Personally I'm of the mind the less medication the better with our bodies
ability to become immune to even meds. I like to keep things as natural as
possible. I might think differently if I had other health issues that would
turn the flu into a potentially fatal thing. I'll not get a shot myself. It
is sort of an oxymoron, the idea of getting a flu shot to prevent the flu,
but the shot itself gives you the flu. Good thing the polio shots we had as
kids didn't work that way.

Brad



At 11/14/2003 on Friday, you wrote:
>Hey, Family
>
>I was going to write this privately to Sandy and Roberta (the nurses on the
>list, sorry if I missed anyone) but thought I'd post to everyone to get your
>ideas.  We're being given flu shots at work next week and I'm wondering if I
>should get one.  I never had one before and am wondering if they really do
>prevent the flu.  It seems to me as if folks get the flu from the shot and
>if that's true there doesn't seem to be much point though they say you get a
>milder form of it.  I've heard that flu mutates in the body anyway, so the
>flu you're getting in the shot won't be the same that folks around you have
>and you can still catch the mutated form from other folks, so it doesn't
>seem much point to that either.  But I don't want to get sick.  Grin.
>
>So what do you think?  Should I get the shot?  Remember, if I get sick,
>you'll have to put up with my whining (and you know how bad I am when I'm
>sick, with nobody to nurse my poor self back to health).  So let me know.
>Smile.
>
>Paul