills).

L-Lysine "looks" a lot like arginine, which viruses need to reproduce...so the virus sees the L-Lysine and takes it in, thinking it is arginine. But since it is Lysine instead, the virus can't reproduce, and then dies because the receptors are all plugged up with Lysine! Bye-bye virus!