I was always taught that the standard flu vaccines involved injecting a killed or weakened form of the influenza virus in order to prime one's immune system for the next time they encounter that strain of virus. And so feeling ill is to be expected.
That too. the immediate days after the shot they are run down. But. what I mentioned above is my friends catching the Flu a month or so after getting their shot, and becoming very sick. in bed for days.
But, doctors will insist that anecdotal stories are just not true... I spoke with my doc and at first he said this and I responded that the vaccines often miss the target, thus unnecessary and he agreed.. TBS, when he asked me if I were going to get the jab, When I said NO, he was taken aback.. I explained I got the rona in Jan 2020.. I didn't think I would have to mention natural immunity..
A Data Point:
The people I know that get yearly Flu shots, often catch the Flu.
The people I know, including myself that never get Flu shots, never catch the Flu.
I have heard others say the same.
Maybe there is something to this... Maybe the shot weakens your immune system while adjusting to the injection, then the Flu is able to infect. Maybe.
I was always taught that the standard flu vaccines involved injecting a killed or weakened form of the influenza virus in order to prime one's immune system for the next time they encounter that strain of virus. And so feeling ill is to be expected.
That too. the immediate days after the shot they are run down. But. what I mentioned above is my friends catching the Flu a month or so after getting their shot, and becoming very sick. in bed for days.
Oh I see. Yes that does sound troublesome.
But, doctors will insist that anecdotal stories are just not true... I spoke with my doc and at first he said this and I responded that the vaccines often miss the target, thus unnecessary and he agreed.. TBS, when he asked me if I were going to get the jab, When I said NO, he was taken aback.. I explained I got the rona in Jan 2020.. I didn't think I would have to mention natural immunity..
Well, if that’s the case glad I never took their flu shots.
I am one of those people. Stopped getting the shot a long time ago, and now never get sick.
Can confirm: I got the flu the one time I took a flu shot. Never took it again and never again did I get the flu. That was 20 yrs ago.